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Fluids and physicochemical properties and processes in the Earth
Authors: Mysen Bjorn 
Published: October 2022

AbstractThe Earth's fluid budget is dominated by species in the system C–O–H–N–S together with halogens such as F and Cl. H2O is by far the most abundant. Such fluids are one of the two main mass transport agents (fluid and magma) in the Earth. Among those, in particular aqueous fluids are efficient solvents of geochemically important components at high temperature and pressure. The solution capacity of aqueous fluids can be enhanced further by dissolved halogens and sulfur. CO2or nitrogen species has the opposite effect.Fluid-mediated transport in the Earth is by fluids passing through cracks at shallow depth and via percolation channels along grain boundaries at greater depth. Percolation velocity is linked to permeability, which, in turn is governed by rock porosity. Porosity is controlled by wetting angles,θ, at the interface between fluid and mineral surfaces. Whenθ < 60°, fluid will wet all grain boundaries of an isotropic crystalline material, whereas when greater than 60°, grain boundary wetting does not occur as readily, and fluid-mediated transport efficiency can be greatly reduced. The size of the wetting angle is negatively correlated with the solubility of silicate components in the fluids, which means that fluid composition, temperature, and pressure affect the wetting angles and, therefore, fluid-mediated mass transport efficiency in the interior of the Earth.Geophysical and geochemical anomalies in the Earth's interior have been linked to the presence of fluids. Fluid infiltration in crustal and mantle rocks will enhance electrical conductivity and seismic wave attenuation. For example, 5–10% H2O-rich fluids in the mantle wedge above subducting plates have been suggested from enhanced electrical conductivity. Similar fluid fractions have been suggested to be consistent with seismic velocities in these regions. The geochemistry of the crust and the mantle can be affected by fluid-mediated transport of major, minor, and trace elements. When such altered materials serve as source rocks of partial melts, those geochemical alterations also lead to changes in partial melt compositions. As an example, the presence of such aqueous fluid in the mantle wedge above subducting and dehydrating subducting slabs is consistent with partial melting of an H2O-bearing mantle wedge above subducted oceanic crust.
Amisulpride augmentation therapy improves cognitive performance and psychopathology in clozapine-resistant treatment-refractory schizophrenia: a 12-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
Authors: Zhu Ming-Huan , Liu Zhen-Jing , Hu Qiong-Yue , Yang Jia-Yu , Jin Ying , Zhu Na , Huang Ying , Shi Dian-Hong , Liu Min-Jia , Tan Hong-Yang , Zhao Lei , Lv Qin-Yu , Yi Zheng-Hui , Wu Feng-Chun , Li Ze-Zhi 
Published: October 2022

Abstract
Background
Although clozapine is an effective option for treatment-resistant schizophrenia (TRS), there are still 1/3 to 1/2 of TRS patients who do not respond to clozapine. The main purpose of this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial was to explore the amisulpride augmentation efficacy on the psychopathological symptoms and cognitive function of clozapine-resistant treatment-refractory schizophrenia (CTRS) patients.

Methods
A total of 80 patients were recruited and randomly assigned to receive initial clozapine plus amisulpride (amisulpride group) or clozapine plus placebo (placebo group). Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS), Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS), Clinical Global Impression (CGI) scale scores, Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS), Treatment Emergent Symptom Scale (TESS), laboratory measurements, and electrocardiograms (ECG) were performed at baseline, at week 6, and week 12.

Results
Compared with the placebo group, amisulpride group had a lower PANSS total score, positive subscore, and general psychopathology subscore at week 6 and week 12 (PBonferroni < 0.01). Furthermore, compared with the placebo group, the amisulpride group showed an improved RBANS language score at week 12 (PBonferroni < 0.001). Amisulpride group had a higher treatment response rate (P = 0.04), lower scores of CGI severity and CGI efficacy at week 6 and week 12 than placebo group (PBonferroni < 0.05). There were no differences between the groups in body mass index (BMI), corrected QT (QTc) intervals, and laboratory measurements. This study demonstrates that amisulpride augmentation therapy can safely improve the psychiatric symptoms and cognitive performance of CTRS patients.

Conclusion
This study indicates that amisulpride augmentation therapy has important clinical significance for treating CTRS to improve clinical symptoms and cognitive function with tolerability and safety.
Trial registration Clinicaltrials.gov identifier- NCT03652974. Registered August 31, 2018, https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03652974
Corneal reflections and skin contrast yield better memory of human and virtual faces
Authors: Vaitonytė Julija , Alimardani Maryam , Louwerse Max M. 
Published: October 2022

AbstractVirtual faces have been found to be rated less human-like and remembered worse than photographic images of humans. What it is in virtual faces that yields reduced memory has so far remained unclear. The current study investigated face memory in the context of virtual agent faces and human faces, real and manipulated, considering two factors of predicted influence, i.e., corneal reflections and skin contrast. Corneal reflections referred to the bright points in each eye that occur when the ambient light reflects from the surface of the cornea. Skin contrast referred to the degree to which skin surface is rough versus smooth. We conducted two memory experiments, one with high-quality virtual agent faces (Experiment 1) and the other with the photographs of human faces that were manipulated (Experiment 2). Experiment 1 showed better memory for virtual faces with increased corneal reflections and skin contrast (rougher rather than smoother skin). Experiment 2 replicated these findings, showing that removing the corneal reflections and smoothening the skin reduced memory recognition of manipulated faces, with a stronger effect exerted by the eyes than the skin. This study highlights specific features of the eyes and skin that can help explain memory discrepancies between real and virtual faces and in turn elucidates the factors that play a role in the cognitive processing of faces.
Outcome of endovascular treatment of internal iliac artery aneurysms: a single center retrospective review
Authors: Kim Jinoo , Chun Joo-Young , Ameli-Renani Seyed , Ratnam Lakshmi , Mailli Leto , Pavlidis Vyzantios , Das Raj , Morgan Robert 
Published: October 2022

Abstract
Purpose
To evaluate the technical feasibility and clinical outcomes of endovascular treatment for internal iliac artery (IIA) aneurysms.

Material and methods
This was a retrospective analysis of 25 patients with 32 IIA aneurysms (mean diameter: 39.1 ± 12.6 mm) who underwent endovascular treatment over a 10-year period, and were available for follow-up. Univariate analysis was used to determine the association between variables (including aortoiliac involvement and technique) and outcome.

Results
The IIA inflow was covered with an iliac stent graft (N = 29) or embolized with a plug (N = 3). The IIA outflow was embolized in all but one case in which there was thrombotic occlusion of outflow branches. Outflow embolization using plugs or coils was performed in the distal IIA or anterior/posterior trunks in 9 cases and distal IIA branches in 22 cases. During a mean follow-up period of 39.9 months, 31.2% of aneurysms demonstrated endoleak and 12.5% demonstrated enlargement. Univariate analysis revealed that endoleak was associated with technical failure (p = 0.01) and that endoleak rate was higher in patients who underwent distal IIA branch embolization (p = 0.03). No variable was associated with sac expansion. Major complication occurred in one patient who died from aneurysm rupture. Minor complications were reported in six patients who developed femoral pseudoaneurysm (N = 2, 8%), buttock claudication (N = 3, 12%), and limb graft occlusion (N = 1, 4%).

Conclusion
Endovascular treatment of IIA aneurysms effectively prevents sac expansion. Endoleak was more frequently observed in cases of technical failure and those in which distal IIA branches were embolized.

Level of Evidence
Level 3b, retrospective cohort study.
Outcomes of Childhood Noninfant Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia With 11q23/KMT2ARearrangements in a Modern Therapy Era: A Retrospective International Study
Authors: Attarbaschi Andishe , Möricke Anja , Harrison Christine J. , Mann Georg , Baruchel André , De Moerloose Barbara , Conter Valentino , Devidas Meenakshi , Elitzur Sarah , Escherich Gabriele , Hunger Stephen P. , Horibe Keizo , Manabe Atsushi , Loh Mignon L. , Pieters Rob , Schmiegelow Kjeld , Silverman Lewis B. , Stary Jan , Vora Ajay , Pui Ching-Hon , Schrappe Martin , Zimmermann Martin ,   on behalf of the Ponte-di-Legno Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Working Group
Published: October 2022

PURPOSEWe aimed to study prognostic factors and efficacy of allogeneic hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) in first remission of patients with noninfant childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) with 11q23/ KMT2A rearrangements treated with chemotherapy regimens between 1995 and 2010.PATIENTS AND METHODSData were retrospectively retrieved from 629 patients with 11q23/ KMT2A-rearranged ALL from 17 members of the Ponte-di-Legno Childhood ALL Working Group. Clinical and biologic characteristics, early response assessed by minimal residual disease at the end of induction (EOI) therapy, and allo-HSCT were analyzed for their impact on outcomes.RESULTSA specific 11q23/ KMT2A translocation partner gene was identified in 84.3% of patients, with the most frequent translocations being t(4;11)(q21;q23) (n = 273; 51.5%), t(11;19)(q23;p13.3) (n = 106; 20.0%), t(9;11)(p21_22;q23) (n = 76; 14.3%), t(6;11)(q27;q23) (n = 20; 3.8%), and t(10;11)(p12;q23) (n = 14; 2.6%); 41 patients (7.7%) had less frequently identified translocation partner genes. Patient characteristics and early response varied among subgroups, indicating large biologic heterogeneity and diversity in therapy sensitivity among 11q23/ KMT2A-rearranged ALL. The EOI remission rate was 93.2%, and the 5-year event-free survival (EFS) for the entire cohort was 69.1% ± 1.9%, with a range from 41.7% ± 17.3% for patients with t(9;11)-positive T-ALL (n = 9) and 64.8% ± 3.0% for patients with t(4;11)-positive B-ALL (n = 266) to 91.2% ± 4.9% for patients with t(11;19)-positive T-ALL (n = 34). Low EOI minimal residual disease was associated with favorable EFS, and induction failure was particularly predictive of nonresponse to further therapy and relapse and poor EFS. In addition, EFS was not improved by allo-HSCT compared with chemotherapy only in patients with both t(4;11)-positive B-ALL (n = 64 v 51; P = .10) and 11q23/ KMT2A-rearranged T-ALL (n = 16 v 10; P = .69).CONCLUSIONCompared with historical data, prognosis of patients with noninfant 11q23/ KMT2A-rearranged ALL has improved, but allo-HSCT failed to affect outcome. Targeted therapies are needed to reduce relapse and treatment-related mortality rates.
Suffering in the Name of Protecting: The Case of the Fukushima Population
Authors: Kalef-Ezra John 
Published: October 2022

Major nuclear accidents are rare events causing large and long-lasting medical, environmental, economic, and societal consequences. Urgent mass evacuation and long-term displacement of about 165.000 persons and their long-term resettlement after the 2011 Fukushima-1 accident destabilized Japan. As of March 2020, the official number of displaced persons from their home in Fukushima Prefecture was reduced to 40.335, an action that averted a collective effective dose of about 3,000 man.Sv. Most of the causalities were elderely volunarable pesons, such as patients with chronic diseases, instititionalized individuals, and very poor persons. However, no early radiation-induced somatic effects to public were reported. This article seeks to compare the benefit of the evacuation/resettlement procedure with its cost. The accident-related death toll in Fukushima Prefecture has to be differantiated from that due to the earthquaque and the tsunami that trigered the foressen and prevenatble nuclear 2011 accident. Taking into acount the ratio of the direct and the indirect deaths at the Miyagi and Iwate Prefectures, can be assumed that out the 2.313 indirect life losses in Fukushima registered up at to 2020, only about 165 could be attributed to the eartquake and the tsuami, and few tens due to the radiation induced cancer among the dispaced persons. The mass dispacement resulted in increased incidence of severe somatic effects, mental and psychic disorders, social isolation, insecurity, unemployment, poverty, urbanization, and exploitation. Therefore, the mitigation actions, as designed and implemented, led in a secondary tragedy larger than that due the accident itself, resulting among other things to the death of about 2.100 persons in the name of sparing, in theory, about 150 lives with a latency time of decades
ICTs in the banking sector in the times of the COVID-19 pandemic: the customer’s perspective
Authors: Piotrowski Dariusz 
Published: October 2022

Motivation: The digitization of financial services has brought a noticeable decline in the importance of branch banking for customers wanting to contact their bank or receive financial services. The lack of personal contact with bank employees has become particularly significant during the pandemic, with remote modes of communication reducing the risk of contracting SARS-CoV-2.
Aim: The present study applies the Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient and binomial logit model to determine the impact of the digitization of bank services and the COVID-19 pandemic on retail customers’ needs for branch banking.
Results: The empirical research conducted demonstrated that the factors significantly positively influencing the need to use financial services provided by staff in bank branches were respondent experience in using bank advisory services and fear of interpersonal contact in the pandemic context. Meanwhile, variables with a negative effect were the use of the electronic banking platform, attitudes towards the use of the artificial intelligence technology in the banking sector, and perceptions of the advantages of remote communication with institutions in the pandemic context.
VAT gap determinants in the European Union and Poland
Authors: Pluskota Anna 
Published: October 2022

Motivation: VAT revenues constitute a significant part of the budgets of EU countries and Poland. Both the EU and Poland are taking steps to reduce the VAT gap. To define the areas influencing the size of the VAT gap, its determinants should be indicated.
Aim: The study aims to identify the determinants of the VAT gap in the EU and Poland. By comparing the impact of individual determinants on the VAT Gap in the EU and Poland, it will be possible to identify common factors shaping the VAT gap in the EU and Poland.
Results: Based on the econometric study, it was indicated that growth, trade, consumption, and corruption are significant determinants of the VAT gap in the EU and Poland. However, it has been shown that the impact of consumption and corruption on the VAT gap in Poland is different from that in the EU.
Voluntary Precision Disclosure and Endogenous Market Feedback
Authors: Schneemeier Jan 
Published: October 2022

We explore a manager’s incentives to disclose the precision of a signal about firm profitability. Voluntary disclosure of precision information encourages traders to acquire private information, increasing price informativeness and improving the firm’s investment efficiency. We highlight a novel tradeoff: on the one hand, more precise public information crowds out traders’ information acquisition by leveling the playing field. On the other hand, there can also be a crowding-in effect because high-precision disclosures indicate greater managerial confidence and higher investment, which increases the traders’ value of information. The crowding-in effect can dominate if the firm discloses above-average profitability. We derive testable predictions regarding the financial market consequences of supplemental disclosures that are informative about the precision or relevance of payoff-related signals. This paper was accepted by Brian Bushee, accounting.
A 5-year observation of the dahl principle to manage localized anterior tooth wear
Authors: Goh David , McLaughlin Matthew , Klineberg Iven 
Published: October 2022

This clinical report reviews and assesses a 5-year observation of a minimal intervention approach (using the Dahl concept) for the management of severe anterior tooth wear in a 44-year-old male. CPD/Clinical Relevance: The Dahl concept is a versatile, inexpensive and conservative technique for the management of localized severe anterior tooth wear.
Few-cycle 65-µJ pulses at 11.4  µm for ultrafast nonlinear longwave-infrared spectroscopy
Authors: Fuertjes Pia , Bock Martin , von Grafenstein Lorenz , Ueberschaer Dennis , Griebner Uwe , Elsaesser Thomas 
Published: October 2022

Low-energy excitations can provide insight into the basic ultrafast nonequilibrium dynamics of condensed matter. High-energy femtosecond pulses in the long-wavelength infrared are required to induce such processes, and can be generated in an optical parametric chirped pulse amplification (OPCPA) system comprising three GaSe stages. A femtosecond Cr:ZnS laser serves as the front-end, providing the seed for the 2.0-µm pump and the 2.4-µm signal pulses without nonlinear conversion processes. The OPCPA system is pumped at 2.05 µm by a picosecond Ho:YLF regenerative amplifier at a 1-kHz repetition rate. The recompressed idler pulses at 11.4 µm have a duration of 185 fs and an unprecedented energy of 65 µJ, corresponding to a pump-to-idler conversion efficiency of 1.2%. Nonlinear transmission experiments in the range of the L2 infrared band of liquid water demonstrate the potential of the pulses for nonlinear vibrational spectroscopy of liquids and solids.
Rapid diagnostic tests and ELISA for diagnosing chronic Chagas disease: Systematic revision and meta-analysis
Authors: Suescún-Carrero Sandra Helena , Tadger Philippe , Sandoval Cuellar Carolina , Armadans-Gil Lluis , Ramírez López Laura Ximena 
Published: October 2022

Objective
To determine the diagnostic validity of the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDT) among individuals with suspected chronic Chagas Disease (CD).

Methodology
A search was made for studies with ELISA and RDT assays validity estimates as eligibility criteria, published between 2010 and 2020 on PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, and LILACS. This way, we extracted the data and assessed the risk of bias and applicability of the studies using the QUADAS-2 tool. The bivariate random effects model was also used to estimate the overall sensitivity and specificity through forest-plots, ROC space, and we visually assessed the heterogeneity between studies. Meta-regressions were made using subgroup analysis. We used Deeks’ test to assess the risk of publication bias.

Results
43 studies were included; 27 assessed ELISA tests; 14 assessed RDTs; and 2 assessed ELISA and RDTs, against different reference standards. 51.2 % of them used a non-comparative observational design, and 46.5 % a comparative clinical design (“case-control” type). High risk of bias was detected for patient screening and reference standard. The ELISA tests had a sensitivity of 99% (95% CI: 98–99) and a specificity of 98% (95% CI: 97–99); whereas the Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDT) had values of 95% (95% CI: 94–97) and 97% (95% CI: 96–98), respectively. Deeks’ test showed asymmetry on the ELISA assays.

Conclusions
ELISA and RDT tests have high validity for diagnosing chronic Chagas disease. The analysis of these two types of evidence in this systematic review and meta-analysis constitutes an input for their use. The limitations included the difficulty in extracting data due to the lack of information in the articles, and the comparative clinical-type design of some studies.
Microscopia electrónica no estudo de argilas. Casos de solos e sedimentos de Angola.
Authors: Horta da Silva J. A. 
Published: October 2022

A microscopia electrónica desempenha grande papel nos estudos mineralógicos e microestruturais de argilas. Neste trabalho, apresentam-se alguns exemplos da aplicação da microscopia electrónica de transmissão e reflexão no estudo de sedimentos de Angola. Referem-se casos de ocorrência de paligorskite nos calcários da Cazenga, natureza, cristalinidade e morfologia de óxidos e hidróxidos de ferro e de caulinite de solos ferruginosos e lateríticos de Luanda, Luso, Cela, etc., ocorrência de alunite e jarosite nos sedimentos de Luanda e microestruturas de argilas expansivas.
Nota sobre a influencia da composição mineralógica e características de compactação no comportamento expansivo de um solo
Authors: Silva J. A. Horta , Nunes A. Santos 
Published: October 2022

No decurso do estudo geotécnico preliminar da futura estrada Maria Tereza-Salazar, foi detectada a ocorrência de um solo com comportamento altamente expansivo, quando sujeito a compactação pesada. Nesta nota apresenta-se um estudo detalhado da composição do solo e discute-se o seu comportamento expansivo em termos da influência da mineralogia e características de compactação
A utilização de cascalho de terraço na barragem de São Simão
Authors: Madureira Cláudio 
Published: October 2022

Comparações entre ensaios de compactação com amostras integrais e amostras reduzidas representativas das granulometrias totais, em que foram verificadas a influência da Energia de Compactação, Tamanho Máximo das Partículas, Humidade de Absorção da Fracção graúda e Percentagem de Cascalho, bem como a execução de Aterros Experimentais utilizando equipamento de compactação do tipo vibratório-liso, permitiram o desenvolvimento de um método de controlo para a compactação do "cascalho de terraço" utilizado em larga escala.na Barragem de São Simão, Brasil.
Goniômetro para determinação do ângulo de fricção entre partículas
Authors: Nascimento Úlpio 
Published: October 2022

Como pesquisa básica para o esclarecimento dos mecanismos de atrito de materiais granulares, conduziram-se ensaios para medição da fricção entre partículas, tendo-se desen­volvido para o efeito um novo aparelho, o goniómetro de fricção. Nesse aparelho, com o qual se mede directamente o ângulo de fricção, aplica-se no contacto entre duas partículas uma força de intensidade constante cujo ângulo de obliquidade se faz crescer até provocar o deslizamento entre elas. O valor máximo dessa obliquidade dá o ângulo de fricção pretendido. As superfícies de contacto das partículas são ensaiadas com a sua forma natural sem qualquer operação de desgaste para as tomar planas. O aparelho está concebido para a medição do ângulo de fricção num dado contacto entre partículas apenas numa direcção desse contacto; não permite pois a fácil determinação da aniso tropia dum contacto quanto à sua fricção. Trata-se pois dum goniómetro unidireccional. Analisam-se as principais causas de erro sistemático e apresentam-se as maneiras de os corrigir. Apontam-se as vantagens que terá um goniómetro multidireccional quer para permitir eliminar erros sistemáticos, quer para estudos de fricções anisotrópicas. Apresentam-se resultados de ensaios realizados sobre partículas de seixo quartzoso, de brita calcária e de brita gabro-diorítica. Comentam-se esses resultados e referem-se futuras investigações.