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Efficacy of Infiltration Facilities to Prevent Urban Pluvial Flooding
Authors: An Zhanqianqian , Uchiyama S. , Bhattacharya Y. , Nakamura H. 
Published: December 2022

Abstract
In recent years, the risk of urban pluvial flooding has increased due to the climate change and development of urbanization. The purpose of this study is to verify the effectiveness of small-scale decentralised rainwater infiltration facilities in preventing urban pluvial flooding by using SWMM simulation. Singular and mixed usage of green roofs, permeable pavement, and infiltration trenches, and two types of rainfall scenarios (short and long duration torrential rains) are used to examine their effectiveness. Furthermore, an 'Existing Potential Scenario' and the 'Maximum Potential Scenario' are investigated to elucidate current and future implementation possibilities of small-scale decentralised rainwater infiltration facilities within the available urban infrastructure. The results show that small-scale decentralised stormwater infiltration facilities are highly effective in reducing urban pluvial flooding for short duration torrential rains under the scenarios considered. However, their effectiveness is significantly reduced for long duration heavy rainfall events. Furthermore, the Maximum Potential Scenario is found to be more effective in reducing urban pluvial flooding not only for short duration torrential rains, but also for long duration torrential rains. This outcome reiterates the need to further develop urban stormwater infiltration technologies and investigate urban planning guidelines for an effective implementation of these small-scale decentralised infiltration facilities.
Genome-wide identification of small GTPase gene family members in Lentinula edodes and their expression profiling under adversity stress
Authors: song jiaxin , Zhu Tianwen , Xu Ruiping , Zhong Haiyin , Bian Yinbing , Zhang Jiyan 
Published: December 2022

Abstract
Background: Small GTPase superfamily is a small molecular switch involved inmultiple biological processes of eukaryotes. The main functions of GTPases in fungi include morphogenesis, secondary metabolism, vesicle trafficking, stressresponse, and virulence.
Results: A total of 34 the Lentinula edodes small GTPase (Le-small GTPase) family genes were indentified, and they were clustered into 5 subfamilies, namely Rho, Ras, Arf, Rab, and Ran subfamily. Le-small GTPase genes were evenly distributed on 10 chromosomes. The number of amino acids of 34 Lentinula edodes small GTPase proteins ranged from 155 to 627, and all these 34 proteinsexhibited high hydropility and stability. Our quantitative PCR results indicatethat all the Le-small GTPase genes with stress - responsive cis-acting elementsdo respond to various stresses.
Conclusions: In this study, the small GTPase genes of Lentinula edodes were more similar to those of 2 basidiomycetes than to those of 5 ascomycetes. The small GTPase protein genes of Lentinula edodes were evenly distributed on tenchromosomes without tandem repeat events. The multiple stress-responsivecis-acting elements were found to be on the promoter of the small GTPase genesof Lentinula edodes. Our findings may deepen the understanding of smallGTPase proteins in Lentinula edodes and provide valuable reference for furtherresearch on stress response mechanism of small GTPase protein family in morefungi
Changes in canopy cover and forest structure following dormant season and early growing season prescribed burns in the Southern Appalachians, USA
Authors: Melcher Allison , Hagan Donald , Barrett Kyle , Ross Beth , Lorber Jean 
Published: December 2022

Abstract
Background
Fire seasonality is important for forest managers to consider when restoring historical disturbance regimes and recovering native ecosystem structure and composition, but it is less understood and less frequently studied than other aspects of fire ecology. In the Southern Appalachians, historical fires likely occurred most often in late spring and early summer when fuels were dry and canopy conditions were conducive to fire, however most prescribed fires today occur during the dormant season (January – March). Because fire behavior can vary seasonally, it is important for forest managers to understand the practical applications of fire season in order to burn at a time that meets management objectives. Therefore, we investigated the effect of fire seasonality on forest structure and land cover diversity in the Southern Appalachians.
Results
Using a complete randomized block design, we analyzed leaf-on canopy cover imagery with ArcGIS Pro to compare canopy cover and forest structure between growing and dormant season burns. We found an average of 8.84% (SE=±1.46) reduction in canopy cover in growing season treatment units from pre-burn (2017) to post-burn (2019) compared to 5.21% (SE=±1.51) reduction in dormant season burn treatment units and 0.01% (SE=±0.009) reduction in unburned controls. Canopy cover reductions corresponded with substantial increases in early- and mid-successional habitat, edge length, and land cover diversity – especially in growing season burn treatment units.
Conclusions
Our results indicate that growing season burns are more effective than dormant season burns at enhancing forest structural heterogeneity. Early growing season burns, therefore, may be a viable option for forest managers looking to expand their burn season and achieve restoration and management goals faster than traditional dormant season burns.
Hemostatic, antiextravasation, and prehealing drug droplet directional transportation of antibacterial Janus wound plaster based on the structural and wettability gradients
Authors: Lin Jing , Hua Zihan , Yao Zhen , Xiong Minmin , Hu Fei , Wei Xinchuan , Huang Songyin 
Published: December 2022

Abstract

Uncontrolled bleeding and bacterial infections are major causes of wounds that do not heal. However, developing a wound plaster that can stop bleeding, resist blood extravasation, and realize directional transportation of drugs to promote wound healing remains a significant challenge. This study developed a superhydrophilic/hydrophobic PVA/CS/Ag@TPU Janus membrane with structural and wettability gradients. Water is absorbed from blood via the superhydrophilic layer attached to the wound and charge interactions between introduced chitosan (CS) and platelets promote blood clotting. The capillary pressure resistance (∆p > 0) from the superhydrophilic layer to the hydrophobic layer can prevent blood from permeating, reducing blood loss. A favorable ∆p ( < 0 ) based on structural and wettability gradients can realize the directional transportation of drugs that promote wound healing from the hydrophobic to superhydrophilic layer. The incorporation of CS and Ag endows Janus wound plaster with intrinsic antibacterial activity (99.9%). The bacterial antiadhesion capability of wound plaster can be achieved due to the resisting effect of the hydrated layer that formed on the hydrophilic layer, its low adhesion, and antibacterial capability. Experiments on mice with full-thickness skin defects showed that the wound-healing rate using the Janus membrane after dosing with a drug increased from 87.65% (without the drug) to approximately 100%. Moreover, it could accelerate wound healing, regenerate epidermal and granulation tissue, promote collagen formation, and reduce the scar area. This gradient-design strategy opens an avenue for next-generation wound dressings.
The Influence of the Aesthetic Criterion Shared by Friends on Individual Aesthetic Judgment
Authors: Zhao Tingting , Lei Yatian , He Xianyou , Deng Chaoqiong , Li Pufan , Zhao Zhizheng , Zeng Jielong , Meng Wei 
Published: December 2022

Abstract
This study used the paradigm of aesthetic and moral conformity to explore the influence of friends' aesthetic standards on individual aesthetic judgment. The results show that individual aesthetic judgment is influenced by friends' aesthetic standards, which is mainly reflected in the aesthetic judgment of faces and paintings, while moral judgment is not affected. The results indicate that social cognitive factors have an impact on aesthetic judgment, but this effect is related to the attribute characteristics of stimulating materials. It is shown that the aesthetics of objects with objective aesthetic characteristics (the averaging characteristics of facial beauty, the content characteristics of painting aesthetics, and so on.) is more influenced by the judgment of others.
Development and Validation of a radiomics nomogram to determine the primary site of liver metastases from gastric and colorectal cancer
Authors: Li Yuying , Li Jingjing , Meng Mingzhu , Duan Shaofeng , Hang Junjie , Shi Haifeng 
Published: December 2022

Abstract
Background
To develop and validate a radiomics nomogram to determine the primary site of liver metastases from gastric and colorectal cancer based on texture analysis.
Methods
We enrolled 555 patients with liver metastases, comprising 277 with gastric cancer (GC) and 278 with colorectal cancer (CRC), and randomly divided them into the training and validation cohorts at a ratio of 7:3. Radiomics features were extracted from venous phase computed tomography (CT) scans. Univariate analysis revealed three texture features potentially correlated with the identification model (p < 0.1). The selected features were combined with their coefficients to construct the radiomics signature (RS). A nomogram was developed with the RS (p = 0.02) and clinical features (p < 0.05). Nomogram performance was determined by its discriminative ability and clinical utility.
Results
The multivariable logistic regression model included gender, blood hemoglobin (HGB), carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), and RS. The nomogram showed great discrimination in the training cohort (AUC = 0.71) and in the validation cohort (AUC = 0.78). The nomogram also demonstrated favorable clinical consistency.
Conclusion
This study presents a radiomics nomogram incorporating RS and clinical features with great discrimination and high clinical value for the differentiation of liver metastases originating from gastric or colorectal cancer.
Association between hypothyroidism in early pregnancy and small intestinal bacterial over growth: a case control study
Authors: Zhang Miao , Xu Yajuan , Ban Yanjie , Sun Zongzong , Zhai Shanshan , Wang Wentao , Wang Mengqi , Contacts Jie You 
Published: December 2022

Abstract
Objective Using a hydrogen coupled methane lactulose breath test (LBT) and associated clinical indices, the link between small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) and hypothyroidism in early pregnancy. Methods The methane hydrogen breath test included 200 patients with early-stage hypothyroidism, 200 normal pregnant women, 200 normal women of childbearing age prior to pregnancy. Comparisons were made between the incidence, smooth curve fitting, clinical signs, and clinical test results of SIBO. Results The positive rates of SIBO were 62.00%, 28.50%, and 20.50%, respectively, in the hypothyroidism during pregnancy group, the normal pregnant women group, and the normal women group before pregnancy. p < 0.001 indicates that the difference was statistically significant. Additionally, thyrotropin (TSH) and methane hydrogen exhalation volume showed a positive connection in patients with hypothyroidism during pregnancy (p < 0.01, Std = 0.163).In the three groups, the abdominal distension symptoms of patients with SIBO were significantly higher than those of patients without SIBO(p = 0.017,p < 0.001,p < 0.001).Patients with hypothyroidism complicating SIBO had greater levels of TSH, TPOAb, C-reactive protein, and FT4, whereas their levels of vitamin D were decreased(p < 0.001,respectively).Conclusion Intestinal bacterial overgrowth and hypothyroidism during the first trimester and pregnancy are closely associated; the connection between these two conditions may also involve inflammatory agents and vitamin levels.
Feynman-Vernon influence functional approach for the damped driven oscillator in RLC circuit
Authors: LIMA LEONARDO DOS SANTOS , Arruda L Gabriel de Almeida 
Published: December 2022

Abstract
The Feynman-Vernon influence functional formalism which is adequate in the study of the dissipative dynamics, is used to describe weakly coupled circuits. The classical behavior of the system formed by resistance, electric and magnetic polarizations is characterized by the influence functional approach whose behavior although is linear in some sense, is not representable by systems of perfect oscillators. In addition, linear combinations of complex q-exponentials are used in representation of nonlinear circuits in which the solution of the correspondent nonlinear differentials equations are mapped in modified differentials equations for a new deformed variable.
Analyzing the Heterogeneous Impact of Rural Social Pension on Elderly People’s Health in China from the Perspective of Collectivist Household Decision-Making
Authors: GUO Yang , CUI Mei-ling , LIU Chang 
Published: December 2022

Abstract
Background: This study examines the effect of rural social pension policies on elderly people’s health from the perspective of collectivist household decision-making. It aims to explain the heterogeneous outcomes that rural social pension policies have for elderly people in different households, arguing that there is a conflict between the individualism of China’s rural pension scheme design and the collectivism of farmers’ decision-making.
Methods: To uncover the mechanism causing pension policies’ disparate effects, we conducted an empirical test using survey data from China Family Panel Studies. More specifically, we compared the impact of family structure and family members’ pension payments on elderly pensioner’s health.
Results: The results showed that younger family members’ pension payments offset the income effect of elderly family members’ pension payouts, undermining younger family members’ ability to economically support their aging parents. This weakens the health-promoting effect of pension payouts.
Conclusions: Thus, China’s wide-reaching rural social pension policy has heterogeneous effects on elderly people’s health due to differing household family structures. This insight can help to improve pension policy design and evaluation, providing the foundation for more equitable and long-term social pension systems.
Loneliness status and associated factors among rural left-behind children in China: a cross-sectional study
Authors: Li Xiaolin , Li Han , Xiong Yan , Lu Chunxia , Long Jiayi , Shu Caijuan , Yin Hongjun , Dong Weixin 
Published: December 2022

Abstract
Objective: Toinvestigate the loneliness status among rural left-behind children (RLBC) in China and examine the significant predictors of loneliness, which might provide practical intervention measures for the schools.
Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted from January to February 2022 using the Sociodemographic Questionnaire, Children’s Loneliness Scale(CLS), Social Anxiety Scale for Children (SASC), Rosenberg’s Self-Esteem Scale(SES) and Piers-Harris Child Self-concept Scale (PHCSS) to assess the status of, and factors associated with the loneliness of RLBC. Using ratios to describe the data, Chi-square test was used to compare the level of loneliness of RLBC between groups. Associations between different factors and the CLS were examined using Pearson analysis. The main factors that were most predictive of the loneliness were identified by multiple linear regressions.
Results: The detection rate of loneliness among RLBC was 66.26%(n=538). Chi-suqare test results show that grade, age, parental migration status, parental separation duration, type of caregivers and contact frequency with parents on different levels of loneliness of RLBC(P<0.05). The correlation analysis indicated that CLS is positively correlated with parental migration status, parental separation duration, contact frequency with parents, average annual household income, SASC and two domains(P<0.05). It is negatively correlated with grade, age, SES, PHCSS and six domains(P<0.05). The multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that grade, age, parental migration status, parental separation duration, contact frequency with parents, SASC, FEA, FRE, POP among the variables were major factors affecting loneliness of RLBC(all P<0.05).
Conclusions: The detection rate of loneliness among RLBC in China is high. Grade, age, parental migration status, parental separation duration, contact frequency with parents, social anxiety, self-esteem and self-concept were the main factors affecting the loneliness level of RLBC.
A comparative study of external ear canal packing in endoscopic ear surgery; Outcomes of Spongostan and Silastic-based ear packing on a cohort of 153 cases
Authors: Angelou Dimitrios , Slim Mohd Afiq Mohd , Iyer Arunachalam 
Published: December 2022

Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this study was to compare the effect of external ear canal packing on the outcomes of endoscopic ear surgery. We specifically aimed to compare the outcomes of Spongostan-based and Silastic splint packings.
Methods
Retrospective analysis of 153 consecutive patients who had endoscopic ear surgery in our department from 2014 to 2021. We excluded revision surgeries and microscopic approaches to analyze the effect of the dressing in endoscopic surgery alone. Analysis was performed for two groups of procedures depending on the use of either Spongostan-based dressings left in the ear for 3 months to be absorbed or Silastic splint and ointment dressings removed 2 weeks after the procedure.
Results
Of the 153 patients, 50 had Silastic based dressings and 103 had Spongostan. No statistical difference was found in any of our outcomes including otorrhea (OR:1.12, p:0.742), tympanic membrane perforations (OR:0.658, p:0.374), retractions (OR:2.02, p:0.377), myringitis (OR:0.839, p:0.787), meatal stenosis (OR:1.48, p:1) and lateralization (0%). Our multivariate analysis demonstrated no differences between the cholesteatoma and graft-type groups.
Conclusions
Both Spongostan-based packing and Silastic splint packing have been used extensively in endoscopic ear surgery with good results. Spongostan was absorbable and required its first follow-up only at 3 months, therefore needing fewer appointments.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Practices and Perspectives on Hardware Acceleration for Embedded Image Processing
Authors: Fryer Joshua , Garcia Paulo 
Published: December 2022

Abstract
Modern embedded image processing deployment systems are heterogeneous combinations of general-purpose and specialized processors, custom ASIC accelerators and bespoke hardware accelerators. This paper offers a primer on hardware acceleration of image processing, focusing on embedded, real-time applications. We then survey the landscape of High Level Synthesis technologies that are amenable to the domain, and present our ongoing work on IMP-Lang, a language for early stage design of heterogeneous image processing systems.
We show that hardware acceleration is not just a process of converting a piece of computation into an equivalent hardware system: that naive approach offers, in most cases, little benefit. Instead, acceleration must take into account how data is streamed throughout the system, and optimize that streaming accordingly. We show that the choice of tooling plays an important role in the results of acceleration. Different tools, in function of the underlying language paradigm, produce wildly different results across performance, size, and power consumption metrics. Finally, we show that
bringing heterogeneous considerations to the language level offers significant advantages to early design estimation, allowing designers to partition their algorithms more efficiently, iterating towards a convergent design that can then be implemented across heterogeneous elements accordingly.
Trend, spatial distribution and predictors of childhood acute respiratory infection in Ethiopia: Evidence from Ethiopia’s 2005, 2011, and 2016 demographic and health survey
Authors: Tesfaye Solomon Hailemariam , Seboka Binyam Tariku , Sisay Daniel 
Published: December 2022

Abstract

Background In Ethiopia, acute respiratory infections (ARIs) are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among children under five years. Geographically linked data analysis using nationally representative data is crucial to map distribution of ARIs and identify high risk areas. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate trend, spatial distribution and identify spatial predictors of ARI in Ethiopia. Methods Secondary data from the Ethiopian Demographic Health Survey (EDHS) of 2005, 2011, and 2016 were used. Kuldorff’s spatial scan statistic using the Bernoulli model was used to identify spatial clusters with high or low ARI. Ordinary Kriging was used to interpolate ARI. Hot spot analysis was conducted usingGetis-OrdGistatistics. Eigenvector spatial filtering regression model was carried out to identify spatial predictors of ARI. Results The prevalence of ARI decreased from 12.6% (95%, CI: 0.113–0.138) in 2005 to 6.6% (95% CI: 0.055–0.077) in 2016. Across the three surveys, clusters with a high prevalence of ARI were observed in the North part of Ethiopia. The spatial regression analysis revealed that the spatial variation of ARI was significantly associated with using biomass fuel for cooking and children not initiating breastfed within 1-hour of birth. This correlation is strong in the Northern and some areas in the Western part of the country. Conclusion Overall there has been a considerable decrease in ARI, but this decline in ARI varied in some regions and districts between surveys. Biomass fuel and early initiation of breastfeeding were independent predictors of ARI. There is a need to prioritize children living in regions and districts with high ARI.