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Efficacy of hierarchical pore structure in enhancing the tribological and recyclable smart lubrication performance of porous polyimide
Authors: Ruan Hongwei , Zhang Yaoming , Song Fuzhi , Wang Qihua , Wang Chao , Wang Tingmei 
Published: July 2022

AbstractHerein, a porous oil-containing material with hierarchical pore structure was successfully prepared through microtexturing large pores on the surface of porous polyimide (PPI) with single-level small pores. Compared to the conventional oil-containing material, the hierarchically porous oil-containing material exhibited high oil-content, and retained excellent mechanical properties and high oil-retention because of the synergistic effects of large pores and small pores. Furthermore, the lubricant stored in the hierarchically porous polyimide could release to the interface under thermal-and-mechano-stimuli, and the released lubricant could be reabsorbed into the hierarchically porous polyimide via the capillary-force offered by the porous channel. Based on the high oil-content and recyclable oil release/reabsorption, the hierarchically porous oil-containing polyimide exhibited excellent lubrication performance (coefficient of friction was 0.057). Furthermore, the composite could perform 1,069 cycles of smart lubrication (1 h per cycle), which significantly extended the service life of the hierarchically porous oil-containing smart lubrication material.
Gender and Context-Specific Effects of Vocal Dominance and Trustworthiness on Leadership Decisions
Authors: Schild Christoph , Braunsdorf Elisa , Steffens Katharina , Pott Franka , Stern Julia 
Published: July 2022

Abstract
Objective
The evolutionary-contingency hypothesis, which suggests that preferences for leaders are context-dependent, has found relatively consistent support from research investigating leadership decisions based on facial pictures. Here, we test whether these results transfer to leadership decisions based on voice recordings. We examined how dominance and trustworthiness perceptions relate to leadership decisions in wartime and peacetime contexts and whether effects differ by a speaker’s gender. Further, we investigate two cues that might be related to leadership decisions, as well as dominance and trustworthiness perceptions: voice pitch and strength of regional accent.

Methods
We conducted a preregistered online study with 125 raters and recordings of 120 speakers (61 men, 59 women) from different parts in Germany. Raters were randomly distributed into four rating conditions: dominance, trustworthiness, hypothetical vote (wartime) and hypothetical vote (peacetime).

Results
We find that dominant speakers were more likely to be voted for in a wartime context while trustworthy speakers were more likely to be voted for in a peacetime context. Voice pitch functions as a main cue for dominance perceptions, while strength of regional accent functions as a main cue for trustworthiness perceptions.

Conclusions
This study adds to a stream of research that suggests that (a) people’s voices contain important information based on which we form social impressions and (b) we prefer different types of leaders across different contexts. Future research should disentangle effects of gender bias in leadership decisions and investigate underlying mechanisms that influence how people’s voices contribute to achieving social status.
Optimizing graph layout by t-SNE perplexity estimation
Authors: Xiao Chun , Hong Seokhee , Huang Weidong 
Published: July 2022

AbstractPerplexity is one of the key parameters of dimensionality reduction algorithm of t-distributed stochastic neighbor embedding (t-SNE). In this paper, we investigated the relationship of t-SNE perplexity and graph layout evaluation metrics including graph stress, preserved neighborhood information and visual inspection. As we found that a small perplexity is correlated with a relative higher normalized stress while preserving neighborhood information with a higher precision but less global structure information, we proposed our method to estimate appropriate perplexity either based on a modified standard t-SNE or the sklearn Barnes–Hut TSNE. Experimental results demonstrate effectiveness and ease of use of our approach when tested on a set of benchmark datasets.
Hot spots along the Fermi contour of high-Tc cuprates analyzed by s-d exchange interaction
Authors: Mishonov Todor M. , Zahariev Nedelcho I. , Chamati Hassan , Varonov Albert M. 
Published: July 2022

AbstractWe perform a thorough theoretical study of the electron properties of a generic CuO$$_2$$

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plane in the framework of Shubin–Kondo–Zener s-d exchange interaction that simultaneously describes the correlation between Tc and the Cu4s energy. To this end, we apply the Pokrovsky theory (J Exp Theor Phys 13:447–450, 1961) for anisotropic gap BCS superconductors. It takes into account the thermodynamic fluctuations of the electric field in the dielectric direction perpendicular to the conducting layers. We microscopically derive a multiplicatively separable kernel able to describe the scattering rate in the momentum space, as well as the superconducting gap anisotropy within the BCS theory. These findings may be traced back to the fact that both the Fermi liquid and the BCS reductions lead to one and the same reduced Hamiltonian involving a separable interaction, such that a strong electron scattering corresponds to a strong superconducting gap and vice versa. Moreover, the superconducting gap and the scattering rate vanish simultaneously along the diagonals of the Brillouin zone. We would like to stress that our theoretical study reproduces the phenomenological analysis of other authors aiming at describing Angle Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy measurements. Within standard approximations one and the same s-d exchange Hamiltonian describes gap anisotropy of the superconducting phase and the anisotropy of scattering rate of charge carriers in the normal phase.
Effects of freeze-drying and use of artificial seawater on phosphorus exchange isotherms in brackish water sediments
Authors: Vaalama Anu , Hartikainen Helinä , Soinne Helena , Lukkari Kaarina 
Published: July 2022

Abstract
This study reports results on the estimated magnitude of changes in P sorption isotherms in clayey mud sediments when performed using (1) freeze-dried instead of fresh sediment samples and (2) artificial sea water (ASW) instead of ambient near-bottom water. The sediments used differed in their P sorption. For the isotherms, sediments were equilibrated for 48 h in solutions of varying P concentration whereafter the amount of P sorbed or desorbed was determined. We adjusted the modified Freundlich equation to the isotherm data and assessed differences in the isotherms between the treatments by comparing equilibrium P concentrations and P buffering capacities determined from the isotherm equation. Freeze-drying decreased the P sorption in all investigated sediments, but the magnitude of the changes varied depending on the properties of the sediments. The effect was minor in the sediment abundant in P sorption sites and low in easily exchangeable P, while it was clearer in the sediments originally high in P or low in sorption surfaces. ASW and ambient water produced similar isotherms suggesting that ASW is a suitable equilibrium solution in P exchange experiments with muddy clay sediments. This study enlightens the processes occurring in freeze-drying. The results highlight that when examining the effects of dissimilar treatments or experimental conditions on the P exchange isotherms the magnitude and significance of the observed changes should be evaluated in a proper context considering the precision of the method.

Article highlights

The effects of freeze-drying on P sorption isotherms are minor in sediments abundant in unoccupied sorption surfaces.

Artificial sea water is a suitable background matrix for the P exchange isotherms.

The precision of the method should be considered when comparing the effects of differing isotherm treatments.
Contaminated by Its Prior Use: Strategies to Design and Market Refurbished Personal Care Products
Authors: Wallner Theresa S. , Snel Senna , Magnier Lise , Mugge Ruth 
Published: July 2022

Abstract
Refurbishment is an effective circular strategy to lengthen a product’s lifetime. However, refurbished products that are intimately used, such as personal care products, cause a feeling of unease in consumers because they are perceived to be contaminated. In 15 in-depth online interviews with female users of intense pulsed light (IPL) device living in the Netherlands, we explored why consumers have contamination concerns regarding an IPL device and proposed strategies to decrease these. Participants felt that refurbished personal care products with signs of wear-and-tear were a riskier choice and expected that the device would malfunction, have a shorter product lifetime, and would be contaminated due to the previous use. Based on the location and amount of wear-and-tear, participants made inferences on how the prior user had treated the device. While light wear-and-tear indicated normal use, heavy wear-and-tear was interpreted as a sign of bad treatment by the previous user. To keep refurbished personal care products at their highest value, we suggest five design strategies to minimize contamination concerns by designing a product that smells and looks hygienic after multiple lifecycles: (1) using colors that evoke associations with hygiene, (2) making signs of wear-and-tear less visible, (3) using smooth (cleanable) materials, (4) minimizing the number of split lines in the product, and (5) giving refurbished products a clean product smell. For refurbished personal care products with signs of wear-and-tear that cannot be eliminated, we propose mitigating consumers’ contamination concerns with marketing strategies, such as fostering a good brand image, offering refurbished products at a lower price, with an extended warranty, and underlining expert check-ups and standards during refurbishment.
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High-temperature thermal storage-based cement manufacturing for decarbonization
Authors: Liu Xiaokang , Li Xiaobo , Yang Ronggui 
Published: July 2022

AbstractCost-effective CO2 capture is essential for decarbonized cement production since it is one of the largest CO2 emission sources, where 60% of direct emissions are from CaCO3 decomposition and 40% are from fuel combustion. This work presents a low-carbon cement manufacturing process by integrating it with renewable energy for electric heating and thermal storage to replace the burning of fossil fuels in the conventional calciner. The low-carbon renewable energy reduces the indirect CO2 emissions from electricity consumption. The high-temperature CO2 is employed as the heat transfer fluid between the energy storage system and the calciner. In the proposed basic manufacturing process, the CO2 from the CaCO3 decomposition can be directly collected without energy-consuming separation since no impurities are introduced. Furthermore, the remaining CO2 from fuel combustion in the kiln can be captured through monoethanolamine (MEA) absorption using waste heat. In the two situations, the overall CO2 emissions can be reduced by 69.7% and 83.1%, respectively, including the indirect emissions of electricity consumption. The economic performance of different energy storage materials is investigated for materials selection. The proposed manufacturing process with a few high-temperature energy storage materials (BaCO3/BaO, SrCO3/SrO, Si, etc.) offers a higher CO2 emission reduction and lower cost than alternative carbon capture routes, i.e., oxyfuel. The cost of CO2 avoided as low as 39.27 $/t can be achieved by thermochemical energy storage with BaCO3/BaO at 1300 °C, which is superior to all alternative technologies evaluated in recent studies.
Patterns of Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV Among Blood Donors in Samtah-Jazan Region
Authors: Mobarki Abdullah A. , Madkhali Maymoon M. , Dobie Gasim , Saboor Muhammad , Madkhali Aymen M. , Madkhli Basem , Hummadi Yahia , Meshi Abdullah , Al-Mekhlafi Hesham M. , Akhter Mohammad S. , Hamali Hassan A. 
Published: July 2022

Abstract
Background and Objective
Transfusion-transmitted infectious agents are amongst the major health burden worldwide. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among blood donors in Samtah General Hospital, Jazan region, Saudi Arabia.

Material and Methods
In this retrospective study, blood donation records of all blood donors recruited between January 2019 and August 2020 were included for data acquisition. A total of 4977 blood donors’ records were reviewed and data were analysed.

Results
Hepatitis B profile showed 0.60% blood donors positive for hepatis B surface antigen (HBsAg). Nucleic acid testing (NAT) showed the presence of HBV-DNA in 0.4% of the blood donors. Anti-HBs and anti-HBc antibodies were reactive in 3.34% and 7.31% blood donors’ units, respectively. Anti-HCV antibodies were reactive among 54 (1.09%) blood donors. Upon reviewing the NAT analysis results, 0.16% (08) blood donors showed the presence of HCV-RNA in their blood units. Anti-HIV antibodies were reactive in 8 (0.16%) blood donors.

Conclusion
It is concluded that the frequency of HBsAg is comparatively lower while anti-HCV positivity is higher in Samtah, Jazan as a region compared to other regions of the country. Further studies are warranted to evaluate the cause of HCV infection in this area. Frequency of HIV is uncommon in this area.
Intercultural Ethics for Digital Well-Being: Identifying Problems and Exploring Solutions
Authors: Dennis Matthew J. , Clancy Rockwell F. 
Published: July 2022

AbstractDesigning social media technologies to promote digital well-being requires designers to face many challenges. In this article, we explore one under-explored challenge, relating to how conceptions of what it means to flourish online show significant cultural variation. We believe that today’s design-based approaches to digital well-being are hobbled by a lack of ethical attention towards important cultural variations. To remedy this, we explore the potential for an intercultural approach to digital well-being, one that respects cultural differences while preserving what culturally distinct conceptions of human flourishing have in common.
The impact of neoadjuvant chemotherapy on the tumor microenvironment in advanced high-grade serous carcinoma
Authors: Shen Yuanming , Ren Yan , Chen Kelie , Cen Yixuan , Zhang Bo , Lu Weiguo , Xu Junfen 
Published: July 2022

AbstractHigh-grade serous ovarian, fallopian tube or peritoneal carcinoma is an aggressive subtype of ovarian cancer that frequently develops resistance to chemotherapy. It remains contested whether the resistance is caused by the acquisition of novel molecular aberrations or alternatively through the selection of rare pre-existing tumor clones. To address this question, we applied single-cell RNA sequencing to depict the tumor landscape of 6 samples from a single case of advanced high-grade serous fallopian tube carcinoma during neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT). We analyzed a total of 32,079 single cells, with 17,249 cells derived from the pre-NACT multisite tumor tissue samples and 14,830 cells derived from the post-NACT multisite tumor tissue samples. We identified the diverse properties of the tumor, immune and stromal cell types between the pre-NACT and post-NACT tumors. The malignant epithelial cells displayed a high degree of intratumor heterogeneity in response to NACT. We showed that the primary resistant clone (clone 63) epithelial genotype was already present in the pre-NACT tumors, and was adaptively enriched after NACT. This clone 63 was correlated with a poor clinical prognosis. Furthermore, single-cell analysis of CD4+ T cells demonstrated that IL2RAhi-CCL22+-Tregs were selectively enriched in post-NACT tumors. Interestingly, this Treg subtype could recruit and enrich themselves through secreting the CCL22-CCR1 combination in pre-NACT and post-NACT tumors, and further express CD274 to suppress other CD4 and CD8 T cells through a CD274-PDCD1 axis in the post-NACT tumors, and this predicted an immunosuppressive state after NACT. Overall, our results provide important evidence for the adaptive resistance theory of HGSC, and for the potential development of therapeutic strategies to treat HGSC and improve the survival of patients with HGSC.
SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein triggers hyperinflammation via protein-protein interaction-mediated intracellular Cl− accumulation in respiratory epithelium
Authors: Chen Lei , Guan Wei-Jie , Qiu Zhuo-Er , Xu Jian-Bang , Bai Xu , Hou Xiao-Chun , Sun Jing , Qu Su , Huang Ze-Xin , Lei Tian-Lun , Huang Zi-Yang , Zhao Jincun , Zhu Yun-Xin , Ye Ke-Nan , Lun Zhao-Rong , Zhou Wen-Liang , Zhong Nan-Shan , Zhang Yi-Lin 
Published: July 2022

AbstractSARS-CoV-2, the culprit pathogen of COVID-19, elicits prominent immune responses and cytokine storms. Intracellular Cl− is a crucial regulator of host defense, whereas the role of Cl− signaling pathway in modulating pulmonary inflammation associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection remains unclear. By using human respiratory epithelial cell lines, primary cultured human airway epithelial cells, and murine models of viral structural protein stimulation and SARS-CoV-2 direct challenge, we demonstrated that SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid (N) protein could interact with Smad3, which downregulated cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) expression via microRNA-145. The intracellular Cl− concentration ([Cl−]i) was raised, resulting in phosphorylation of serum glucocorticoid regulated kinase 1 (SGK1) and robust inflammatory responses. Inhibition or knockout of SGK1 abrogated the N protein-elicited airway inflammation. Moreover, N protein promoted a sustained elevation of [Cl−]i by depleting intracellular cAMP via upregulation of phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4). Rolipram, a selective PDE4 inhibitor, countered airway inflammation by reducing [Cl−]i. Our findings suggested that Cl− acted as the crucial pathological second messenger mediating the inflammatory responses after SARS-CoV-2 infection. Targeting the Cl− signaling pathway might be a novel therapeutic strategy for COVID-19.
Multivariate genome-wide association study of depression, cognition, and memory phenotypes and validation analysis identify 12 cross-ethnic variants
Authors: Sun Jing , Wang Weijing , Zhang Ronghui , Duan Haiping , Tian Xiaocao , Xu Chunsheng , Li Xue , Zhang Dongfeng 
Published: July 2022

AbstractTo date, little is known about the pleiotropic genetic variants among depression, cognition, and memory. The current research aimed to identify the potential pleiotropic single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), genes, and pathways of the three phenotypes by conducting a multivariate genome-wide association study and an additional pleiotropy analysis among Chinese individuals and further validate the top variants in the UK Biobank (UKB). In the discovery phase, the participants were 139 pairs of dizygotic twins from the Qingdao Twins Registry. The genome-wide efficient mixed-model analysis identified 164 SNPs reaching suggestive significance (P < 1 × 10−5). Among them, rs3967317 (P = 1.21 × 10−8) exceeded the genome-wide significance level (P < 5 × 10−8) and was also demonstrated to be associated with depression and memory in pleiotropy analysis, followed by rs9863698, rs3967316, and rs9261381 (P = 7.80 × 10−8−5.68 × 10−7), which were associated with all three phenotypes. After imputation, a total of 457 SNPs reached suggestive significance. The top SNP chr6:24597173 was located in the KIAA0319 gene, which had biased expression in brain tissues. Genes and pathways related to metabolism, immunity, and neuronal systems demonstrated nominal significance (P < 0.05) in gene-based and pathway enrichment analyses. In the validation phase, 12 of the abovementioned SNPs reached the nominal significance level (P < 0.05) in the UKB. Among them, three SNPs were located in the KIAA0319 gene, and four SNPs were identified as significant expression quantitative trait loci in brain tissues. These findings may provide evidence for pleiotropic variants among depression, cognition, and memory and clues for further exploring the shared genetic pathogenesis of depression with Alzheimer’s disease.
Robust prediction of force chains in jammed solids using graph neural networks
Authors: Mandal Rituparno , Casert Corneel , Sollich Peter 
Published: July 2022

AbstractForce chains are quasi-linear self-organised structures carrying large stresses and are ubiquitous in jammed amorphous materials like granular materials, foams or even cell assemblies. Predicting where they will form upon deformation is crucial to describe the properties of such materials, but remains an open question. Here we demonstrate that graph neural networks (GNN) can accurately predict the location of force chains in both frictionless and frictional materials from the undeformed structure, without any additional information. The GNN prediction accuracy also proves to be robust to changes in packing fraction, mixture composition, amount of deformation, friction coefficient, system size, and the form of the interaction potential. By analysing the structure of the force chains, we identify the key features that affect prediction accuracy. Our results and methodology will be of interest for granular matter and disordered systems, e.g. in cases where direct force chain visualisation or force measurements are impossible.
Tropical cyclone-blackout-heatwave compound hazard resilience in a changing climate
Authors: Feng Kairui , Ouyang Min , Lin Ning 
Published: July 2022

AbstractTropical cyclones (TCs) have caused extensive power outages. The impacts of TC-caused blackouts may worsen in the future as TCs and heatwaves intensify. Here we couple TC and heatwave projections and power outage and recovery process analysis to investigate how TC-blackout-heatwave compound hazard risk may vary in a changing climate, with Harris County, Texas as an example. We find that, under the high-emissions scenario RCP8.5, long-duration heatwaves following strong TCs may increase sharply. The expected percentage of Harris residents experiencing at least one longer-than-5-day TC-blackout-heatwave compound hazard in a 20-year period could increase dramatically by a factor of 23 (from 0.8% to 18.2%) over the 21st century. We also reveal that a moderate enhancement of the power distribution network can significantly mitigate the compound hazard risk. Thus, climate adaptation actions, such as strategically undergrounding distribution network and developing distributed energy sources, are urgently needed to improve coastal power system resilience.
A practical concept for catalytic carbonylations using carbon dioxide
Authors: Sang Rui , Hu Yuya , Razzaq Rauf , Mollaert Guillaume , Atia Hanan , Bentrup Ursula , Sharif Muhammad , Neumann Helfried , Junge Henrik , Jackstell Ralf , Maes Bert U. W. , Beller Matthias 
Published: July 2022

AbstractThe rise of CO2 in atmosphere is considered as the major reason for global warming. Therefore, CO2 utilization has attracted more and more attention. Among those, using CO2 as C1-feedstock for the chemical industry provides a solution. Here we show a two-step cascade process to perform catalytic carbonylations of olefins, alkynes, and aryl halides utilizing CO2 and H2. For the first step, a novel heterogeneous copper 10Cu@SiO2-PHM catalyst exhibits high selectivity (≥98%) and decent conversion (27%) in generating CO from reducing CO2 with H2. The generated CO is directly utilized without further purification in industrially important carbonylation reactions: hydroformylation, alkoxycarbonylation, and aminocarbonylation. Notably, various aldehydes, (unsaturated) esters and amides are obtained in high yields and chemo-/regio-selectivities at low temperature under ambient pressure. Our approach is of interest for continuous syntheses in drug discovery and organic synthesis to produce building blocks on reasonable scale utilizing CO2.