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Displacement analysis of point cloud removed ground collapse effect in SMW by CANUPO machine learning algorithm
Authors: Zhao Y. , Seo H. , Chen C. 
Published: February 2022

AbstractIn this paper, a three-dimensional laser scanner was used to monitor the displacement of retaining structures for excavation, including a ring beam and a reinforced soil mixing wall (SMW) at an open excavation site. Eight scans of the retaining structures were taken before and after the excavation. Three-dimensional point clouds of the retaining structures produced with these scans are registered and analyzed to determine displacements of the retaining structures. Cloud to Mesh (C2M) method is used to identify displacement along the length of ring beam and depth of the SMW. The displacement obtained is then validated against displacement measured by the total station. The surface of the ring beam is flat so that the displacement of the ring beam can be estimated by the C2M. There was soil collapse and deposition on the surface of the SMW, which can affect the estimation of displacement in the cloud comparison. Therefore, a CANUPO machine-learning algorithm is applied to detect these areas and to remove the point clouds affected by soil collapse and deposition. The displacement is re-estimated based on the revised point clouds. The re-estimated displacement by the CANUPO method is more uniformly changed with the depth of the SMW than results without the CANUPO method, and the horizontal displacement due to excavation can be calculated.
Experimental Evidence for Coverage Preferences in Flood Insurance
Authors: Darlington J. Connor , Yiannakoulias Niko 
Published: February 2022

AbstractWe used a hypothetical choice experiment to estimate the effect of dwelling value and coverage limits on the probability of purchasing flood insurance while holding the probability of flooding and insurance price constant. The results indicate that demand for flood insurance is negatively associated with the amount of insurance coverage. For people assigned higher-valued dwellings, however, the opposite effect is observed. Since more coverage is generally preferred to less, all else being equal, differences in purchase probability dependent on dwelling value indicate an inconsistent approach to home protection. The higher probability of purchasing flood insurance from people in higher-valued dwellings may indicate an investment into the home as a financial asset, a strategy that is not observed to the same extent among people in lower-valued dwellings. This suggests that use of coverage limits may be differentially preferred based on dwelling value, such that low coverage insurance may have lower uptake for those in high-valued dwellings. As Canada evaluates a national flood insurance program, this research suggests that variable coverage maximums could be a way to increase accessibility and uptake of insurance. This research shows an inconsistent demand for flood insurance, dependent on dwelling value and independent of income.
How do rotating black holes form in higher dimensions?
Authors: Dadhich Naresh , Shaymatov Sanjar 
Published: February 2022

AbstractBlack holes are generally formed by gravitational collapse and accretion process. The necessary condition for the process to work is that overall force on collapsing/accreting matter element must be attractive. This is not so for the Myers–Perry metric describing a rotating black hole in higher dimensions. Also for accretion process to work, there should form accretion disk which requires existence of innermost stable circular orbit (ISCO). There can occur no bound orbits and consequently ISCOs in higher dimensions around a stationary black hole. Both these hurdles are overcome in pure Lovelock gravity. Rotating black holes in higher dimensions could thus form by collapse/accretion only in pure Lovelock gravity.
Classificazione e nomenclatura dei tumori neuroendocrini dell’ipofisi anteriore
Authors: Roncaroli Federico , Donofrio Carmine Antonio 
Published: February 2022

SommarioI tumori neuroendocrini dell’ipofisi anteriore rappresentano un gruppo eterogeneo di neoplasie con distinte caratteristiche cliniche, microscopiche e immunofenotipiche. La classificazione codificata dall’Organizzazione Mondiale della Sanità (OMS) è basata sull’espressione degli ormoni e dei fattori di trascrizione adenoipofisari analizzati sul tessuto patologico con metodiche di immunoistochimica. Tuttavia, recenti studi molecolari hanno portato alla luce i limiti dell’utilizzo di tali fattori di trascrizione per la classificazione di questi tumori. Negli ultimi anni abbiamo assistito a una controversia sulla nomenclatura dei tumori endocrini dell’adenoipofisi. Il club internazionale di patologia ipofisaria ha proposto di sostituire il termine “adenoma” con tumore neuroendocrino dell’ipofisi anteriore. L’Agenzia Internazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro ha successivamente suggerito un modello classificativo che include i tumori dell’ipofisi anteriore nello spettro delle neoplasie neuroendocrine sistemiche. Queste proposte hanno condotto a una posizione della Pituitary Society culminata in un forum internazionale e in una posizione che raccomanda di mantenere il termine adenoma. La presente rassegna riassume i criteri di classificazione istopatologica dei tumori neuroendocrini dell’ipofisi anteriore, discute criticamente la diagnosi di alcuni tipi e sottotipi di tumore e presenta le controversie sulla definizione di tumore aggressivo e sulla scelta della nomenclatura.
High-Performance Blue Quasi-2D Perovskite Light-Emitting Diodes via Balanced Carrier Confinement and Transfer
Authors: Ren Zhenwei , Sun Jiayun , Yu Jiahao , Xiao Xiangtian , Wang Zhaojin , Zhang Ruijia , Wang Kai , Chen Rui , Chen Yu , Choy Wallace C. H. 
Published: February 2022

AbstractExtensive investigation of the passivating agents has been performed to suppress the perovskite defects. However, very few attentions have been paid to rationally design the passivating agents for the balance of the carrier confinement and transfer in quasi-2D perovskites, which is essential to achieve high-performance perovskite LEDs (PeLEDs). In this work, tributylphosphine oxide (TBPO) with moderate carbon chain length is demonstrated as a decent passivator for the quasi-2D perovskites by strengthening the carrier confinement for massive radiative recombination within the perovskites, and more importantly providing efficient carrier transfer in the quasi-2D perovskites. Benefiting from these interesting optoelectronic properties of TBPO-incorporated perovskites, we achieve high-efficient blue PeLEDs with an external quantum efficiency up to 11.5% and operational stability as long as 41.1 min without any shift of the electroluminescence spectra. Consequently, this work contributes an effective approach to promote the carrier confinement and transfer for high-performance and stable blue PeLEDs.
Accuracy Analysis of an Oblique Underwater Laser Lightsheet Triangulation System
Authors: Sardemann Hannes , Mulsow Christian , Maas Hans-Gerd 
Published: February 2022

AbstractLaser lightsheet triangulation is a well-established optical measurement method, which is frequently used in industrial applications. With some adaptions, the technique can also be used underwater. Placing a green laser line projector and a camera at a fixed base inside a watertight housing enables flexible and accurate underwater measurements at low cost. To achieve near-orthogonal intersections on the object surface, camera and laser need to be placed oblique to the housing interface. Refraction influences have to be considered strictly in geometric modelling, with the light propagating through the air–glass and glass–water interfaces. The measurement and calibration methods presented in the paper utilize a concept of splitting the lightsheet into multiple sub-beams, which are traced, refracted, and intersected with image observations to receive 3D measurements. In a calibration step, the relative orientation between camera, laser and interfaces is determined. In a theoretical accuracy analysis, the error influences caused by the calibrated parameters is estimated with a standard deviation of 0.2 to 0.4 mm in a depth range of up to 15 cm. A prototype triangulation sensor is applied for practical measurements of two test objects with known geometry. The predicted accuracy is validated in stationary single scan measurements. The sensor is furthermore moved along the test objects, using a six-degrees-of-freedom method to determine its exterior orientation. The combination of multiple single scans results in dense point clouds with 0.3 mm standard deviation compared to a reference.
Preserving identity in capture–mark–recapture studies: increasing the accuracy of minimum number alive (MNA) estimates by incorporating inter-census trapping efficiency variation
Authors: Bright Ross Julius G. , Newman Chris , Buesching Christina D. , Macdonald David W. 
Published: February 2022

AbstractQuantifying abundance is often key to understanding ecological and evolutionary processes in wild populations. Despite shortcomings in producing accurate abundance estimates, minimum number alive (MNA) remains a widely used tool, due to its intuitive computation, reliable performance as an abundance indicator, and linkage to individual life-histories. Here, we propose a novel “efficiency-modified” MNA (eMNA) metric, which aims to preserve MNA’s favourable aspects while remedying its flaws, by incorporating (a) growth correlates to back-age individuals first captured as adults, and (b) estimates of undetected persistence beyond last capture based on time-varying capture efficiency. We evaluate eMNA through samplings of a simulated baseline population parameterised using data from a long-term demographic study of European badgers (Meles meles), under three different levels of capture efficiency (low; intermediate/“real” based on badger field data; high). We differentiate between eMNA’s performance as an abundanceestimator—how well it approximates true abundance (accuracy)—and as an abundanceindicator—how tightly it correlates with population abundance and changes thereof (precision). eMNA abundance estimates were negatively biased at all capture efficiencies. However, this bias was negligible at intermediate-to-high capture efficiency, particularly once low-information terminal sampling years (the first year and final three years of simulated studies) were removed. Excluding these years, eMNA under-estimated abundance by only 3.5 badgers (1.5% of population) at intermediate (real) capture efficiencies, and performed as a precise abundance indicator, with half the standard deviation of Cormack–Jolly–Seber probabilistic estimates and proving robust to inter-sampling variation in capture efficiency. Using undetected persistence probabilities to parameterise survival regression, we recreated baseline age-based survival relationships, albeit with some negative bias for under-represented ages. We offer considerations on the continued limitations of using eMNA for abundance estimates, minimum study duration for reliability, the metric’s benefits when individual identity is required, and potential for further improvement.
The Sensitivity and Specificity of Split-Hand Index Using Muscle Sonography
Authors: Avidan Reuven , Fainmesser Yaara , Drory Vivian E. , Bril Vera , Abraham Alon 
Published: February 2022

ABSTRACT:Background:The split-hand index (SHI) (first dorsal interosseous (FDI) × abductor pollicis brevis (APB)/abductor digiti minimi muscle (ADM)) has been suggested as a useful measure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) diagnosis, using electrophysiological and sonographic indices. In the present study, we aimed to explore the specificity of SHI derived by muscle ultrasound (MUS) for the diagnosis of ALS and spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).Methods:Healthy controls (n= 65) were prospectively recruited at the Prosserman Family Neuromuscular clinic at Toronto General Hospital, from October to December 2018. In addition, 181 patients with ALS (n= 91), SMA (n= 33), polyneuropathy (n= 35), and myopathy (n= 22) were prospectively recruited at the neuromuscular clinic at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, from December 2018 to December 2020. All subjects underwent quantitative sonographic evaluation of muscle thickness, including the right APB, FDI, and ADM muscles. Area under curve (AUC), sensitivity, and specificity were determined for differentiating between groups.Results:Although SHI showed good to excellent accuracy for differentiating each patient subgroup from controls (AUC 0.83–0.92), poorer diagnostic accuracy was shown for differentiating between different patient subgroups (AUC 0.54–0.74).Conclusions:Sonographic SHI is useful for differentiating patients from healthy controls, but might be not specific for motor neuron disease.
The utility and sustainability of US Ebola treatment centers during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic
Authors: Herstein Jocelyn J. , Biddinger Paul D. , Gibbs Shawn G. , Hewlett Angela L. , Le Aurora B. , Schwedhelm Michelle M. , Lowe John J. 
Published: February 2022

AbstractObjective:In response to the 2014–2016 West Africa Ebola virus disease (EVD) epidemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) designated 56 US hospitals as Ebola treatment centers (ETCs) with high-level isolation capabilities. We sought to determine the ongoing sustainability of ETCs and to identify how ETC capabilities have affected hospital, local, and regional coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) readiness and response.Design:An electronic survey included both qualitative and quantitative questions and was structured into 2 sections: operational sustainability and role in the COVID-19 response.Setting and participants:The survey was distributed to site representatives from the 56 originally designated ETCs, and 37 (66%) responded.Methods:Data were coded and analyzed using descriptive statistics.Results:Of the 37 responding ETCs, 33 (89%) reported that they were still operating, and 4 had decommissioned. ETCs that maintain high-level isolation capabilities incurred a mean of $234,367 in expenses per year. All but 1 ETC reported that existing capabilities (eg, trained staff, infrastructure) before COVID-19 positively affected their hospital, local, and regional COVID-19 readiness and response (eg, ETC trained staff, donated supplies, and shared developed protocols).Conclusions:Existing high-level isolation capabilities and expertise developed following the 2014–2016 EVD epidemic were leveraged by ETCs to assist hospital-wide readiness for COVID-19 and to support responses by other local and regional hospitals However, ETCs face continued challenges in sustaining those capabilities for high-consequence infectious diseases.
Petrological implications of element redistribution during metamorphism: insights from meta-granite of the South Delhi Fold Belt, Rajasthan, India
Authors: Dutta Upama , Sarkar Ayan Kumar , Chatterjee Sadhana M. , Manna Anirban , Roy Alip , Das Subhrajyoti 
Published: February 2022

AbstractMeta-granites of the South Delhi Fold Belt, northwestern India, contain spectacular reaction textures formed during the metamorphic replacement of primary minerals. Textural relationships imply that amphibole was replaced sequentially in two stages. Epidote + titanite + quartz symplectite formed syn-tectonically on amphibole grain boundaries/fractures, followed by post-deformational growth of euhedral garnet overprinting amphibole grains. Besides occurring as symplectite grown during deformation, titanite in this rock also developed as a post-tectonic corona around magnetite. Parent magnetite contains exsolutions of ilmenite and/or ultrafine lamellae of Ti-rich oxide (Ti-oxd). Textures involving coronal titanite suggest their formation through a magnetite + ilmenite(/Ti-oxd) + plagioclase → titanite reaction. Compositional attributes and the calculation of the gain versus loss of components during the reaction suggest that the Mn2+for garnet (XSpss= 0.23–0.29) that grew replacing amphibole was supplied by ilmenite (Mn2+is 0.118–0.128 apfu) as it disintegrated to form coronal titanite. The redistribution of components between the metamorphic reaction sites connects the texturally unrelated domains and suggests that these zones were in chemical equilibrium during metamorphism. We estimated theP–Tconditions of metamorphism for these post-tectonic assemblages as ∼650–700 °C from pseudosection modelling and conventional thermometry. Zircon data from this study suggest that the granitic rock crystallized at 988.8 ± 8.8 Ma. We propose that the metamorphic phases replaced the primary minerals during the mid Neoproterozoic tectonic activity reported from this terrane. The syn-tectonic symplectitic assemblage formed as the temperature increased during prograde metamorphism, and the post-tectonic minerals developed at peak conditions following the cessation of deformation.
Relationship between the concentration of anti-Müllerian hormone and antral follicle count in pasture-managed Holstein cows in the high tropics
Authors: Ayala Guanga Luis , Astiz Susana , Dutan Sanango Jorge , Samaniego Jorge Xavier , López Cabrera Rodrigo Xavier , Perea Fernando , Hernandez-Fonseca Hugo J. , Pesántez Pacheco José Luis 
Published: February 2022

AbstractWe evaluated the relationship between plasma levels of anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) and the number of antral follicles at the restart of the follicular wave in crossbred Holstein cows reared under extensive grazing systems over 2500 m above sea level. The study included 140 cows from 15 farms that were in average at the 75.3 ± 2.10 d post partum. Animals were synchronized according to the following regime: day 0 = intravaginal progesterone releasing device (IPD) + estradiol benzoate (EB); day 7: withdrawal of IPD + prostaglandin; and day 8: EB, for restart of the follicular wave on day 11. On this day 11, antral follicle counts (AFCs) were made by transrectal ultrasound, and a plasma sample was taken for the determination of AMH. The mean AMH plasma level was 0.06 ± 0.03 ng/ml and the mean AFC was 17.26 ± 0.38 follicles. A strong positive linear correlation was found between these two variables (r = 0.783, r = 0.613, P < 0.0001). Cows were categorized according to AMH concentration as high (>0.09 ng/ml), intermediate (0.09–0.05 ng/ml) or low (<0.05 ng/ml). Cows with high AMH presented a higher AFC (25.0 ± 2.21 follicles) than those with low AMH (14.08 ± 2.68 follicles; P < 0.001. Our results suggest that the cut-off value of AMH = 0.09 ng/ml may be useful for selecting donors in multiple ovulation embryo transfer programs involving cows with these characteristics. Our data further suggest that AMH plasma concentration correlates with AFC and can be used as an endocrine biomarker of the number of antral follicles present at a given moment of the estrous cycle in crossbred Holstein cows raised at altitudes above 2500 m.
Error-space-oriented tolerance design for a deployable mechanism with multiple clearances
Authors: Ding Jianzhong , Dong Yang , Liu Xueao , Wang Chunjie 
Published: February 2022

AbstractThis paper presents a geometrical alternative to estimate the accuracy of a deployable mechanism equipped on the Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) space satellite. The deployable mechanism is simplified into a planar mechanism, and the error space of the outer panel in its deployed state is modeled concerning multiple revolute joint clearances and link length tolerances. Compared with the existing methods, the advance of the proposed geometrical approach lies in that it gives expressions of the complete error mobility that the outer panel may have. After deducing the expressions, the final error space is visualized and evaluated numerically with discrete sampling points. Finally, based on the error space and the computed maximum errors, effects of tolerances on accuracy are studied and the optimal accuracy design of tolerances is obtained. The result reveals that, for the deployable mechanism discussed in this paper, effects of tolerances on the final accuracy can be eliminated without increasing the manufacturing cost.
The cloverleaf model of cognitive behaviour therapy as experiential learning: implications for case formulation, therapeutic practice and practitioner development
Authors: Grimmer Andrew 
Published: February 2022

Abstract
Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) is an evidence-based psychotherapy for a wide variety of psychological problems. While the exact working mechanisms of CBT remain unknown, its mode of action might usefully be conceptualised as facilitated experiential learning. An adapted ‘cloverleaf’ version of Borton’s ‘what, so what, now what’ learning model is presented to elaborate some of the potential benefits of taking an experiential learning perspective on CBT. These include conceptualising the maintenance of client problems as inhibited experiential learning and the CBT therapeutic process as the cultivation of more effective experiential learning. An experiential learning perspective might also provide an accessible way for trainee and early-career CBT therapists to understand more clearly the learning methodology that underlies CBT’s distinctive approach to psychotherapy. The model is also intended to create an overarching conceptual bridge between reflective practice, the therapist’s experiential learning in the client role, and the client’s experience of CBT as facilitated experiential learning.

Key learning aims

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To introduce a modified ‘cloverleaf’ experiential learning process model that can be applied to the conceptualisation of client difficulties, CBT therapeutic processes, and practitioner development.

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To demonstrate how the model can be used to develop cross-sectional and descriptive maintenance formulations of client problems and client wellbeing.

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To show how the model can be used as a conceptual and practical tool to help formulate both the therapeutic process and challenges and obstacles to that process.

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To help practitioners make links between the process of personal and professional development and client change processes.
Positive Priming Effects Induced by Allochthonous and Autochthonous Organic Matter Input in the Lake Sediments With Different Salinity
Authors: Yang Jian , Han Mingxian , Zhao Zhuoli , Jiang Hongchen 
Published: February 2022

AbstractEcological consequences of the increased input of allochthonous and autochthonous organic matter (OM) remains unknown in saline lakes. Here, we reported microbial mineralization of algal and grass OM (represented by autochthonous and allochthonous OM, respectively) in lake sediments with different salinity (1, 40, and 120 g L−1). The addition of algal and grass OM significantly increased the CO2 production rates in the studied sediments. Algal and grass OM input can induce positive priming effect (PE). PE intensity induced by grass OM input was significantly higher than that by algal OM input. PE intensity induced by algal and grass OM input decreased with increasing salinity. Bacterial taxa affiliated with Actinomycetia, Alphaproteobacteria, Bacilli, Bacteroidia, Clostridia, and Gammaproteobacteria played important roles in driving PE generation in the studied sediments. Our finding suggested that the PEs induced by allochthonous and autochthonous OM should be considered in saline lakes that are intensively influenced by climate change.