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Organic silicone-modified waterborne epoxy coatings using aqueous curing agents technology
Authors: Lv Xinyan , Liang Yisheng , Zhong Jiang , He Haifeng 
Published: November 2022

Purpose
The silicone modifications of two-component epoxy resin coatings are commonly built on epoxy resins rather than on epoxy curing agents. The silicone-modified epoxy curing agent system is rarely reported yet. This study aims to prepare the polysiloxane (PS)-modified waterborne epoxy coatings based on aqueous curing agents technology.

Design/methodology/approach
Waterborne epoxy curing agents with different contents of terminal epoxy PS were synthesized by reacting with triethylenetetramine, followed by incorporating of epoxy resin (NPEL-128) and polyethylene glycol diglycidyl ether. The waterborne epoxy coatings were prepared with the above curing agents, and their performance was investigated through thermogravimetric analysis, scanning electron microscopy, mechanical characterization, gloss measurement, chemical resistance test and ultraviolet (UV) aging experiment.

Findings
The results showed that the epoxy coating prepared by silicon-modified curing agent has higher gloss, better chemical resistance and UV resistance than the coating from unmodified curing agent with terminal epoxy PS and commercially available waterborne epoxy curing agent (Aradur 3986), as well as the competitive mechanical properties and heat resistance. Reduced water absorption on fibrous paper was also obtained with the help of silicon-modified curing agent.

Originality/value
These findings will be valuable for resin researchers in addressing the modification issues about waterborne epoxy resin and curing agent.
Contributions of metalinguistic awareness and lexical inference to reading comprehension in upper‐elementary Chinese students
Authors: Cheng Xi , Zhang Haomin (Stanley) 
Published: November 2022

BackgroundThe present study aimed to examine and compare the relative contributions of three facets of metalinguistic awareness (phonological awareness, orthographic awareness and morphological awareness) and lexical inferencing ability to Chinese reading comprehension across upper elementary grades.MethodFifty‐three third graders, 79 fourth graders and 108 fifth graders were administered a battery of tests including non‐verbal intelligence, phonological awareness, morphological awareness, orthographic awareness, lexical inference and reading comprehension.ResultsThe multivariate analyses across grade groups revealed the continued progress in children's performances on morphological awareness but not on phonological and orthographic awareness. More important, hierarchical regressions exhibited the same pattern across grades, suggesting that morphological awareness was the sole consistent indicator of reading comprehension in all grades. Finally, lexical inferencing ability contributed to reading comprehension only in fifth‐grade students after accounting for the effects of metalinguistic awareness.ConclusionOur findings highlight the importance of morphological awareness as the most potent meaning‐building metalinguistic skill that can consistently predict Chinese reading comprehension in upper elementary children and indicate that the contribution of lexical inferencing ability differs as a function of children’s reading skills. Results were discussed in relation to the Reading Systems Framework and implications for educational instruction were provided.
The spiral of plastic pollution: a compensatory urge from the collective unconscious for an ecological‐psychological transformation of civilization
Authors: Bucher Susanna 
Published: November 2022

AbstractThis article explores the symbolism of plastic pollution. Plastic and microplastic particles are now found everywhere – in the Arctic, in deep ocean trenches, in human organs – and plastic accumulates in our oceans forming gigantic spiral‐shaped garbage patches. Both spiral symbolism and E.A. Poe’s ‘Maelström’ are suggestive of a necessary fundamental ecological‐psychological transformation of our one‐sidedly logos‐dominated civilization. Plastic, the author argues, has become a carrier of our longing for immortality: in plastic, humanity has synthesized an ‘immortal’, a virtually non‐biodegradable substance. To avert what Jung called a ‘catastrophic enantiodromia’, humanity must relinquish its ecologically and psychologically detrimental consumerist mentality and jump into the unknown towards a less resource‐intensive lifestyle. The author’s dream about sea salt and spiral‐shaped marine animals is interpreted as a compensatory urge from the collective unconscious for humanity to reconnect to inner and outer nature by cultivating the neglected eros principle – feeling‐based relatedness – as a felt realization that we are part of nature on which we depend. Instead of succumbing to paralyzing fear or denial, the author argues for facing the abyss of our ecological‐psychological crisis and acting, informed by science. For ecological‐psychological transformation, Jungian psychology can play an important role.
The tree that called my name: on the significance of encountering the constellated symbol in the natural, other‐than‐human, world
Authors: Brown Gillian M. 
Published: November 2022

AbstractIn this paper I explore what it means to encounter the symbol as a meaningful object, or process, within the environment of the other‐than‐human. Using Jung’s account in ‘The spirit mercurius’ of an enlisted Indigenous soldier who attempts to desert his barracks on hearing a native Oji tree calling him, I compare the evolving stages of consciousness theorised by Jung to explain this phenomenon with the progression discussed by him in his commentary on Dorn’s coniunctio. My aim is to clarify Jung’s understanding of the symbolically constellated and ‘undifferentiated’ worldview of what Jung calls the ‘primitive’. I also draw on the work of Spitzform, Searles, Roszak, Fisher, Chalquist, Prentice and Rust in relation to the emerging field of ecopsychology, where consideration of a fundamental link between psychological and material existence – between psyche and ecos – has been proposed as an essential component of psychological theory, and in which our alienation from our natural surroundings has been identified as pathological. I include observations from my own experience of working therapeutically with clients in outdoor settings and I ask how a more ecosystemically integrated sense of self might be sought for a psyche that encounters symbolic material within its containing environment.
From dissociation to integration: the value of the ‘green factor’
Authors: Peresso Patrizia 
Published: November 2022

AbstractThis paper will focus on what the author calls the ‘green factor’: the ‘plant world’s’ ability to foster and manifest profound healing and self‐healing processes. This factor could be considered an element capable of promoting the analytic couple’s journey in individuation through a good enough rhythmical interaction. Such interaction is made possible by creating and maintaining, in therapy, a good level of empathy, mirroring and resonance that ‐ echoing natural cyclical rhythms primarily in non‐verbal communication ‐ fosters the passage from dissociation to integration. This dynamic depends mainly on paying constant attention to the various kinds of images referring to nature, both inside and outside ourselves, i.e. attention on the green world that reconnects us with the wider ecosystem of which we human beings form a part. The author suggests that remembering and respecting the profound relationship between ‘Mind and Earth’ or Psyche and Gaia means developing and cultivating an ecological attitude or eco‐oriented epistemology, a theory according to which, individual wellbeing can be considered a fragment of the health of our planet, in the same way as the individual anima is a spark of anima mundi. This theory has been embraced by numerous scholars ranging from Jung to Bateson, Mancuso and Schore.
N‐homocysteinylation of α‐synuclein promotes its aggregation and neurotoxicity
Authors: Zhou Lingyan , Guo Tao , Meng Lanxia , Zhang Xingyu , Tian Ye , Dai Lijun , Niu Xuan , Li Yiming , Liu Congcong , Chen Guiqin , Liu Chaoyang , Ke Wei , Zhang Zhaohui , Bao Anyu , Zhang Zhentao 
Published: November 2022

AbstractThe aggregation of α‐synuclein plays a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD). Epidemiological evidence indicates that high level of homocysteine (Hcy) is associated with an increased risk of PD. However, the molecular mechanisms remain elusive. Here, we report that homocysteine thiolactone (HTL), a reactive thioester of Hcy, covalently modifies α‐synuclein on the K80 residue. The levels of α‐synuclein K80Hcy in the brain are increased in an age‐dependent manner in the TgA53T mice, correlating with elevated levels of Hcy and HTL in the brain during aging. The N‐homocysteinylation of α‐synuclein stimulates its aggregation and forms fibrils with enhanced seeding activity and neurotoxicity. Intrastriatal injection of homocysteinylated α‐synuclein fibrils induces more severe α‐synuclein pathology and motor deficits when compared with unmodified α‐synuclein fibrils. Increasing the levels of Hcy aggravates α‐synuclein neuropathology in a mouse model of PD. In contrast, blocking the N‐homocysteinylation of α‐synuclein ameliorates α‐synuclein pathology and degeneration of dopaminergic neurons. These findings suggest that the covalent modification of α‐synuclein by HTL promotes its aggregation. Targeting the N‐homocysteinylation of α‐synuclein could be a novel therapeutic strategy against PD.
Free public transport and older people: An ethnographic study of an Australian bus service
Authors: Rambaldini‐Gooding Delia , Molloy Luke , Parrish Anne‐Maree , Strahilevitz Michal , Clarke Rodney , Perez Pascal 
Published: November 2022

AbstractObjectivesThis study explores older people's use of a free bus service in Wollongong, Australia. The research focus was on understanding the experiences of people over the age of 60 who use the service and the extent to which it contributes to their physical, mental and social well‐being.MethodsThe ethnographic research utilised fieldwork and interviews for data collection. Participant observations took place on the bus, and interviews were undertaken at bus stops. Data were analysed using an inductive thematic approach.ResultsThe research highlighted how bus services can be caring places for older people and a bus journey could be characterised as a therapeutic milieu. Travelling on the bus provided opportunities for health promotion due to active transport. Subsidised access to public transport supported people to maintain social connections throughout the city.ConclusionsBus travel has contributed positively to the physical, mental and social well‐being of people over the age of 60 in Wollongong.
Calcaratarin D, a labdane diterpenoid, attenuates mouse asthma via modulating alveolar macrophage function
Authors: Liao Wupeng , Foo Hazel Yu Ci , Tran Thi Ngoc Quy , Chai Christina Li Lin , Wong Wai Shiu Fred 
Published: November 2022

AbstractBackground and PurposeAlveolar macrophages (AMs) contribute to airway inflammation and remodelling in allergic asthma. Calcaratarin D (CalD), a labdane diterpenoid from rhizomes of the medicinal plant Alpinia calcarata, has recently been shown to possess anti‐inflammatory properties. The present study evaluated protective effects of CalD in a house dust mite (HDM)‐induced asthma mouse model.Experimental ApproachThe effects of CalD on AMs in contributing to anti‐inflammatory effects in asthma were investigated through in vivo, ex vivo, and in vitro experiments.Key ResultsCalD reduced total bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and differential cell count, serum IgE levels, mucus hypersecretion, and airway hyperresponsiveness in HDM‐challenged mice. Additionally, CalD affected a wide array of pro‐inflammatory cytokines and chemokines and oxidative damage markers in isolated lung tissues. CalD suppressed the HDM‐induced increase in Arg1 (M2 macrophage marker) in AMs from lung tissue and reduced lung polyamine levels. CalD weakened antigen presentation capability of AMs by reducing CD80 expression, reduced AM‐derived CCL17 and CCL22 levels, and lessened Th2 cytokines from CD4+ T‐cells from asthma lung digest. CalD blocked the HDM‐induced FoxO1/IRF4 pathway and restored impaired the Nrf2/HO‐1 antioxidant pathway in lung tissues. CalD inhibited IL‐4/IL‐13‐stimulated JAK1/STAT6 pathway, FoxO1 protein expression, and chemokine production in primary AMs. Structure–activity relationship study revealed the α,β‐unsaturated γ‐butyrolactone in CalD is capable of forming covalent bonds with cellular protein targets essential for its action.Conclusion and ImplicationsOur results demonstrate for the first time that CalD is a novel anti‐inflammatory natural compound for allergic asthma that modulates AM function.
External validation of the GAP model in Chinese patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Authors: Zhang Xinran , Ren Yanhong , Xie Bingbing , Wang Shiyao , Geng Jing , He Xuan , Jiang Dingyuan , He Jiarui , Luo Sa , Wang Xin , Song Dingyun , Fan Mingming , Dai Huaping 
Published: November 2022

AbstractIntroductionThe GAP model was widely used as a simple risk “screening” method for patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).ObjectivesWe sought to validate the GAP model in Chinese patients with IPF to evaluate whether it can accurately predict the risk for mortality.MethodsA total of 212 patients with IPF diagnosed at China‐Japan Friendship Hospital from 2015 to 2019 were enrolled. The latest follow‐up ended in September 2022. Cumulative mortality of each GAP stage was calculated and compared based on Fine‐Gray models for survival, and lung transplantation was treated as a competing risk. The performance of the model was evaluated in terms of both discrimination and calibration.ResultsThe cumulative mortality in patients with GAP stage III was significantly higher than that in those with GAP stage I or II (Gray's testp < 0.0001). The Harrell c‐index for the GAP calculator was 0.736 (95% CI: 0.667–0.864). The discrimination for the GAP staging system were similar with that for the GAP calculator. The GAP model overestimated the mortality rate at 1‐ and 2‐year in patients classified as GAP stage I (6.90% vs. 1.77% for 1‐year, 14.20% vs. 6.78% for 2‐year).ConclusionsOur findings indicated that the GAP model overestimated the mortality rate in mild group.
Deconstructing the myth of Standard German: Navigating language ideologies in the L2 German university classroom
Authors: Milojičić Višnja 
Published: November 2022

AbstractPrevious research has established a connection between Standard Language Ideology (SLI) and prestige and power and has highlighted the existence of a dominant cultural narrative that idealizes Standard High German as a provider of cultural elevation and unity, viewing nonstandard Germanic varieties as exotic. Nevertheless, scholars have likewise emphasized the importance of familiarizing L2 German students with the standard and nonstandard regional and dialectal varieties that are widely used within and across Germanic‐speaking countries. Through a grounded ethnographic approach involving classroom observations and interviews, the study suggests that the L2 German university students observed seemed to believe in the superiority of Standard German despite efforts by their instructors to counter this belief. The study extends previous research by illustrating L2 German instructors' negotiation strategies, used to highlight the communicative legitimacy of German and Austrian dialects to their students.
Oral health care services for community‐dwelling older people with dementia: A scoping review
Authors: Ho Bach Van , van der Maarel‐Wierink Claar D. , de Vries Ralph , Lobbezoo Frank 
Published: November 2022

ObjectiveTo assess whether, and if so, which oral health care services for community‐dwelling older people with dementia are available.BackgroundOral health in people with dementia is poor compared with people without dementia. Although multiple oral health care interventions have previously been studied for older people living in nursing homes, little is known about interventions or services for community‐dwelling older people with dementia.Materials and methodsA literature search was performed in the databases Pubmed, Embase and CINAHL. The following search terms were used: “Dementia”, “Oral health”, “Dental health services” and “Older person”. The term “dental health services” was intended to be an as broad as possible construct because limited search results were expected.ResultsThe search generated 1624 unique references, of which seven studies were eligible for inclusion (four cohort studies, one cross‐sectional study, and two qualitative studies). The included studies described two actual oral health care services: a telephone help line on oral health and dementia, and a mobile geriatric dental programme in adult day health centres. A need was found for services and strategies specific to community‐dwelling older people with dementia. One identified solution was an intervention with individually tailored daily oral hygiene self‐care supported by the informal caregiver. Furthermore, increasing accessibility of oral health care professionals with treatment at other locations than their own practices, better collaboration between health care professionals and preventive oral health care are highly necessary.ConclusionThere is limited evidence on the availability of oral health care services for community‐dwelling older people with dementia, while a need was found for oral health care services that focus on good accessibility, oral hygiene self‐care, preventive strategies and collaboration among health care professionals.
Alcohol as a trigger of migraine attacks in people with migraine. Results from a large prospective cohort study in English‐speaking countries
Authors: Vives‐Mestres Marina , Casanova Amparo , Puig Xavier , Ginebra Josep , Rosen Noah 
Published: November 2022

AbstractObjectiveTo assess whether alcohol intake is associated with the onset of migraine attacks up to 2 days after consumption in individuals with episodic migraine (EM).BackgroundAlthough alcohol has long been suspected to be a common migraine trigger, studies have been inconclusive in proving this association.MethodsThis was an observational prospective cohort study among individuals with migraine who registered to use a digital health platform for headache. Eligible individuals were aged ≥18 years with EM who consumed alcohol and had tracked their headache symptoms and alcohol intake for ≥90 days. People who did not drink any alcohol were excluded. The association of alcohol intake (“Yes/No”) and of the number of alcoholic beverages in the 2 days preceding a migraine attack was assessed accounting for the presence of migraine on day‐2 and its interaction with alcohol intake on day‐2, and further adjusted for sex, age, and average weekly alcohol intake.ResultsData on 487 individuals reporting 5913 migraine attacks and a total of 40,165 diary days were included in the analysis. Presence of migraine on day‐2 and its interaction with alcohol intake on day‐2 were not significant and removed from the model. At the population level, alcohol intake on day‐2 was associated with a lower probability of migraine attack (OR [95% CI] = 0.75 [0.68, 0.82]; event rate 1006/4679, 21.5%), while the effect of alcohol intake on day‐1 was not significant (OR [95% CI] = 1.01 [0.91, 1.11]; event rate 1163/4679, 24.9%) after adjusting for sex, age, and average weekly alcohol intake. Similar results were obtained with the number of beverages as exposure.ConclusionsIn this English‐speaking cohort of individuals with EM who identified themselves as mostly low‐dose alcohol consumers, there was no significant effect on the probability of a migraine attack in the 24 h following consumption, and a slightly lower likelihood of a migraine attack from 24 to 48 h following use.
Neutrophils during SARS‐CoV‐2 infection: Friend or foe?
Authors: Castanheira Fernanda V. S. , Kubes Paul 
Published: November 2022

SummaryCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) is caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) and has resulted in more than 6 million deaths worldwide. COVID‐19 is a respiratory disease characterized by pulmonary dysfunction leading to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDs), as well as disseminated coagulation, and multi‐organ dysfunction. Neutrophils and neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) have been implicated in the pathogenesis of COVID‐19. In this review, we highlight key gaps in knowledge, discuss the heterogeneity of neutrophils during the evolution of the disease, how they can contribute to COVID‐19 pathogenesis, and potential therapeutic strategies that target neutrophil‐mediated inflammatory responses.
Integrating truth bias and elaboration likelihood to understand how political polarisation impacts disinformation engagement on social media
Authors: Miller Stacy , Menard Philip , Bourrie David , Sittig Scott 
Published: November 2022

AbstractPolitical polarisation has become an increasingly alarming issue in society, exacerbated by the widespread use of social media and the development of filter bubbles among social media users. This environment has left users susceptible to disinformation, especially those with whom a user is politically aligned. In this research, we integrate truth bias, elaboration likelihood model and new media literacy into a model for explaining social media engagement (with both disinformation and factual information) and analysing how political polarisation (operationalised as political alignment between users) influences perceptions and behaviours. Using an experimental design, we analyse the model separately for posts containing disinformation and factual information, highlighting key differences. Political alignment positively moderates truth bias's effect on engagement with disinformation. For both disinformation and factual information, political alignment moderates the effect of generalised communicative suspicion (GCS) on truth bias, such that GCS's effect on truth bias flips from negative to positive as political alignment increases. Issue involvement and political alignment appear to be the primary drivers of disinformation engagement, with critical consuming media literacy failing to mitigate engagement. Our findings contribute to the understanding of persuasion, conviction, amplification, polarisation and aversion related to fake news on social media.