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Elevated Natriuretic Peptides in Patients With Severe or Critical COVID-19: A Meta-Analysis
Authors: Benhuri Benjamin , Aikawa Tadao , Takagi Hisato , Benhuri Daniel , Kuno Toshiki 
Published: October 2022

Background
The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 has resulted in an extraordinary increase in the number of patients who are severely critically ill. For many of these patients, cardiovascular risk factors are key contributors to the development of severe illness. Laboratory markers for cardiac damage and failure, such as natriuretic peptides, are reported to be elevated in patients with severe COVID-19.

Methods
We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to compare natriuretic peptide levels in patients with severe COVID-19 vs those with nonsevere COVID-19. PubMed and medRxiv were searched through April 7, 2020. The outcome of interest was the difference in B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) or N-terminal-proBNP levels in patients with severe vs nonsevere COVID-19.

Results
We identified 9 retrospective cohort studies that had a total of 1,575 patients with COVID-19 who had their natriuretic peptides measured and were classified by disease severity. All studies were conducted in China. Patients with severe COVID-19 had significantly higher BNP levels than patients with nonsevere COVID-19 (mean difference, 69.56 pg/mL; 95% CI, 1.77–137.35 pg/mL; P = .04, I2 = 83%). Similarly, patients with severe COVID-19 had significantly higher N-terminal-proBNP levels than patients with nonsevere COVID-19 (mean difference, 518.65 pg/mL; 95% CI, 152.40–884.90 pg/mL; P = .006, I2 = 86%).

Conclusions
In this study, Chinese patients with severe COVID-19 had higher natriuretic peptide levels than those with nonsevere COVID-19. Studies from all countries affected by the virus will help to further delineate whether the cause is directly or indirectly of cardiac origin and whether preexisting heart failure has an influence on this disparity.
Risk Aversion and Uniqueness of Equilibrium in Economies with Two Goods and Arbitrary Endowments
Authors: Loi Andrea , Matta Stefano 
Published: October 2022

Abstract
We study the connection between risk aversion, the number of consumers, and the uniqueness of equilibrium. We consider an economy with two goods and I impatience types, where each type has additive separable preferences with HARA Bernoulli utility function,

u

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1
−
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a

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${u}_{\text{H}}(x) := \frac{\gamma }{1-\gamma }{\left(b+\frac{a}{\gamma }x\right)}^{1-\gamma }$

. We show that if

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∈

1
,

I

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−
1

$\gamma \in \left(1,\frac{I}{I-1}\right]$

, the economy has a unique regular equilibrium. Moreover, the methods used, including Newton’s symmetric polynomials and Descartes’ rule of signs, enable us to offer new sufficient conditions for uniqueness in a closed-form expression that highlight the role played by endowments, patience, and specific HARA parameters. Finally, we derive new necessary and sufficient conditions that ensure uniqueness for the particular case of CRRA Bernoulli utility functions with γ = 3.
Optimal Control for a Tuberculosis Model with Exogenous Reinfection under the Influence of Stigma
Authors: Liguarda Remilou , Caga-anan Randy L. , Bock Wolfgang 
Published: October 2022

Abstract
Often described as the world’s most deadly infectious disease, Tuberculosis remains a serious health threat in many parts of the world, especially in the developing countries. One of the social barriers hindering TB patients to seek and complete medical attention is stigmatization. In this study, we incorporated stigmatization on a model published by Feng et al. last 2000. We obtained the basic reproduction number and showed conditions where multiple endemic equilibrium will exist depending on a reinfection threshold. The model predicted a significant increase in the basic reproduction number as the level of stigmatization increases. We used optimal control theory to investigate the effect of controls to combat stigmatization and compare these controls with the usual controls such as improving treatment and minimizing reinfection. Simulations show that although stigmatization controls are helpful, they are not enough to successfully control the disease. A combination of all the controls will be ideal and some optimal rates of doing it over time are given, depending on the perceived cost of implementation.
Media populism and the life-cycle of the Norwegian Progress Party
Authors: Herkman Juha , Kalsnes Bente 
Published: October 2022

Abstract
The paper examines the media attention given to the Norwegian Progress Party (FrP) during the parliamentary elections in which it participated between 1973 and 2017. Particular attention is paid to the ideas of media populism and the so-called life-cycle model that outlines the relationship between the different media types and a populist movement regarding its life span. Our data consist of media coverage of the parliamentary election campaigns in Norway in Verdens Gang’s (tabloid) and Aftenposten’s (legacy) newspapers between 1973 and 2017 in general (n=16,536) and the FrP’s media attention in these two major newspapers in particular (n=1,671). The research method employed was a quantitative content analysis. The media coverage of the FrP follows somewhat the life-cycle model, but the party’s internal development and status in the political field, immigration as an individual issue, and changes in political and the media environments seem more important factors for the media attention.
Intelligent home control system based on BP neural network speech recognition
Authors: Liu Ruini 
Published: October 2022

Abstract
With the rapid progress and wide application of cutting-edge technologies such as automatic control technology and wireless communication technology in recent years, smart home, as an effective combination of these cutting-edge technologies and daily life, has received more and more attention and Research has been greatly developed. In order to solve the shortcomings of the existing home control need to download various cumbersome APP, the WeChat applet is introduced into the smart home system, and the intelligent voice technology is planned to be used in the smart home control to realize the voice control, improve the user experience and make the home Life gets smarter. This time, the deep learning technology was used in the development process of the smart home control system, and according to the historical information of the home, combined with the learning ability of the recurrent neural network for time series data, through the mining, analysis and learning of historical data, the construction based on specific The user’s unique computing model can seamlessly connect the capabilities of the voice cloud platform with the capabilities of the Internet of Things cloud platform through the Web server, making it possible to quickly access the voice recognition capabilities to smart homes. The entire system has stable connectivity, easy deployment and low cost. The main functions are deployed in the cloud and extended. After 10 rounds of iterative training of the Attention-GRU model in this paper, its prediction accuracy can quickly rise to about 97%, and finally stabilize at about 98.2%, and the lighting prediction accuracy can reach 95% or higher.
Theoretical assessment of the impact of awareness programs on cholera transmission dynamic
Authors: Tchatat Daudel , Kolaye Gabriel , Bowong Samuel , Temgoua Anatole 
Published: October 2022

Abstract
In this paper, we propose and analyse a mathematical model of the transmission dynamics of cholera incorporating awareness programs to study the impact of socio-media and education on cholera outbreaks. These programs induce behavioural changes in the population, which divide the susceptible class into two subclasses, aware individuals and unaware individuals. We first provide a basic study of the model. We compute the Disease-Free Equilibrium (DFE) and derive the basic reproduction number

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${\mathcal{R}}_{0}^{0}$

that determines the extinction and the persistence of the disease. We show that there exists a threshold parameter ξ such that when

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≤
ξ
<
1

${\mathcal{R}}_{0}^{0}\le \xi < 1$

, the DFE is globally asymptotically stable, but when

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<
1

$\xi \le {\mathcal{R}}_{0}^{0}< 1$

, the model exhibits the phenomenon of backward bifurcation on a feasible region. The model exhibits one endemic equilibrium locally stable when

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0

>
1

${\mathcal{R}}_{0}^{0} > 1$

and in that condition the DFE is unstable. Various cases for awareness proportions are performed using the critical awareness rate in order to measure the effect of awareness programs on the infected individuals over time. The results we obtained show that the higher implementation of strategies combining awareness programs and therapeutic treatments increase the efficacy of control measures. The numerical simulations of the model are used to illustrate analytical results and give more precision on critical values on the controls actions.
Bifurcation, chaos, and circuit realisation of a new four-dimensional memristor system
Authors: Jiang Xiaowei , Li Jianhao , Li Bo , Yin Wei , Sun Li , Chen Xiangyong 
Published: October 2022

AbstractThis paper discusses the complex dynamic behavior of a novel chaotic system, which was firstly established by introducing a memristor into a similar Chen’s system. Then by choosingaas the key parameter, we analyze the stability of memristor system based on eigenvalue theory. It is also found that whenacross some critical values, the system can exhibit Neimark–Sacker bifurcation and chaos behaviors. Some numerical simulations including phase diagrams and maximum Lyapunov exponent graph of the memristor-based systems are presented to verify the existence of chaos attractors. Finally, to make the results of this paper useful in the actual situation, such as the design of chaos security algorithm, analog electronic circuit of memristor chaotic system is designed.
Analysis of concrete beams reinforced by GFRP bars with varying parameters
Authors: Mohammed Shaysh Aziz , Said AbdulMuttailb I. 
Published: October 2022

Abstract
Structural buildings consist of concrete and steel, and these buildings have confronted many challenges from various aggressive environments against the materials manufactured from them. It contains high water levels and buildings whose concrete cover may be damaged and thus lead to the deterioration and corrosion of steel. It was important to have an alternative to steel, such as the glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP), which is distinguished by its great effectiveness in resisting corrosion, as well as its strong tensile resistance. Still, one of its drawbacks is that it has a low modulus of elasticity. This research article aims to conduct a numerical study using the nonlinear finite element ABAQUS program on eight beam models with various parameters such as stirrup spacing, compressive strength, reinforcement layer, and type of bar reinforcement under four-point bending. The result shows that the ultimate load capacity of the GFRP beam is higher than that of a beam reinforced with steel and the number and width of cracks are greater in the GFRP-reinforced beam than in the steel-reinforced beam. In general, the serviceability reflected by cracks and deflection is lower in GFRP-reinforced beams than in steel-reinforced beams with higher serviceability. The results, on either hand, showed the expected behavior of GFRP, which is linear elastic to the failure stage. These beams are divided into four groups of beams with different variables studied to understand GFRP bars’ behavior under static loading. The variables taken in this study are the spacing between the stirrups, the compressive strength of concrete, the effect of the number of layers of reinforcement, and the type of reinforcement bar.
The lattice of (2, 1)-congruences on a left restriction semigroup
Authors: Liu Haijun , Guo Xiaojiang 
Published: October 2022

AbstractAll the (2, 1)-congruences on a left restriction semigroup become a complete sublattice of its lattice of congruences. The aim of this article is to study certain fundamental properties of this complete sublattice. We introducekk-,KK-,tt-, andTT-operators on this sublattice and obtain some properties. As applications, the remarkable (2, 1)-congruences are characterized. These results extend the corresponding results on inverse semigroups and ample semigroups.
Reducing Unnecessary Treatment of Bronchiolitis Across a Large Regional Health Service in Spain
Authors: Montejo Marta , Paniagua Natalia , Pijoan Jose Ignacio , Saiz-Hernando Carlos , Castelo Susana , Martin Vanesa , Sánchez Alvaro , Benito Javier 
Published: October 2022

OBJECTIVES
A bronchiolitis integrated care pathway (BICP) proved useful in reducing the use of unnecessary medications at a local level. The aim of this study was to reduce overtreatment by scaling up the BICP across our regional health service in the 2019 and 2020 bronchiolitis season.

METHODS
We conducted a quality improvement (QI) initiative in 115 primary care (PC) centers and 7 hospitals in the Basque Country, Spain, from October 2019 to March 2020. The primary outcome measure was the percentage of children prescribed salbutamol comparing the rate to that in the previous bronchiolitis season (October 2018–March 2019). Secondary outcomes were the use of other medications. Balancing measures were hospitalization and unscheduled return rates.

RESULTS
We included 8153 PC visits, 3424 emergency department (ED) attendances, and 663 inpatient care episodes, of which 3817 (46.8%), 1614 (47.1%), and 328 (49.4%) occurred in the postintervention period, respectively. Salbutamol use decreased from 27.1% to 4.7%, 29.5% to 3.0%, and 44.4% to 3.9% (P &lt; .001) in PC centers, Eds, and hospital wards, respectively. In PC, corticosteroid and antibiotic prescribing rates fell from 10.1% to 1.7% and 13.7% to 5.1%, respectively (P &lt; .001). In EDs and hospital wards, epinephrine use rates fell from 14.2% to 4.2% (P &lt; .001) and 30.4% to 19.8% (P = .001), respectively. No variations were noted in balancing measures.

CONCLUSIONS
The scaling up of the BICP was associated with significant decreases in the use of medications in managing bronchiolitis across a regional health service without unintended consequences.
Legacy gambling harms: What are they and how long do they last?
Authors: Rockloff Matthew , Browne Matthew , Russell Alex M T , Hing Nerilee , Armstrong Tess , Greer Nancy 
Published: October 2022

AbstractBackground and aimsLegacy gambling harms are negative consequences of gambling that extend past periods of low risk, moderate risk and problem gambling. Gambling harm is typically measured within a 12-month timeframe and is often restricted to examining harm amongst active gamblers. The present research aimed to explore whether people experienced gambling harms 12 months or more after the resolution of at-risk or problem gambling, and how long these legacy harms lasted.MethodsAn online survey was conducted in New Zealand with past and current gamblers and concerned significant others (CSOs) of gamblers, N = 1,240 (50.8% female), that asked them about both past and current gambling harms.ResultsA majority of both gamblers and CSOs of gamblers indicated that they still suffered from gambling harm even after most of their behavioural issues with gambling had been resolved, 12+ months ago. Legacy gambling harms reduced over time, with harms diminishing most quickly in the early years, and having an average half-life of 4 years. Harms involving community-relationships, church involvement, and domestic and other violence resolved more quickly than others.Discussion and conclusionsLegacy harms are common among ex-problem gamblers and should be considered in any full accounting of the impacts of gambling.ConclusionUnderstanding the time course and persistence of legacy harms from gambling can provide gamblers, treatment professionals and public health experts with insights into how to address gambling's long-term consequences.
Source-receiver reciprocity and empirical Green's functions from chemical blasts
Authors: Nowack Robert L. , Chen Wang-Ping 
Published: October 2022

Abstract
We investigated source-receiver reciprocity in the context of empirical Green's functions (EGF) for chemical blasts. Theoretically, reciprocity holds between a purely explosive source and the divergence of the displacement field (dilation). Using a pair of large, delay-sequence mining blasts in southern Indiana, we carried out a pilot experiment in the field. Preliminary results show that reliable EGF can be obtained using reciprocity below a frequency threshold of about 2 Hz, where fine details in the source function are not critical. These results have applications for the characterization of seismic sources and wave propagation at local and regional distances using reciprocal geometries.
To study drug resistance & biofilm production in gram negative isolates from clinical samples
Authors: Prakash Prabhu , Agarwal Richa , Gupta Ekta , Rathore Ravinder Singh , Ashopa Vishakha , Gupta Eshank 
Published: October 2022

Biofilms are groups of microorganism encased in a matrix of extracellular polysaccharide (slime), called polysaccharide intercellular adhesion (PIA). Bacteria commonly involved include , , , and . The present study was performed to identify antibiotic resistance pattern & their ability to form biofilm in gram negative clinical isolates. All clinical samples received in laboratory for microbial culture during study period of 12 months (2017 to 2018) were included in this study Antibiotic susceptibility testing, ESBL & MBL detection was done for clinical isolates. Biofilm productions were determined by Congo red agar method, Christenson’s Test Tube method and Tissue culture plate method. 327 gram negative isolates were detected. Maximum were (32.72%) followed by (28.44%), (16.51%), (16.51%), Citrobacter species (3.97%). Maximum isolates showed resistance to ampicillin (93.27%) followed by amoxiclave (87.46%), ceftazidime (74%). Out of 327 GNB isolates, biofilm produced by 64 (19.57%) isolates by Tissue culture plate (TCP) method, 38(11.62%) by Congo red agar (CRA) method and 23 (7.03%) by Tube method. Maximum biofilm were detected in (24.29%). There is increase prevalence of multidrug resistant& biofilm forming bacteria. The routine monitoring of multidrug resistance pattern & biofilm detection can be recommended in clinical laboratories to guide proper antibiotic treatment.
A study of serum interleukin-10 levels in dengue virus infection in a rural population
Authors: Birhman Nikita , Mogha Monika 
Published: October 2022

Dengue fever is defined as a febrile individual who has travelled to or resides in a dengue-endemic area and has two clinical symptoms. Extrinsic incubation period changes are influenced by a number of variables, including the extent of daily temperature changes, virus genotype, and starting viral concentration. IL-10 may play a role in dengue pathogenesis by inducing an immune-suppressive function that results in IFN resistance, poor immunological clearance, and a long-term infectious impact for acute viral infections. The goal of this study is to learn more about the role of the cytokine IL-10 in dengue patients in order to get a better understanding of the disease, its treatment, and prevention in the coming years.: The research was conducted at the SGT Medical College Hospital and Research Institute in Gurugram, Haryana, in the Department of Microbiology. During the study's duration, 80 patient samples, 40 confirmed dengue positive samples, and 40 healthy controls served as negative controls.A total of 40 dengue positive serum samples were analysed according to the severity of DENV infection into group 1 and we discovered that 90% of the samples represented non-severe dengue infection, while 10% of the samples represented severe dengue infection.: IL-10 is a post-anti-inflammatory cytokine that represents severity in dengue patients and has immune modulatory properties. This study further underlines the need to study and detect IL-10 in the early stages of severe dengue.
Fumigant Activity of Tridax procumbens (Asterales: Asteraceae) Essential Oil Against Sitophilus zeamais (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and Its Effects on Thai Rice Seed Germination
Authors: Wanna Ruchuon , Kaewduangta Waranyoo 
Published: October 2022

Abstract
Fumigant activity of the essential oil extracted from Tridax procumbens L. (Asterales: Asteraceae) by water distillation was assessed against Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), together with its effect on the germination of three Thai varieties of rice, Oryza sativa L. (Poales: Poaceae). Tridax procumbens essential oil contains 25 compounds with five principal components as 1,2-cyclooctanediol (11.49%), hexanal (5.34%), 4-heptenal (4.92%), 2,4-nonadienal (3.10%), and 1,6-dimethylhepta-1,3,5-triene (1.67%). Tridax procumbens essential oil was a fumigant toxin to S. zeamais adults with a median lethal concentration (LC50) of 1,509.79 µl/L air 24 h after exposure. The highest concentration of 250 µl/L air of T. procumbens essential oil showed low efficacy in killing adults of S. zeamais at 24 h with 10% mortality. This concentration also affected newly emerged progeny (F1) of S. zeamais compared to the control, with the highest reduction of 92.87%, and also decreased seed germination of the three varieties of Thai rice RD6, Kham Na Sinuan, and KDML at 94.25, 96.0, and 93.25%, respectively, compared with the control (98.0–98.75%). Results indicate that essential oil from T. procumbens has potential for application on stored products to control progeny of S. zeamais that cause seed damage.
Nilaparvata lugens (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) Midgut Microbial Community Responses to Exposure to Metarhizium flavoviride (Sordariomycetes: Hypocreales)
Authors: Zhang J.F. , Li F. , Zhong H.Y. , Chen J.M. 
Published: October 2022

Abstract
Changes to the community of symbiotic bacteria and fungi in the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens Stål, were measured at different times after exposure to conidial suspensions of Metarhizium flavoviride Gams and Roszypal. Over all concentrations tested, bacterial species associated with N. lugens comprised 8 phyla, 17 classes, 22 orders, 26 families, and 31 genera of which the relative proportions of Arsenophonus, Burkholderia, Enterobacter, Pseudomonas, Stenotrophomonas, and Bacteroides were highest. The relative abundance and diversity of bacteria were highest in the carrier control (0.05% Tween-80 only). Fungi comprised 1 phyla, 5 classes, 10 orders, 13 families, and 18 genera, with Metarhizium being the dominant taxon in specimens from all treatment groups. Metarhizium spp. was greatest in the concentrations of 107 and 108 conidia/ml at 72 hours after exposure, reaching 94.82% and 93.74% of taxonomic units, respectively. We deduced that M. flavoviride competes for nutrition with midgut microorganisms; therefore, exposure to a pathogenic fungus will change the abundance and diversity of bacterial and fungal microorganisms in the midguts of hosts, and pathogens will impact the structure of bacterial communities in the host midgut with an alteration in the bacterial species composition. We observed that following the exposure of N. lugens to M. flavoviride, Metarhizium spp. dominated in the midgut of the host, the abundance and diversity of midgut fungal microorganisms decreased, and the dominant bacterial species in the midgut shifted.