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Is quality of life related to high autistic traits, high ADHD traits and their Interaction? Evidence from a Young-Adult Community-Based twin sample
Authors: Capp Simone J. , Agnew-Blais Jessica , Lau-Zhu Alex , Colvert Emma , Tye Charlotte , Aydin Ümit , Lautarescu Alexandra , Ellis Claire , Saunders Tyler , O’Brien Lucy , Ronald Angelica , Happé Francesca , McLoughlin Gráinne 
Published: July 2022

AbstractThis study explored whether high autistic traits, high attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) traits and their interaction were associated with quality of life (QoL) in a sample of 556 of young-adult twins (Mean age 22 years 5 months, 52% Female). Four participant groups were created: high autistic traits, high ADHD traits, high autistic/ADHD traits, and low ADHD/autistic traits. High autistic traits were associated with lower QoL across domains (physical, psychological, social, and environmental). High ADHD traits associated with lower physical, psychological, and environmental QoL. The interaction of autistic and ADHD traits was not significant in any domain. While mental health difficulties were associated with lower QoL, after accounting for mental health, most relationships between autistic traits, ADHD traits and QoL remained.
Family Functioning in Humanitarian Contexts: Correlates of the Feminist-Grounded Family Functioning Scale among Men and Women in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Authors: Blackwell Alexandra H. , Asghar Khudejha , de Dieu Hategekimana Jean , Roth Danielle , O’Connor Meghan , Falb Kathryn 
Published: July 2022

AbstractIn humanitarian contexts, family functioning may have a positive influence on outcomes of mental health and wellbeing for both children and adults. This study sought to adapt and explore an existing family functioning measure for use in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Cross-sectional data were collected from 394 respondents (196 men and 198 women) in North Kivu, DRC. The Feminist-Grounded Family Functioning Scale was developed through qualitative research and cognitive testing which conceptualized a healthy and functioning family as one without gender and power hierarchies. Generalized linear mixed models stratified by gender assessed the association between family functioning and demographics, conflict experiences, and correlates of interest including gender attitudes, acceptance of harsh discipline, positive parenting, and power sharing. In the final adjusted models, family functioning among women was associated with positive parenting (β = 0.32, p = 0.009) and power sharing (β = 0.24, p < 0.001), but attitudes around gender and harsh discipline did not retain their significant association. Similarly, men’s family functioning was significantly associated with positive parenting (β = 0.41, p = 0.011) and power sharing (β = 0.16, p = 0.014). Results suggest that family functioning is positively associated with behaviors indicative of non-violent and equitable relationships between family members, but that behaviors might be attenuating the influence of attitudes on family functioning, as the significant association between attitudes and family functioning in the univariate models was not retained in the full models accounting for both behaviors and attitudes. Further research is needed to capture the context-specific nuances of family functioning and to understand the influence of gender and power hierarchies for families in conflict settings.
Socio-Cognitive Processes and Peer-Network Influences in Defending and Bystanding
Authors: Rambaran J. Ashwin , Pozzoli Tiziana , Gini Gianluca 
Published: July 2022

AbstractPeers are critical to defending and bystanding during episodes of bullying. This study investigates the extent to which friends can shape defending and bystanding as well as social cognitions associated with these two behaviors (i.e., perceptions of self-efficacy and moral distress). The study sample consisted of n = 1354 early and middle adolescents (7th‒10th grade; 81.4% Italian; 51.3% boys) in northern Italy. Employing a longitudinal social network analytic approach, using stochastic actor-oriented modeling, this study found that adolescents become more similar or stay similar to their friends in both behaviors and perceptions, with no clear indication that students select friends based on similar levels of behaviors or perceptions. The findings illustrate how defending and bystanding behaviors and related social cognitions are developed within friend (peer) networks.
Combining reference point based composite indicators with data envelopment analysis: application to the assessment of universities
Authors: El Gibari Samira , Gómez Trinidad , Ruiz Francisco 
Published: July 2022

AbstractIn our knowledge society, where universities are key players, the assessment of higher education institutions should meet the new demands of the present complex environment. This calls for the use of techniques that are able to manage this complexity. In this paper, we propose a novel combination of methodologies, jointly using a multi-criteria reference point scheme and the data envelopment analysis (DEA) for the assessment of universities. This combination allows us to take into account all the aspects regarded as relevant to assess university performance, and use them as outputs in the efficiency analysis. Our findings highlight the convenience to assess the university performance by using both compensatory and non-compensatory schemes. This way, the information provided allows to detect the actions needed to improve the performances of the universities, rather than just giving an overall performance measure. Furthermore, combining the use of composite indicators with the DEA analysis provides a more complete picture of the institutions assessed, allowing universities to check their efficiency and to detect their weaknesses and strengths accordingly. The approach is illustrated using data of 47 Spanish public universities for the academic year, 2016–2017.
Meta-comparisons: how to compare methods for LCA?
Authors: Heijungs Reinout , Dekker Erik 
Published: July 2022

Abstract
Introduction
Many methodological papers report a comparison of methods for LCA, for instance comparing different impact assessment systems, or developing streamlined methods. A popular way to do so is by studying the differences of results for a number of products. We refer to such studies as quasi-empirical meta-comparisons.

Review of existing approaches
A scan of the literature reveals that many different methods and indicators are employed: contribution analyses, Pearson correlations, Spearman correlations, regression, significance tests, neural networks, etc.

Critical discussion
We critically examine the current practice and conclude that some of the widely used methods are associated with important deficits.

A new approach
Inspired by the critical analysis, we develop a new approach for meta-comparative LCA, based on directional statistics. We apply it to several real-world test cases, and analyze its performance vis-à-vis traditional regression-based approaches.

Conclusion
The method on the basis of directional statistics withstands the tests of changing the scale and unit of the training data. As such, it holds a promise for improved method comparisons.
Pattern Formation in a Spatially Extended Model of Pacemaker Dynamics in Smooth Muscle Cells
Authors: Fatoyinbo H. O. , Brown R. G. , Simpson D. J. W. , van Brunt B. 
Published: July 2022

AbstractSpatiotemporal patterns are common in biological systems. For electrically coupled cells, previous studies of pattern formation have mainly used applied current as the primary bifurcation parameter. The purpose of this paper is to show that applied current is not needed to generate spatiotemporal patterns for smooth muscle cells. The patterns can be generated solely by external mechanical stimulation (transmural pressure). To do this we study a reaction-diffusion system involving the Morris–Lecar equations and observe a wide range of spatiotemporal patterns for different values of the model parameters. Some aspects of these patterns are explained via a bifurcation analysis of the system without coupling — in particular Type I and Type II excitability both occur. We show the patterns are not due to a Turing instability and that the spatially extended model exhibits spatiotemporal chaos. We also use travelling wave coordinates to analyse travelling waves.
Structural Features of Microvascular Networks Trigger Blood Flow Oscillations
Authors: Ben-Ami Y. , Atkinson G. W. , Pitt-Francis J. M. , Maini P. K. , Byrne H. M. 
Published: July 2022

AbstractWe analyse mathematical models in order to understand how microstructural features of vascular networks may affect blood flow dynamics, and to identify particular characteristics that promote the onset of self-sustained oscillations. By focusing on a simple three-node motif, we predict that network “redundancy”, in the form of a redundant vessel connecting two main flow-branches, together with differences in haemodynamic resistance in the branches, can promote the emergence of oscillatory dynamics. We use existing mathematical descriptions for blood rheology and haematocrit splitting at vessel branch-points to construct our flow model; we combine numerical simulations and stability analysis to study the dynamics of the three-node network and its relation to the system’s multiple steady-state solutions. While, for the case of equal inlet-pressure conditions, a “trivial” equilibrium solution with no flow in the redundant vessel always exists, we find that it is not stable when other, stable, steady-state attractors exist. In turn, these “nontrivial” steady-state solutions may undergo a Hopf bifurcation into an oscillatory state. We use the branch diameter ratio, together with the inlet haematocrit rate, to construct a two-parameter stability diagram that delineates regimes in which such oscillatory dynamics exist. We show that flow oscillations in this network geometry are only possible when the branch diameters are sufficiently different to allow for a sufficiently large flow in the redundant vessel, which acts as the driving force of the oscillations. These microstructural properties, which were found to promote oscillatory dynamics, could be used to explore sources of flow instability in biological microvascular networks.
Soil Penetration Resistance and Sugarcane Rooting Under Subsuperficial Drip Irrigation Levels
Authors: Resende Ronaldo S. , Cintra Fernando L. D. , Pacheco Edson Patto , de Amorim Júlio R. A. , Gomes Renata S. B. , da Silva Sandra M. 
Published: July 2022

AbstractKnowledge of the soil water regime in a dynamic equilibrium condition (steady state) of the emitter–soil–plant system is essential to evaluate the adopted irrigation management, aiming to maximize the water use efficiency in irrigation. Thus, our objective was to determine the integrated effect of four irrigation levels on the soil moisture (θv) distribution pattern, mechanical soil penetration resistance (PR), and sugarcane rooting. Irrigation levels were established based on the percentage of reference evapotranspiration (ETo), as follows: 40% (W1), 70% (W2), 100% (W3), and 130% (W4) of ETo. From the soil moisture profile and PR versus θv regression models, PR profiles for each irrigation level were estimated. At the end of the crop cycle, trenches were opened to assess sugarcane root system. According to the results, the water dynamic in the soil profile resulted in a soil-wetting pattern that did not match the sugarcane rooting profile. For treatments W3 and W4 the wetting pattern indicated water loss through deep percolation. For all treatments and considering the entire soil profile, the PR values ranged from < 2 to 10 MPa. Also, the roots were superficially spread and limited to the first 0.35 m in depth for all irrigation depths applied. Although the soil wetting by irrigation reduced the strength of the cohesive layer, this reduction was insufficient to allow the deepening of plant roots. The su garcane root development was limited to the region of the soil profile defined by a PR value approximately equal to 2.0 MPa.
Analyse du processus de construction de connaissances dans des activités de programmation à l’école
Authors: Romero Margarida , DeBlois Lucie 
Published: July 2022

AbstractThe introduction of programming activities in the classroom has given rise to a variety of teaching methods. Some methods focus on learning to code while others take a creative programming approach (Resnick & Rusk, 2020). This study looks at creative programming as an opportunity for students to develop their reasoning skills. Drawing from both mathematics teaching and creative programming practices, we identify the elements of informatics thinking and use them to analyze the behaviour of students during a programming task in educational robotics. We also apply certain conceptual tools from both the field of mathematics teaching and the framework of informatics thinking in the course of our study. Creative programming practices provide six factors for analyzing how the students approached situational problems, framed the problems, learned the code, and developed the programs. From a didactics perspective, we use the components of DeBlois’ model (2001, 2003) for interpreting cognitive activities to analyze elements in the knowledge-building process. Our article ends with a comparison of the benefits of each analytical framework, which could have implications for teacher training on programming in the classroom.
Bioavailability and health risk assessment of potentially toxic elements in salty water environment of Okposi, Southeastern Nigeria
Authors: Ugwu Kenechukwu E. , Ofomatah Anthony C. 
Published: July 2022

AbstractThis study is to determine some physicochemical parameters and potentially toxic elements (PTE) in water samples collected from a borehole, a stream and a lake in Okposi, Nigeria, for their quality status and the human health risk of exposure to the waters. The physico-chemical properties: pH, electrical conductivity (EC), salinity, nitrate and sulphate, were determined by standard methods, while the level of PTE contamination was analysed by Flame Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (FAAS). The results show that the levels of physicochemical parameters in the water samples are within the World Health Organisation (WHO) permissible limit. The PTE concentrations (mg/L) in the samples are in the ranges of 0.12–0.35 (Cr); 0.06–0.19 (Cu); 0.24–2.45 (Fe); 0.0–0.06 (Mn); 0.00–0.75 (Pb); and 0.0–02 (Zn). The levels of Cr and Pb in all the samples, except Pb in the downstream water, are above the WHO permissible limits, indicating that the waters are contaminated and unsafe for drinking. PTE form complexes with anions in water at high EC and salinity which reduces availability of toxic metals to organisms. Therefore, toxicity of PTE in the samples is in decreasing order: Upstream > Downstream > Lake water > borehole water. Calculations of hazard quotients shows possible adverse effects on adults and children on dermal contact with the waters due to Cr. Children might get cancer due to Pb on ingestion of water from the studied borehole, the Lake and the Upstream waters. Statistical analysis suggests that the geology of the area influenced PTE contamination of the water bodies.Article highlightsEvaluation of the pollution status of the major water sources (borehole, lake, upstream and downstream) in the study area was conducted since the information will be useful for making decisions that will protect human health by the policy makers and the public.The samples from all the water bodies in the study area were contaminated by chromium. The borehole water samples were contaminated by Iron and Lead; the downstream samples were contaminated by Iron; while samples from the lake and the upstream were contaminated by Lead. They are contaminated because the concentrations of these metals in the water bodies were above the World Health Organisation’s permissible limit for those metals in drinking water. Human exposure to the level of these metals in the water bodies may lead to severe health problems.Based on the bioavailability studies of the metals and the physicochemical parameters of the major water bodies in the study area, the borehole water (ground water) is the safest (best) for drinking and domestic purposes, then, the lake water (safer), followed by the downstream water (safe), while the upstream water has the highest toxicity potential (not safe).
Compensation and transition order temperature behavior of mixed spin-1 and spin-1/2 ising model on a centered honeycomb-hexagonal structure: two points of compensation
Authors: Gharaibeh Maen , Almahmoud Ali , Obeidat Abdalla 
Published: July 2022

Abstract
Abstract
The magnetic properties and phase diagrams of the mixed spin-1/2 and spin-1 Ising model on a honeycomb inside a hexagonal structure have been studied using the Monte Carlo simulations based on the Metropolis update protocol. The effect of different exchange interactions (intralayer and interlayer Js') and single-ion anisotropy D on the magnetic properties, transition and compensation temperatures, and magnetic susceptibility have been investigated. The phase diagrams, T-J and T-D, for different exchange interactions and crystal field values have been examined. Compensation behavior exists for critical values of interlayer's exchange interactions. Our calculations reveal the existence of two points of compensation for a narrow range of negative D.

Article highlights

A mixed spin Ising model on a centered honeycomb-hexagonal structure was proposed

The effects of crystal field and exchange coupling were studied

Two points of compensation temperature were exist.
The EBMT Immune Effector Cell Nursing Guidelines on CAR-T Therapy: A Framework for Patient Care and Managing Common Toxicities
Authors: Ellard Rose , Kenyon Michelle , Hutt Daphna , Aerts Erik , de Ruijter Maaike , Chabannon Christian , Mohty Mohamad , Montoto Silvia , Wallhult Elisabeth , Murray John 
Published: July 2022

AbstractChimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR T) therapy is a new and rapidly developing field. Centers across the world are gaining more experience using these innovative anti-cancer treatments, transitioning from the ‘bench’ to the ‘bedside’, giving benefit to an increasing number of patients. For those with some refractory hematological malignancies, CAR-T may offer a treatment option that was not available a few years ago.CAR-T therapy is an immune effector cell and precision/personalized medicine treatment which is tailored to the individual patient and associated with a variety of unique adverse events and toxicities that necessitate specialist nursing/medical vigilance in an appropriate clinical setting. Subtle unrecognized signs and symptoms can result in rapid deterioration and, possibly, life threatening cardiorespiratory and/or neurological sequelae.These guidelines have been prepared for nurses working in cellular therapy in inpatient, outpatient and ambulatory settings. Many nurses will encounter cellular therapy recipients indirectly, during the referral process, following discharge, and when patients are repatriated back to local centers. The aim of these guidelines is to provide all nurses with a practice framework to enable recognition, monitoring and grading of CAR-T therapy-associated toxicities, and to support and nurse these highly complex patients with confidence.They have been developed under the auspices of several bodies of the European society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT), by experienced health professionals, and will be a valuable resource to all practitioners working in cellular therapy.
Electroacupuncture Alleviate Lung Injury of Sepsis Through α7nAChR and NF-κB Signaling Pathway
Authors: Shi Xingxing , Du Lixia , Fan Zhongmin , Su Binxiao , Chen Yu , Fang Zongping , Zhang Xijing 
Published: July 2022

Abstract
Background
Sepsis is the leading cause of death in hospitalized patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). Although substantial progress has been made in studies on the treatment of sepsis, the mortality rate remains extremely high. We have previously reported that electroacupuncture (EA) induced tolerance against sepsis, but the underlying mechanism remains unclear.

Methods
C57BL/6 mice were pretreated with EA before sepsis was induced by cecal ligation and puncture (CLP). Then the indexes associated with pulmonary edema and mortality were tested. And the changes of endogenous cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway especially their typical receptor α7nAChR were detected. Finally, the mechanism of EA in sepsis was explored through regulating the expression of α7nAChR.

Results
The expression of α7nAChR was significantly decreased after sepsis, while EA prevented this reduction. Methyllycaconitine (MLA), an antagonist of α7nAChR, attenuated the beneficial effects of EA. On the other hand, as an α7nAChR agonist, GTS-21 produced similar protective effects against sepsis. Furthermore, the EA-induced enhancement of α7nAChR and inhibition of NF-κB expression in the lungs were reversed by MLA administration.

Conclusions
EA robustly protects the lungs against sepsis and inhibits NF-κB release by activating α7nAChR in mice.
Pediatric surgical site infections in 287 hospitals in the United States, 2015–2018
Authors: Mathew Roshni , Salinas Jorge L. , Hsu Heather E. , Jin Robert , Rhee Chanu , Lee Grace M. 
Published: July 2022

AbstractAmong 287 US hospitals reporting data between 2015 and 2018, annual pediatric surgical site infection (SSI) rates ranged from 0% for gallbladder to 10.4% for colon surgeries. Colon, spinal fusion, and small-bowel SSI rates did not decrease with greater surgical volumes in contrast to appendix and ventricular-shunt SSI rates.
Modernization, Race, and the Rural Past in Brazil: A Transnational Analysis of Donald Pierson’s Sociology (1930–1950)
Authors: Maio Marcos Chor , Lopes Thiago da Costa 
Published: July 2022

AbstractThis article analyzes the US sociologist Donald Pierson’s views on the process of modernization as expressed in research he conducted while residing in Brazil from the 1930s to the 1950s. Looking first at his study on race relations in Bahia and then at his investigations of rural communities in the São Francisco Valley, it shows that Pierson’s exchange with local intellectuals was decisive to his readings of Brazil’s rural, patriarchal past and his understanding of the potential for building a modern social order out of these traditions. His perspective was also evident during the debate on the relation between racism and modernity in the context of the UNESCO Race Relations Project. This examination of Pierson’s work likewise signals how transnational dialogue between the Global North and South contributed to the sociological debate on modernization, and how US scholars ascribed more than one meaning to the modernizing changes underway in peripheral countries around the world.