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Corrections to recent changes in the taxonomy of the Sordariales
Authors: Marin-Felix Yasmina , Miller Andrew N. 
Published: July 2022

AbstractThe classification of taxa belonging to the Sordariales has been problematic over the years. With the beginning of the DNA era, ascospore morphology, which was the main criterium for the delimitation of taxa in the Sordariales, was demonstrated to not be useful for inferring taxonomic relationships especially at the genus level. In the past decades, the combination of both morphological and molecular data allowed the reclassification of these taxa. Recently, a study of some often overlooked Diaporthomycetidae and Sordariomycetidae included a new taxonomic classification for members of the Sordariales, many of which were based on nomenclatural errors or which lacked sufficient data to support their hypotheses. The authors did not contribute any new DNA sequences, but instead relied on datasets generated by previous authors in their published phylogenetic studies. Surprisingly, different results were obtained contradicting these previous studies and, in an act of taxonomic vandalism, five new families were introduced without performing further molecular analyses to verify the incongruencies with these previous studies. Three of these new families, which we consider doubtful, are Bombardiaceae, Lasiosphaeridaceae and Zygospermellaceae. The family Strattoniaceae is here considered superfluous since it was introduced to accommodate only a single genus and delimited based on a species that is not the type species of Strattonia. The Neoschizotheciaceae was erected based on the new genus Neoschizothecium, which was introduced to accommodate members of Schizothecium since Huang et al. (2021) considered Schizothecium as a synonym of Podospora after misinterpreting their type species as the same. However, Schizothecium and Podospora have been two independent genera based on two different type species for half a century, making Neoschizothecium and Neoschizotheciaceae superfluous. Moreover, they proposed 32 new combinations, 16 of which are now superfluous or doubtful. Most of these taxonomic errors could have been avoided if a proper literature review had been performed. Two examples are the new superfluous combinations of Triangularia tarvisina and Cladorrhinum olerum, because the former is considered conspecific with Triangularia setosa, and the latter conspecific with Cladorrhinum foecundissimum, the anamorph of Arnium olerum. The focus of the current review is to provide a scientifically responsible alternative to the erroneous novelties proposed at the family, genus and species level in the recent classification of Sordariales.
Arthrostoma leucurus sp. n. (Nematoda: Ancylostomatidae), A New Hookworm Species Isolated from Asian Badger in China
Authors: Liu Gang , Wang Shiyi , Liang Weihua , Hornok Sándor , Zhao Shanshan , Tan Wenbo , Liu Zhiqiang , Gu Xinli , Wang Yuanzhi 
Published: July 2022

Abstract
Purpose
To date, ten validated Arthrostoma species were reported. Here, a new hookworm species was found from Asian badger (Meles leucurus).

Methods
Nineteen hookworms (9 males and 10 females) were collected from the small intestine of two Asian badgers in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, northwestern China. The hookworms were morphologically examined according to key taxonomic characters, such as anterior extremity direction, structures of oral opening (cutting plates or teeth), vulva location, buccal capsule anatomy (integrated or formed by articulating plates), the length of spicule and gubernaculum, number of plates of buccal capsule, and presence or absence of vulvar papillae.

Results
The hookworm species from Asian badger, here named as Arthrostoma leucurus sp. n., was different from the previously described ten Arthrostoma species. The phylogenetic tree based on the cox1 gene showed that Arthrostoma leucurus sp. n. formed a separate clade, as a sister group to Ancylostoma and Uncinaria species.

Conclusion
Arthrostoma leucurus sp. n., the eleven validated Arthrostoma species, was identified from Asian badger in China.
Extracellular Adenosine (eAdo) - A2B Receptor Axis Inhibits in Nlrp3 Inflammasome-dependent Manner Trafficking of Hematopoietic Stem/progenitor Cells
Authors: Thapa Arjun , Abdelbaset-Ismail Ahmed , Chumak Vira , Adamiak Mateusz , Brzezniakiewicz-Janus Katarzyna , Ratajczak Janina , Kucia Magdalena , Ratajczak Mariusz Z. 
Published: July 2022

AbstractWe postulated that mobilization, homing, and engraftment of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSCPs) is facilitated by a state of sterile inflammation induced in bone marrow (BM) after administration of pro-mobilizing drugs or in response to pre-transplant myeloablative conditioning. An important role in this phenomenon plays purinergic signaling that by the release of extracellular adenosine triphosphate (eATP) activates in HSPCs and in cells in the hematopoietic microenvironment an intracellular pattern recognition receptor (PPR) known as Nlrp3 inflammasome. We reported recently that its deficiency results in defective trafficking of HSPCs. Moreover, it is known that eATP after release into extracellular space is processed by cell surface expressed ectonucleotidases CD39 and CD73 to extracellular adenosine (eAdo) that in contrast to eATP shows an anti-inflammatory effect. Based on data that the state of sterile inflammation promotes trafficking of HSPCs, and since eAdo is endowed with anti-inflammatory properties we become interested in how eAdo will affect the mobilization, homing, and engraftment of HSPCs and which of eAdo receptors are involved in these processes. As expected, eAdo impaired HSPCs trafficking and this occurred in autocrine- and paracrine-dependent manner by direct stimulation of these cells or by affecting cells in the BM microenvironment. We report herein for the first time that this defect is mediated by activation of the A2B receptor and a specific inhibitor of this receptor improves eAdo-aggravated trafficking of HSPCs. To explain this at the molecular level eAdo-A2B receptor interaction upregulates in HSPCs in NF-kB-, NRF2- and cAMP-dependent manner heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1), that is Nlrp3 inflammasome inhibitor. This corroborated with our analysis of proteomics signature in murine HSPCs exposed to eAdo that revealed that A2B inhibition promotes cell migration and proliferation. Based on this we postulate that blockage of A2B receptor may accelerate the mobilization of HSPCs as well as their hematopoietic reconstitution and this approach could be potentially considered in the future to be tested in the clinic.
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Performing a ‘Returnee’ in Benin City, Nigeria
Authors: Shaidrova Mariia 
Published: July 2022

Abstract
Over recent years, with the support of international NGOs, many thousands of irregular migrants were ‘returned’ to West Africa from Libyan detention centres. Through extensive ethnographic fieldwork with different groups of returnees in Benin City, Nigeria, I studied the establishment and evolution of the ‘returnee’ identity. Making use of labelling, social identity and performativity theories, I found that the performance of the returnee identity for Western donors, researchers and the media creates opportunities for the returnees to regain respect in their communities. Emphasising the role of performativity in identity formation, I use the metaphor of a theatrical play. Initially scripted by the EU border-externalisation policies, the return-migration play has evolved to fit in local political realities. On the frontstage, returnees were adjusting to the EU counter-migration agenda, testifying about the risks of irregular migration. Backstage, however, they kept pursuing their migration aspirations, also using the returnee identity to establish themselves in the city and gain some level of political recognition.
Informal Caregivers of Patients with Disorders of Consciousness: a Qualitative Study of Communication Experiences and Information Needs with Physicians
Authors: Boegle Karoline , Bassi Marta , Comanducci Angela , Kuehlmeyer Katja , Oehl Philipp , Raiser Theresa , Rosenfelder Martin , Sitt Jaco Diego , Valota Chiara , Willacker Lina , Bender Andreas , Grill Eva 
Published: July 2022

AbstractDue to improvements in medicine, the figures of patients with disorders of consciousness (DoC) are increasing. Diagnostics of DoC and prognostication of rehabilitation outcome is challenging but necessary to evaluate recovery potential and to decide on treatment options. Such decisions should be made by doctors and patients’ surrogates based on medico-ethical principles. Meeting information needs and communicating effectively with caregivers as the patients´ most common surrogate-decision makers is crucial, and challenging when novel tech-nologies are introduced. This qualitative study aims to explore information needs of informal DoC caregivers, how they manage the obtained information and their perceptions and experiences with caregiver-physician communication in facilities that implemented innovative neurodiagnostics studies. In 2021, we conducted semi-structured interviews with nine caregivers of clinically stable DoC patients in two rehabilitation centers in Italy and Germany. Participants were selected based on consecutive purposeful sampling. Caregivers were recruited at the facilities after written informed consent. All interviews were recorded, transcribed verbatim and translated. For analysis, we used reflexive thematic analysis according to Braun & Clarke (2006). Caregivers experienced the conversations emotionally, generally based on the value of the information provided. They reported to seek positive information, comfort and empathy with-in the communication of results of examinations. They needed detailed information to gain a deep understanding and a clear picture of their loved-one’s condition. The results suggest a mismatch between the perspectives of caregivers and the perspectives of medical profession-als, and stress the need for more elaborate approaches to the communication of results of neu-rodiagnostics studies.
The Capability Approach and Child Well-Being: A Systematic Literature Review
Authors: Domínguez-Serrano Mónica , del Moral-Espín Lucía 
Published: July 2022

AbstractChild well-being is a dynamic concept currently under revision due to its complexity and the need to incorporate traditionally overlooked perspectives. An essential aspect of this revision is considering children as active agents in defining the concept itself and incorporating new elements that enrich the more traditional economics-based and adult-centred conceptualisation. In these regards, the capability approach (CA) provides valuable theoretical support for an expanded understanding of child well-being. Therefore, this article aims to offer a systematised review of the literature from the last two decades that uses this approach in examining children and childhood. To do so, the authors examined the main international databases and conducted relevant additional searches, identifying 63 journals that have published capabilitarian articles over the last two decades. Our findings show that most publications concentrate on recent years, with an expansion of the methodologies used and the contexts addressed. Although education seems to be one of the primary interests of this literature, there has also been an increasing range of children’s realities and topics observed that we summarised in 10 categories. Between then, we dig deeper into the subsegment that specifically addresses the category of child well-being. Our review reveals that quantitative approaches and European contexts are predominant within these papers, and we analyse how they concern different spaces, well-being dimensions and intersectionalities.
Designing multi-purpose devices to enhance users’ perception of haptics
Authors: Galdieri Riccardo , Camardella Cristian , Carrozzino Marcello , Frisoli Antonio 
Published: July 2022

AbstractWhile Virtual Reality has slowly become a common sight, haptics is still struggling to appeal to the general public. We argue that one of the possible reasons is that while VR is designed to be as easily adaptable as possible to many different contexts, haptics is often designed to fulfil a specific purpose and fails to present itself as a tool that can be exploited by designers. To test our hypothesis, we created a VR game where a wrist exoskeleton was used to interact with the environment. The game was composed of multiple levels, some of which also featured a metaphorical interaction through the same haptic device, and was tested by expert haptics scholars during a conference. Preliminary results suggest that by showing multiple potential usages of an exoskeleton, it was possible to enhance users’ interest towards the haptic device and the game.
Absolute Continuity of the Harmonic Measure on Low Dimensional Rectifiable Sets
Authors: Feneuil Joseph 
Published: July 2022

AbstractIn the past decades, we learnt that uniform rectifiability is often a right candidate to go past Lipschitz boundaries in boundary value problems. If $$\Omega $$
Ω
is an open domain in $$\mathbb {R}^n$$

R

n

with mild topological conditions, we can even characterize the $$n-1$$

n
-
1

dimensional uniformly rectifiability of the boundary $$\partial \Omega $$

∂
Ω

by the $$A_\infty $$

A
∞

-absolute continuity of the harmonic measure on $$\partial \Omega $$

∂
Ω

with respect to the surface measure. In low dimension ($$d<n-1$$

d
<
n
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1

), David and Mayboroda tackled one direction of the above characterization, i.e. proved that if $$\Gamma $$
Γ
is a d-dimensional uniformly rectifiable set, then the harmonic measure (associated to an suitable degenerate elliptic operator) on $$\Gamma $$
Γ
is $$A_\infty $$

A
∞

-absolutely continuous with respect to the d-dimensional Hausdorff measure. In the present article, we use a completely new approach to give an alternative and significantly shorter proof of David and Mayboroda’s result.
Enabling AI and Robotic Coaches for Physical Rehabilitation Therapy: Iterative Design and Evaluation with Therapists and Post-stroke Survivors
Authors: Lee Min Hun , Siewiorek Daniel P. , Smailagic Asim , Bernardino Alexandre , Badia Sergi Bermúdez i 
Published: July 2022

AbstractArtificial intelligence (AI) and robotic coaches promise the improved engagement of patients on rehabilitation exercises through social interaction. While previous work explored the potential of automatically monitoring exercises for AI and robotic coaches, the deployment of these systems remains a challenge. Previous work described the lack of involving stakeholders to design such functionalities as one of the major causes. In this paper, we present our efforts on eliciting the detailed design specifications on how AI and robotic coaches could interact with and guide patient’s exercises in an effective and acceptable way with four therapists and five post-stroke survivors. Through iterative questionnaires and interviews, we found that both post-stroke survivors and therapists appreciated the potential benefits of AI and robotic coaches to achieve more systematic management and improve their self-efficacy and motivation on rehabilitation therapy. In addition, our evaluation sheds light on several practical concerns (e.g. a possible difficulty with the interaction for people with cognitive impairment, system failures, etc.). We discuss the value of early involvement of stakeholders and interactive techniques that complement system failures, but also support a personalized therapy session for the better deployment of AI and robotic exercise coaches.
Weathering phenomena, rock physical properties and long-term restoration intervention: a case study from the St. Johannis Chapel of Lütgenrode (Lower Saxony, Germany)
Authors: Siegesmund Siegfried , Wiese Frank , Klein Calvin , Huster Ulrich , Pötzl Christopher 
Published: July 2022

AbstractSmall historical churches in rural villages are mainly functional buildings, lacking spectacular architectural or ornamental features. This is also true for the St. Johannis Chapel Lütgenrode near Göttingen (Lower Saxony, Germany), which dates back to the 13th century. The use of ca. 10 different natural building stones (Triassic sandstone and limestone, Holocene fresh water carbonate), scattered roof tiles and bricks result in a highly heterogeneous character of the chapel’s ascending walls. In addition, various repairs over the last centuries, using inadequate materials, amplified damages and produced critical stability problems, in particular at the southern wall. Here, the suitability of the dimensional stones are evaluated for construction and replacement purposes. A semi-quantitative distribution of lithotypes was performed, and weathering forms were mapped in detail. On-site analyses (micro-drilling resistance, the Schmidt hammer rebound test, capillary water absorption) provide data on the deterioration state of the main lithologies. The petrophysical data show that stratigraphically comparable building stones exhibit different technical characteristics and weathering behavior. All data serve to characterize the state of weathering and provide the data set to plan for future restoration work. The amount needed for restoration work has been estimated to be approximately 435,000–550,000 EUR. Because the local church authorities evaluate the significance of a church based on the frequency of its use, a secular use would be able to save the Lütgenrode chapel, but then the church political leaders would have to act quickly.
Hypoxia: molecular pathophysiological mechanisms in human diseases
Authors: Della Rocca Ylenia , Fonticoli Luigia , Rajan Thangavelu Soundara , Trubiani Oriana , Caputi Sergio , Diomede Francesca , Pizzicannella Jacopo , Marconi Guya Diletta 
Published: July 2022

Abstract
Hypoxia, a low O2 tension, is a fundamental feature that occurs in physiological events as well as pathophysiological conditions, especially mentioned for its role in the mechanism of angiogenesis, glucose metabolism, and cell proliferation/survival. The hypoxic state through the activation of specific mechanisms is an aggravating circumstance commonly noticed in multiple sclerosis, cancer, heart disease, kidney disease, liver disease, lung disease, and in inflammatory bowel disease. On the other hand, hypoxia could play a key role in tissue regeneration and repair of damaged tissues, especially by acting on specific tissue stem cells, but their features may result as a disadvantage when it is concerned for neoplastic stem cells. Furthermore, hypoxia could also have a potential role in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine due to its capacity to improve the performance of biomaterials. The current review aims to highlight the hypoxic molecular mechanisms reported in different pathological conditions to provide an overview of hypoxia as a therapeutic agent in regenerative and molecular therapy.
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Emergent Realities: Diffracting Barad within a quantum-realist ontology of matter and politics
Authors: Everth Thomas , Gurney Laura 
Published: July 2022

AbstractOne of the most influential contemporary authors of the new materialist turn in the social sciences is Karen Barad. Barad’s work in agential realism, based on her interpretations of quantum physics, has been widely cited within a growing body of new materialist publications. However, in translating Barad’s assertions into social domains, there has been increasing critical appraisal of the physics underlying her work and its relationship with non-quantum domains. In this paper, we contribute to this discussion by exploring aspects of agential realism through quantum decoherence and quantum Darwinism. We explore implications for Barad’s metaphysics and the relationship of the social with the rest of the material world.
On 2MP-, MP2- and C2MP-inverses for rectangular matrices
Authors: Hernández M. V. , Lattanzi M. B. , Thome N. 
Published: July 2022

AbstractThis paper introduces 2MP-inverses, MP2-inverses, and C2MP-inverses, for rectangular matrices following a different approach to that used in the recent literature. These new inverses generalize some classical inverses in the literature. Instead of considering a system of matrix equations as usually, in order to define 2MP-inverses and MP2-inverses, we consider a construction from oblique projectors represented by means of outer generalized inverses. We use an adequate equivalence relation, and then we pass to the quotient set in order to get the most simple canonical representative. An interesting advantage of our extension of CMP inverses from square to rectangular matrices is that we do not need any auxiliary weight matrix, but we are using the own matrix A for doing it. In addition, some properties and representations of 2MP-, MP2-, and C2MP-inverses are given.
Coevolutionary opinion dynamics with sparse interactions in open-ended societies
Authors: Bao Honglin , Neal Zachary P , Banzhaf Wolfgang 
Published: July 2022

AbstractOpinion dynamics is a crucial topic in complex social systems. However, existing models rarely study limited information accessibility, sparse interactions, and the coevolution of opinion and an open-ended structure. In this paper, we propose the Sparse COevolutionary Open-Ended (SCOOE) model. We address the sparse interaction limitation through extrinsic collective interaction and intrinsic observation based on incomplete neighborhood information. We also consider the coevolution of opinion and open-ended structure by studying structure-opinion co-dynamics when dissidents are leaving and when newcomers with novel opinions are joining. From an opinion dynamics perspective, we find that the proposed mechanisms effectively form lean and fast decision strategies to reduce conflicts under uncertainty. The model is robust in boosting and enhancing a global consensus with only small odds of extreme results. The structure evolves toward a small-world network. We find that an emergent dialectic relationship exists between community segregation and community cohesion viewed from a structural dynamics perspective. We also study the influence of agent heterogeneity under different cognitive ability distributions.
Urban Non-urban Agglomeration Divide: Is There a Gap in Productivity and Wages?
Authors: Bartoloni Eleonora , Marino Andrea , Baussola Maurizio , Romaniello Davide 
Published: July 2022

AbstractThis paper investigates the productivity–wage relation using a novel and integrated employer-employee database covering the entire population of non-financial firms’ plants in one of the most developed regions in Europe, i.e., the Italian Lombardy region. We suggest that although a growing literature shows that locating in urban areas yields substantial productivity gains due to agglomeration economies, the interaction between productivity and wages is ultimately the key to ascertaining the true advantage of the high densely populated areas. By adopting an empirical specification that allows us to explore interaction effects between localization and the sector of activity at the establishment level, we find that agglomeration economies play a significant but conditional role in affecting productivity and wage differentials while also controlling for firm-specific factors (in particular, job-related characteristics) and selection effects. The estimated impacts are heterogeneous across sectors, depending on their technological features. The effect of locating in High-density urban areas on the productive-wage gap is significantly positive only in highly knowledge-intensive services sectors; for firms supplying less technologically sophisticated services and for manufacturing plants, the impact is either not significant or negative. Locating in Rural areas generally exerts a downward (or not significant) impact on the productivity-wage gap.