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Research on modification of mechanical properties of recycled aggregate concrete by replacing sand with graphite tailings
Authors: Zhang Chen , Li Ben , Wu Fanghong , Yu Ying , Zhang Yu , Xu Hu 
Published: August 2022

Abstract
How to more effectively and comprehensively utilize recycled aggregate resources to prepare a richer new low-carbon concrete material system is the key path to achieve low-carbon development in China’s construction field. Based on the material properties of graphite tailings (GT), this article explores the organic combination of GT to replace sand and recycled aggregates (RA) to replace natural stones, in order to propose an efficient recycling path for multiple solid wastes and a new and cost-effective recycled aggregate concrete (RAC). This article focuses on investigating the influences of GT (0–40%) and RA (0–40%) on the workability, water absorption, and mechanical properties of GT reinforced recycled aggregate concrete (GTRAC). Simultaneously, the hydration products, microstructure morphology, key chemical bonds, and pore structure characteristics were analyzed by a combination of microscopic tests such as X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscope, Fourier transform infrared and mercury intrusion porosimetry to propose the key factors affecting the macroscopic performance of GTRAC. The results show that incorporating 10–30% GT has significant positive effects on water absorption, surface water content, compressive strength, and elastic modulus of RAC. RAC’s micro-crack density, hydration, and pore structure distribution can be maximally improved by appropriate GT (20%). However, the high content of GT will lead to the degradation of its mechanical properties. Therefore, 20% GT and 30% recycled aggregate are the optimum combinations of the concrete material system. However, it might be changed when the ratio of water to binder varies. Finally, this article also comprehensively analyzes and evaluates the performance and price of different types of RACs, which provides theoretical support for evaluating and predicting the practical engineering application value of GTRAC. In summary, the research results in this study provide theoretical guidance for understanding the mechanism of GT on the enhancement of mechanical properties of RAC and exploring new ways of practical engineering application of it.
The Tapering Practices of Competitive Weightlifters
Authors: Winwood Paul W. , Keogh Justin W. L. , Travis S. Kyle , Pritchard Hayden J. 
Published: August 2022

Abstract
Winwood, PW, Keogh, JW, Travis, SK, and Pritchard, HJ. The tapering practices of competitive weightlifters. J Strength Cond Res 37(4): 829–839, 2023—This study explored the tapering strategies of weightlifting athletes. Weightlifting athletes (n = 146) (mean ± SD; age: 29.2 ± 8.7 years, height: 172.5 ± 10.1 cm, body mass: 84.0 ± 17.2 kg, 4.7 ± 3.4 years of weightlifting training experience, and 3.9 ± 3.3 years of competitive weightlifting experience) completed a self-reported 4-page, 39-item internet survey on tapering practices. Subgroup analysis by sex (male and female) and competitive standard (local or regional, national and international level) was conducted. Ninety-nine percent (n = 144) of weightlifting athletes reported they used a taper. Athletes stated that their typical taper length was 8.0 ± 4.4 days, with the linear (36%) and step tapers (33%) being the most performed. Training volume decreased during the taper by 43.1 ± 14.6%, and athletes ceased all training 1.5 ± 0.6 days out from competition. Muscular strength, light technique work, and aerobic conditioning were the most common types of training performed in the taper. Athletes typically stated that tapering was performed to achieve rest and recovery, physical preparation for peak performance and mental preparation; training intensity and training duration decreased whereas training frequency remained the same or decreased; traditional exercises were performed further out from competition than weightlifting exercises; assistance exercises and some strength work were reduced; nutritional changes, foam rolling, static stretching, and massage were strategies used in the taper; and poor tapering occurred because of training too heavy, too hard, or too light and life–work circumstances. These results may aid athletes and coaches in strength sports to optimize tapering variables leading to improved performances.
Comparing Engineering Properties from Small Diameter Pressuremeter Tests to Nuclear Density Unit Weights and Lightweight Deflectometer Stiffnesses in Cemented Coquina Base and Sandy Subgrades
Authors: Cosentino Paul J. , Misilo Thaddeus J. 
Published: August 2022

Abstract
Small diameter pressuremeter (SDPMT) equipment was developed and evaluated at four sandy embankment/roadbed sites in east-central Florida. These materials ranged from very loose to very dense. SDPMT tests were developed with the goal of supplementing or even replacing the nuclear density gauge (NDG) tests. SDPMT probes were placed in the pin holes made from NDG testing. Two probe lengths of 15 and 30 cm (6 and 12 in) were used, and two SDPMT testing procedures were used. One was the conventional incremental volume injection method and the second was a continuous injection process. Incremental tests were completed in about 15 min, whereas the continuous tests were completed in less than 1 min. SDPMT elastic moduli and limit pressures were obtained from 156 SDPMT tests. They were compared to dry unit weights from 96 NDG tests and 96 moduli from each of two lightweight deflectometer (LWD) models, one with digital load-deflection output and the other with input load and digital deflection output. One-hundred and twenty statistical models were developed describing the relationships between SDPMT, LWD, and NDG data. Linear, logarithmic, and exponential models were used. Ninety-three of the 120 models produced regression coefficients (R2) greater than 0.7, and 46 of the 120 produced R2 values greater than 0.8. Of the 40 models comparing SDPMT strength and stiffness to NDG dry unit weights, 12 or 30 %, produced R2 values greater than 0.8. Of the 40 models comparing SDPMT strength and stiffness to the Zorn LWD, 23 or 57.5 % produced R2 values greater than 0.8. Of the 40 models comparing SDPMT strength and stiffness to the Dynatest LWD, 11 or 27.5 % produced R2 values greater than 0.8. These models indicate that SDPMT strengths and stiffnesses are strongly correlated to NDG unit weights and LWD stiffnesses.
A Balanced Scheduling Method of Smart City Enterprise Resource Information Based on Improved Ant Colony Algorithm
Authors: Chen Suqing 
Published: August 2022

Abstract
In order to address the problems of low resource utilization rate and poor scheduling balance in current enterprise resource information balanced scheduling, an enterprise resource information balanced scheduling method based on an improved ant colony algorithm (ACO) was proposed. The ACO framework is introduced in this algorithm to establish a balanced scheduling model of enterprise resource information. By adding a mapping algorithm of a virtual machine and physical machine, an improved algorithm of load balancing between nodes is proposed based on the ACO. Forward ants detect node types, record node information, and leave foraging pheromones when they encounter load nodes. The backward ants trace back to the load node according to the tracking pheromone and allocate the overloaded node task reasonably. In the search process, the path pheromone is dynamically modified according to the node type, and the analysis of enterprise resource information balance scheduling algorithm is completed. The experimental results show that this method has good balance of resource information scheduling and can effectively improve resource utilization.
341 Repeats Is Not Enough for Methylation in a New Fragile X Mouse Model
Authors: Colvin Steven , Lea Nick , Zhang Qiangge , Wienisch Martin , Kaiser Tobias , Aida Tomomi , Feng Guoping 
Published: August 2022

AbstractFragile X syndrome (FXS) is a leading monogenic cause of intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorders, spurring decades of intense research and a multitude of mouse models. So far, these models do not recapitulate the genetic underpinning of classical FXS—CGG repeat-induced methylation of theFmr1locus—and their findings have failed to translate into the clinic. We sought to answer whether this disparity was because of low repeat length and generated a novel mouse line with 341 repeats,Fmr1hs341, which is the largest allele in mice reported to date. This repeat length is significantly longer than the 200 repeats generally required for methylation of the repeat tract and promoter region in FXS patients, which leads to silencing of theFMR1gene. Bisulfite sequencing fails to detect the robust methylation expected of FXS inFmr1hs341mice. Quantitative real-time PCR and Western blotting results also do not resemble FXS and instead produce a biochemical profile consistent with the fragile X-associated premutation disorders. These findings suggest that repeat length is unlikely to be the core determinant preventing methylation in mice, and other organisms phylogenetically closer to humans may be required to effectively model FXS.
Reform des Fit-and-Proper-Regimes nach den Kommissionsentwürfen (CRD VI)
Authors: Wundenberg Malte 
Published: August 2022

Zusammenfassung
Die Regulierung und Beaufsichtigung der unternehmensinternen Governance von Banken hat in den letzten Jahren eine bemerkenswerte Entwicklung durchlaufen. Einen wichtigen Baustein bilden die aufsichtsrechtlichen Anforderungen an die Eignung von Mitgliedern von Leitungsorganen auf persönlicher und kollektiver Ebene (Fit-and-Proper-Anforderungen). Die von der Europäischen Kommission vorgelegten Vorschläge für ein neues Bankenpaket vom Oktober 2021 (CRD VI/CRR III) sehen eine breitflächige Harmonisierung des Fit-and-Proper-Regimes für Kreditinstitute vor. Sollten die Gesetzgebungsvorschläge umgesetzt werden, hätte dies profunde Auswirkungen auf die Besetzung von Leitungsorganen sowie Inhabern von Schlüsselfunktionen von Kreditinstituten (key function holders).
The fascinating microbes and their impact on neonatal dogs and cats – A review
Authors: Zakošek Pipan Maja , Podpečan Ožbalt , Mrkun Janko 
Published: August 2022

Abstract
Recent literature data indicate that canine and feline neonates are not born in a sterile environment as it was stated previously. The acquisition, colonisation and maintenance of the early life microbiota of healthy fetuses is a rapidly developing research area. In humans, the natural healthy infant microbiome plays an essential role in health and its assembly is determined by the maternal–offspring exchanges of microbes. Even though this topic is becoming more and more important in dogs and cats, the exact role of the neonatal microbiome is not yet fully known in animals. This review summarises the current knowledge of the normal physiological neonatal microbiome in healthy puppies and kittens.
Comparative study of LDA and PIV methods for flow homogeneity measurements
Authors: Bytčanková Lucia , Rumann Ján , Zubík Pavel 
Published: August 2022

Abstract
In the Hydraulic Laboratory of the Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava the distribution of the flow velocity in a shaft intake structure was investigated on a physical model. The homogeneity of the flow velocity distribution in the intakes of turbines has a great influence on the turbine performance. Modern optical methods, particle image velocimetry and laser Doppler anemometry, were used to measure the flow velocity distribution in the model of the turbine intake. The particle image velocimetry method provides a record of the velocity field, while the laser Doppler anemometry method provides an accurate indication of the velocity at a given point. The flow velocity distributions in the examined profiles were measured by the particle image velocimetry and laser Doppler anemometry methods and the results were compared with each other.
Panorama atual da matriz curricular dos cursos técnicos de enfermagem da Rede Federal de Educação
Authors: Adão Schiavon Isabel Cristina , Tarantini Silvestri Kátia Vanessa 
Published: August 2022

Objetivou-se analisar a matriz curricular dos cursos técnicos em Enfermagem dos Institutos Federais de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia verificando se estão alinhadas com o preconizado pelas Diretrizes Curriculares Nacionais para a Educação Profissional de Nível Médio. O estudo foi realizado a partir do acesso à informações dos Institutos Federais de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia, e os Projetos Políticos Pedagógicos dos cursos e apontou que há uma má distribuição nacional dos cursos técnicos em enfermagem da Rede Federal de Educação e que a maioria estavam alinhados ao prescrito, no entanto, muitos cursos ainda possuíam matrizes curriculares desatualizadas, o que poderia comprometer a qualidade do curso ofertado.
Além-mar: Estudos franco-brasileiros sobre sexo, gênero e sexualidade na educação profissional
Authors: Bezerra Daniella de Souza , Gemaque Robelania Dos Santos , Maia Robério Nunes 
Published: August 2022

Nesta resenha da obra Sexo, sexualidade e gênero na educação profissional no Brasil e na França: estudos exploratórios, tratamos de apresentar em linhas gerais, aspectos relevantes de estudos e pesquisas potentes de autores franco-brasileiros, que se debruçam sobre as questões de gênero, sexo e sexualidade no campo epistemológico da educação profissional. A obra convida à reflexão sobre as desigualdades existentes na formação de mulheres e estudantes LGBTQI+, as invisibilidades, violências e tensionamentos presentes neste campo de formação. Recomendamos a leitura a estudantes e pesquisadores que pensam a educação profissional e tecnológica na perspectiva da interdependência das relações sociais de classe, gênero, sexo, sexualidade e raça, do combate a todas as formas de desigualdade e compreenda os estudantes em todas as dimensões da vida conforme a proposta de formação humana integral.
Correlates and Consequences of an Acute Change in eGFR in Response to the SGLT2 Inhibitor Dapagliflozin in Patients with CKD
Authors: Jongs Niels , Chertow Glenn M. , Greene Tom , McMurray John J.V. , Langkilde Anna Maria , Correa-Rotter Ricardo , Kashihara Naoki , Rossing Peter , Sjöström C. David , Stefánsson Bergur V. , Toto Robert D. , Wheeler David C. , Heerspink Hiddo J.L. 
Published: August 2022

Significance Statement
Dapagliflozin reduces the risk of kidney failure in patients with CKD but can result in a reversible acute reduction in eGFR on initiation of treatment. This post hoc analysis of the DAPA-CKD trial found that patients who experienced an acute reduction in eGFR>10% after 2 weeks of treatment with dapagliflozin had slower rates of long-term eGFR decline compared with patients who experienced a less pronounced decline or increase in eGFR. Adverse event rates in patients randomized to dapagliflozin were unrelated to the acute change in eGFR. These data suggest that a modest acute reduction in eGFR on dapagliflozin initiation is not associated with higher rates of CKD progression and should not be a reason to discontinue this therapy in the majority of patients.

Background
Dapagliflozin reduces kidney failure risk in patients with CKD but can result in a reversible acute reduction in eGFR upon treatment initiation. Determinants of this eGFR reduction and its associations with efficacy and safety outcomes are unknown.

Methods
The DAPA-CKD trial randomized 4304 adults with CKD and albuminuria to once-daily dapagliflozin 10 mg or placebo, added to standard care. We prespecified an analysis comparing the effects of dapagliflozin among patients who experienced relative reductions in eGFR (>10% or >0%–10%) or an increase in eGFR from baseline to 2 weeks and assessed long-term efficacy and safety thereafter.

Results
A total of 4157 (96.6%) patients had eGFR data available at baseline and at 2 weeks. In the dapagliflozin and placebo groups, 1026 (49.4%) and 494 (23.7%), respectively, experienced an acute reduction in eGFR >10%. Among patients receiving dapagliflozin, those with an acute reduction in eGFR >10% experienced a long-term eGFR decline of −1.58 ml/min per 1.73 m2 per year compared with −2.44 and −2.48 ml/min per 1.73 m2 per year among those experiencing a less pronounced reduction or increase in eGFR, respectively (P-interaction=0.05). In the placebo group, long-term eGFR decline was −3.27, −3.84, and −3.77 ml/min per 1.73 m2 per year for acute eGFR reduction subgroups of >10%, >0%–10%, or increase in eGFR (P-interaction=0.48). Rates of serious adverse events and adverse events of special interest in patients randomized to dapagliflozin were unrelated to the acute eGFR change.

Conclusions
Among patients with CKD and albuminuria treated with dapagliflozin, an acute reduction in eGFR (from baseline to 2 weeks) is not associated with higher rates of CKD progression.

Clinical Trial registration number: A Study to Evaluate the Effect of Dapagliflozin on Renal Outcomes and Cardiovascular Mortality in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease (Dapa-CKD) NCT03036150.
Sex Differences in Age-Related Loss of Kidney Function
Authors: Melsom Toralf , Norvik Jon Viljar , Enoksen Inger Therese , Stefansson Vidar , Mathisen Ulla Dorte , Fuskevåg Ole Martin , Jenssen Trond G. , Solbu Marit D. , Eriksen Bjørn O. 
Published: August 2022

Significance Statement
Although more women than men have CKD, more men develop kidney failure. Sex or gender disparities in health status or access to health care, or sex-specific rates of kidney function decline, may explain sex or gender disparities in CKD epidemiology. In this study of a general northern European population, baseline kidney function (GFR measured by plasma iohexol clearance) was lower in middle-aged women than in men, whereas rate of decline in kidney function during aging was steeper among men. Sex disparities in comorbidity or CKD risk factors did not explain the sex differences in kidney function decline rates. This study suggests that sex differences in kidney function and kidney function decline rates may, in part, explain sex and gender disparities in the epidemiology of CKD.

Background
CKD is more prevalent in women, but more men receive kidney replacement therapy for kidney failure. This apparent contradiction is not well understood.

Methods
We investigated sex differences in the loss of kidney function and whether any sex disparities could be explained by comorbidity or CKD risk factors. In the Renal Iohexol Clearance Survey (RENIS) in northern Europe, we recruited 1837 persons (53% women, aged 50–62 years) representative of the general population and without self-reported diabetes, CKD, or cardiovascular disease. Participants’ GFR was measured by plasma iohexol clearance in 2007–2009 (n=1627), 2013–2015 (n=1324), and 2018–2020 (n=1384). At each study visit, healthy persons were defined as having no major chronic diseases or risk factors for CKD. We used generalized additive mixed models to assess age- and sex-specific GFR decline rates.

Results
Women had a lower GFR than men at baseline (mean [SD], 90.0 [14.0] versus 98.0 [13.7] ml/min per 1.73 m2; P<0.001). The mean GFR change rate was −0.96 (95% confidence interval [CI], −0.88 to −1.04) ml/min per 1.73 m2 per year in women and −1.20 (95% confidence interval [CI], −1.12 to −1.28) in men. Although the relationship between age and GFR was very close to linear in women, it was curvilinear in men, with steeper GFR slopes at older ages (nonlinear effect; P<0.001). Healthy persons had a slower GFR decline, but health status did not explain the sex difference in the GFR decline.

Conclusion
Among middle-aged and elderly individuals in the general population, decline in the mean GFR in women was slower than in men, independent of health status.
Detection of Slow Slip Events Using Wavelet Analysis of GNSS Recordings
Authors: Ducellier Ariane , Creager Kenneth C. , Schmidt David A. 
Published: August 2022

ABSTRACT
At many places, tectonic tremor is observed in relation to slow slip and can be used as a proxy to study slow slip events of moderate magnitude in which surface deformation is hidden in Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) noise. However, in subduction zones in which no clear relationship between tremor and slow slip occurrence is observed, these methods cannot be applied, and we need other methods to be able to better detect and quantify slow slip. Wavelets methods such as the Discrete Wavelet Transform and the Maximal Overlap Discrete Wavelet Transform (MODWT) are mathematical tools for analyzing time series simultaneously in the time and the frequency domains by observing how weighted differences of a time series vary from one period to the next. In this article, we use wavelet methods to analyze GNSS time series and seismic recordings of slow slip events in Cascadia. We use detrended GNSS data, apply the MODWT transform, and stack the wavelet details over several nearby GNSS stations. As an independent check on the timing of slow slip events, we also compute the cumulative number of tremor in the vicinity of the GNSS stations, detrend this signal, and apply the MODWT transform. In both the time series, we can then see simultaneous waveforms where timing corresponds to the timing of slow slip events. We assume that there is a slow slip event whenever there is a positive peak followed by a negative peak in the wavelet signal. We verify that there is a good agreement between slow slip events detected with only GNSS data and slow slip events detected with only tremor data for northern Cascadia. The wavelet-based detection method effectively detects events of magnitude higher than 6, as determined by independent event catalogs (e.g., Michel et al., 2019). As a demonstration of using the wavelet analysis in a region without significant tremor, we also analyze GNSS data from New Zealand and detect slow slip events that are spatially and temporally close to those detected previously by other studies.
Probabilistic Fault Displacement Hazards along the Milun Fault
Authors: Gao Jia-Cian , Chan Chung-Han , Ma Kuo-Fong , Lee Chyi-Tyi 
Published: August 2022

ABSTRACTCoseismic surface displacements can result in significant damage to structures located on or near a fault. To address this particular hazard, probabilistic fault displacement hazard analysis (PFDHA) has been proposed to estimate expected displacement on a fault and in its vicinity. To construct PFDHA, any new observed surface ruptures can be included. In 2018, an Mw 6.4 earthquake hit the city of Hualien, Taiwan, and caused surface ruptures along the Milun fault. Immediately after the earthquake, field investigations were carried out to investigate the surface ruptures, which provided crucial information for PFDHA. Based on our analysis of the surface displacement data in the Hualien event, we compared existing fault displacement prediction equations, and found that 86% and 65% of the observations from the free field and manmade structures, respectively, were within one standard deviation of the predictions. Based on our fault displacement model and its uncertainties, we analyze the fault displacement hazard in the Hualien region by incorporating epistemic uncertainties through a logic tree approach. Comparing with the occurrence probability of distributed surface faulting, most observations are within one standard deviation of the predictions, suggesting the applications of derived PFDHA.