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Based on the seismic records of different sensors, the relationship between pressure, acceleration and, velocity in shallow water is studied through waveform similarity
Authors: Zhen JIN , HuiTeng CAI , LanJie ZHOU , ShanHu LIU , GuoPing ZHANG 
Published: December 2022

Abstract
All ocean countries in the world attach great importance to research in the field of ocean observation. In the past 60 years, the United States and Japan have continued to promote the development of ocean seismic observation. In addition to 51 offshore island and reef stations, marine seismic observation stations in China are almost blank. As the first undersea earthquake station in China, the Wuyu Island submarine seismic station has recorded more than 100 earthquakes after a year of operation. It is found that the hydrophone signal recorded by Wuyu Island submarine seismic station OBS05 is very similar to the broadband velocity seismometer signal. We selected 10 typical events with a magnitude greater than three and the analysis shows that the hydrophone signal recorded by OBS05 is a strong correlation to the signal of the broadband velometer Z component. In view of the similarity of signals from different sensors, we first conducted correlation analysis in the time and frequency domain for the same ground-based velocity sensor and acceleration sensor on land and summarized the steps, methods, and influencing factors of correlation analysis. Finally, the waveform similarity among hydrophones, velocity, and acceleration sensors recorded by background noise and natural seismic data is comprehensively analyzed and further discussed when it is applied to a submarine seismic station.
Investigate the constituents of commercially available toothpastes
Authors: Ucuncu Musa Kazim , Guven Kerem , Yazicioglu Oktay 
Published: December 2022

Abstract
Toothpaste is one of the most significant tools and contains a great number of ingredients for eliminating dental plaque, which triggers periodontal disease and dental caries, from the hard tissues of the teeth, and is an essential component of oral and dental hygiene practices. With these ingredients, which are composed of several active or inactive components, issues such as cavities, tartar, and malodor can be addressed. In addition, the building blocks in their structures, the majority of which are considered inactive agents, can boost the efficacy of the therapeutic drug in the paste or protect it from external causes. However, some of these substances pose a threat not only to oral health, but also to the health of the entire body, causing tissue damage. In this study, the components of toothpastes in market aisles were analyzed, and their frequency of occurrence among pastes was found.
Modelling monthly patterns in regional rainfall for the United Kingdom: a time series analysis of the Rainfall Rescue data
Authors: Mills Terence C 
Published: December 2022

Abstract

In March 2020 the Rainfall Rescue project was launched on the Zooniverse platform with the aim of transcribing 66,000 sheets of rainfall observations into digital form. The associated website, RainfallRescue.org, received widespread media interest and, within 16 days, the complete set of sheets had been digitised by over 16,000 volunteer ‘citizen scientists’. The project has led to new monthly rainfall estimates for the U.K. and its ten regions being made available to download and time series analyses of these new rainfall data are reported in this paper. Using a seasonal linear trends model fitted to power transformed rainfall data, it is found that over the period 1836 to 2021 winters have become progressively wetter and fluctuations in monthly rainfall more pronounced the further west and north you move in the U.K., with little or no change in summer rainfall.
Tuberculosis situation in children in 2021 and the prospects of its change in 2022
Authors: Aksenova V. A. , Sterlikov S. A. , Kucheryavaya D. A. , Gordina A. V. , Pankova Ya. Yu. , Vasilyeva I. A. 
Published: December 2022

The article analyzes changes in the epidemic tuberculosis situation in children and factors inﬂuencing it. Data from tuberculosis statistical surveillance forms and on-line monitoring data for the biggest available period were studied. It was found that in 2021, tuberculosis incidence increased in children of 0-14 years old, and this increase was statistically signiﬁcant (p < 0.05) in the group of children of 7-14years old (from 5.6 to 6.3 per 100,000 children of 7-14 years old), which may be related to the COVID-19 pandemic: increased epidemic risk of tuberculosis infection sources and increased exposure of children primarily of school age, who were switched to distant learning.The increase in tuberculosis incidence among children exposed to tuberculosis patients from 143.8 to 183.0 per 100,000 exposed children may be further attributed to decreased dissociating of contacts by hospitalizing children to tuberculosis sanatoria. Theepidemic tuberculosis situation in children is expected to deteriorate due to increased migration from the country with an unfavorable tuberculosis situation, i.e. Ukraine. Tuberculosis mortality in children continued to decline; there were no signs that it would increase in 2022.
Groups at high risk of developing respiratory tuberculosis among adult population of Kaluga Oblast
Authors: Lapshina I. S. , Tsybikova E. B. , Kotlovskiy M. Yu. 
Published: December 2022

The objective: to determine groups at high risk of developing tuberculosis (TB) among adult population of Kaluga Oblast.Subjects and Methods: data from Federal Statistical Surveillance Forms no. 8, 33, 12, 36, and 37 for 2015-2021, Rosstat data on the population of Kaluga Oblast. Pearson's chi-square test (χ2) was used for data analysis.Results. Among adult population, 8 groups facing the high risk of developing tuberculosis have been identiﬁed: HIV-positive individuals, people exposes to tuberculosis patients with a positive result of sputum testing, drug users, inmates staying in institutions of the Federal Penitentiary Service, individuals not screened for ≥ 2 years, homeless, migrants, and persons with alcohol addiction.According to results of analysis of factors that had a negative impact on the course of respiratory tuberculosis, the highest risk of developing a severe course was registered only in groups at advanced risk of tuberculosis: HIV-positive individuals, drug users, persons with alcohol addiction, homeless, individuals not screened for ≥ 2 years, and people exposes to tuberculosis patients with a positive result of sputum testing.
Screening for tuberculosis infection in children and adolescents by two intracutaneous tests: with tuberculin and tuberculosis recombinant allergen (ESAT-6/CFP-10) in Moscow in 2021
Authors: Bogorodskaya E. M. , Slogotskaya L. V. , Shamuratova L. F. , Sevostyanova T. A. 
Published: December 2022

The objective: to evaluate eﬀectiveness of mass screening for tuberculosis infection in children and adolescents in Moscow using two diﬀerent options according to age; to determine impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on eﬀectiveness of screening campaign judging by incidence rates in children and adolescents.Subjects and Methods. In 2021, 758,634 children aged 0-7 years, or 99.2% of those to be screened, were screened using the Mantoux test. Should the reaction increase compared to the previous year, an additional test with the tuberculosis recombinant allergen (TRA) was performed. Children of 8-17 years old were screened only with TRA test. 1,070,961 people were examined, or 97.9% of those to be examined.Results. It has been demonstrated that the test with TRA can be used as a screening tool and eﬀectively identify patients with a high risk of tuberculosis development. The preventive therapy received by those positively responding to TRA test resulted in almost no disease in them. The predominance of new cases with post-tuberculosis changes over new cases of active tuberculosis while the number of both is decreasing indicates the ability of the methods (TRA together with computed tomography) to detect minor forms of the active disease and post-tuberculous changes. In 2021 versus 2020, the number of children diagnosed with tuberculosis did not statistically signiﬁcantly increase because of those who failed to be detected in 2020 due to incomplete coverage with screening related to spread of COVID-19. However, in 2021 the rates were lower than in 2019 which conﬁrmed their positive change.Conclusion: Screening with TRA test is eﬀective, easy to perform and can be used in primary health care.
Copper(II) hydroxide/oxide-coated granular activated carbon forE. coliremoval in water
Authors: Li Yali , Deletic Ana , Henry Rebekah , Zhang Tong H. , McCarthy David T. 
Published: December 2022

AbstractLow-cost granular filter media with hybrid bacterial adsorption and survival inhibition capability is highly desired for the development of a low-impact water filtration system. In addition to overall removal, a deeper understanding of the fate and transport behaviour of bacteria in such systems should also be obtained to guide system operation. In this study, copper(II) hydroxide nanoparticles-modified granular activated carbon via a single-step in situ coating was prepared and denoted as CuH-G. Copper release behaviour and Escherichia coli removal efficiency of CuH-G were studied in saturated columns as a function of salinity, flow rate, and hydraulic loading. Copper release decreased exponentially on increasing salinity in test water, which potentiates controlled copper release for desired bacteria inhibition efficiency. With an effective contact time of 3.7 min, CuH-G provided 3.0 and 1.6 log E. coli removal in test water of salinity 237 and 680 μS/cm, respectively. Copper leaching at these two salinities were 1.7 and 0.74 mg/l, respectively below the Australian Guidelines for Water Recycling: Augmentation of Drinking Water Supplies. Further study of E. coli transport and deposition behaviour in heat-treated CuH-G at 160 °C revealed that the observed removal was largely attributed to enhanced attachment during filtration and survival inhibition post filtration.
Energy cost optimization of groundwater treatment using biochar adsorption process: An experimental approach
Authors: Yapıcıoğlu Pelin , Yeşilnacar Mehmet İrfan 
Published: December 2022

Abstract
This study has aimed to reduce the energy costs using agricultural waste derived (pistachio shells) biochar application for groundwater treatment. An energy cost indicator has been figured out applying a new quantitative approximation. Data envelopment analysis (DEA) has been applied to optimize the energy costs of groundwater treatment. Energy costs assessment of groundwater treatment has been carried out with regards to nitrate (NO3−), fluoride (F−), boron (B), iron (Fe (II)) and lead (Pb) removal for March (before irrigation) and October (post irrigation) related to 10 observation points in an arid and semi-arid area. When lead removal leads to the highest energy costs in the plant, nitrate removal has the lowest energy costs. The total energy costs would be reduced averagely at 44.5 and 52.5% in March and October, respectively when biochar adsorption was applied in the plant. According to the DEA model, the optimum energy consumption belongs to biochar adsorption in terms of fluorite removal with the value of 434.95 kWh/d. According to DEA analysis, NO3− is a low energy-intensive parameter and Pb is a high energy-intensive parameter. The results of the DEA model have been overlapping with the energy cost indicator.
Antifouling and antibacterial performance evaluation of polyethersulfone membranes modified with AZ63 alloy
Authors: Ozay Yasin , Alterkaoui Aya , Kahya Kürsat , Özdemir Sadin , Gonca Serpil , Dizge Nadir , Ocakoglu Kasım , Kulekci Mustafa Kemal 
Published: December 2022

Abstract
Antibacterial membranes have attracted researchers’ interest in recent years as a possible approach for dealing with biofouling on the membrane surface. This research aims to see if blending AZ63 Mg alloy into a polyethersulphone (PES) membrane can improve antifouling and separation properties. The composite membranes’ pure water flux continued to increase from pristine PES to PES/AZ63 2.00 wt%. The results showed that PES/AZ63 2.00 wt% membrane supplied the highest permeate flux of E. coli. The steady-state fluxes of AZ63 composite membranes were 113.24, 104.38 and 44.79 L/m2h for PES/AZ63 2.00 wt%, 1.00 wt%, and 0.50 wt%, respectively. The enhanced biological activity of AZ63 was studied based on antioxidant activity, DNA cleavage, antimicrobial, anti-biofilm, bacterial viability inhibition and photodynamic antimicrobial therapy studies. The maximum DPPH scavenging activity was determined as 81.25% with AZ63. AZ63 indicated good chemical nuclease activity and also showed moderate antimicrobial activity against studied strains. The highest biofilm inhibition of AZ63 was 83.25% and 71.63% towards P. aeruginosa and S. aureus, respectively. The cell viability inhibition activity of AZ63 was found as 96.34% against E. coli. The photodynamic antimicrobial therapy results displayed that AZ63 demonstrated 100% bacterial inhibition when using E. coli.
The Correlation between Adiponectin and Endothelin-1 Systemic levels with Normal-Tension Glaucoma in Metabolic Syndrome Patients
Authors: Seskoati Prayitnaningsih , Virna Oktariana , Synthia Nusanti , Budi Siswanto Bambang , Anwar Santoso 
Published: December 2022

Background:
The pathomechanism in Normo-tension glaucoma (NTG) is a dysregulation in the optic nerve head, which also occurs in Metabolic syndrome (MetS). Current therapies such as lowering intraocular pressure (IOP) have failed to inhibit the progression of NTG. This encourages various studies to evaluate the role of MetS.

Objective:
This study aims to evaluate the possible role of ET-1, TBARS, FRAP, hsCRP, Adiponectin, and Leptin systemic levels in the pathogenesis of NTG in MetS patients.

Methods:
This is a cross-sectional study conducted at the National Cardiac Center, Harapan Kita Hospital, Indonesia, with 29 patients divided into two groups, namely, with NTG (n=15) and without NTG (n=14). MetS was diagnosed based on the 2006 IDF criteria, while NTG was determined based on the presence of IOP, MD of the visual field, RNFL, and cupping of the disc as assessed by OCT. Furthermore, plasma ET-1, hsCRP, Leptin, and Adiponectin were assayed by ELISA, FRAP and TBARS were measured by colorimetric assay, while comparative and correlative tests were also performed.

Results:
There was a positive significant correlation between ET-1 and MD in NTG group (p = 0.025 ; r = 0.416 ; CI 95%= 1.85±0.89) as well as adiponectin and RNFL thickness (p = 0.035 ; r = 0.392 ; CI 95% = 2.71±8.27), however, a negative correlation was found between Adiponectin and MD (p = 0.012 ; r = -0.459 ; CI 95% = 5.53±18.68). Furthermore, there were no statistical differences in TBARS, FRAP, hsCRP, and leptin levels between the 2 groups.

Conclusion:
Based on the results, Adiponectin and ET-1 have potential involvement in the pathogenesis of NTG in MetS patients.
Temporal Variation in Abundance and Distribution of Butterflies in a Southern Nigerian National Park
Authors: Ojianwuna Chioma C. , Umoru Polycarp A. 
Published: December 2022

Aims:
The aim of this study was to determine the butterfly diversity in Okomu National Park, Nigeria in order to make available information on butterfly species in this protected areas.

Background:
Butterflies are a taxonomically important group for predicting the health of the environment.

Objective:
In order to establish butterfly abundance and distribution in Okomu National Park, a temporal variation study was conducted for a period of twenty-four months (July 2012 to June 2014).

Methods:
Eight transects (Disturbed habitat (DIS), Forest Edge/Plantation (FE/P), Moderately Open Forest (MOF), Forest Along Road/Moist Patches (FAR/MP), Riparian Habitat (RIP), Closed Canopy (CC), Shrub (SHR) and Grassland (GRA) were mapped out from the four ranges (Igwonwan, Arakhuan, Julius Creek and Babui) from visual level of disturbance and degree of canopy closure for transect walk, butterfly net and baited trap methods of butterfly sampling. Environmental variables (temperature, relative humidity, and rainfall) were concurrently sampled with butterflies.

Results:
A total of 143 species and 6,310 individuals of butterflies were obtained from the families; Nymphalidae, Papilionidae, Pieridae, Lycaenidae, and Hesperiidae. Nymphalid (3103: 49.2%) and Pieridae (2269: 36.0%) predominated and Hesperiidae was recorded low (8: 0.1%). Significant differences were observed in the abundance of butterflies in the transects (p< 0.05). Rainfall was positively correlated with butterfly abundance. Butterfly abundance was higher in rainy season compared to dry season except in RIP where a reverse trend was observed. Abundance was higher in FAR/MP (1633: 25.9%) and MOF (1251: 19.8%) compared to other transects, and was lowest in SHR (295: 4.7%).

Conclusion:
It can be concluded that butterfly in Okomu forest is abundant and stable, and as such continuous effort is required to conserve butterfly flora and fauna in this park.
Reliability and Validity of the Arabic Version of the Game Experience Questionnaire: Pilot Questionnaire Study
Authors: Rebhi Mahmoud , Ben Aissa Mohamed , Tannoubi Amayra , Saidane Mouna , Guelmami Noomen , Puce Luca , Chen Wen , Chalghaf Nasr , Azaiez Fairouz , Zghibi Makrem , Bragazzi Nicola Luigi 
Published: December 2022

Background
Nowadays, digital gaming occupies a central position in the entertainment industry where it has developed into a cherished kind of entertainment in markets all over the world. In addition, it provides other sectors with various social and economic benefits. The Game Experience Questionnaire (GEQ) is a free, quantitative, and comprehensive self-report measure that was developed to assess the player game experience. Despite having been widely used by many research projects in the past, it has not been adapted into Arabic. Furthermore, several components of the scale proved problematic from a psychometric point of view. Therefore, a modified version of the scale is needed to measure the gaming experience of the Arab population.

Objective
The aim of this study was to validate and examine the psychometrics of an adapted Arabic version of the GEQ in Tunisia.

Methods
A total of 771 volunteer participants completed an online survey, which included an Arabic version of the GEQ, gaming data, and a sociodemographic questionnaire. Subjects were randomized in order to complete two phases of the study: exploratory and confirmatory. The exploratory data were acquired from 360 respondents whose mean age was 23.89 (SD 2.29) years. Out of 360 respondents, 111 (30.8%) were female and 249 (69.2%) were male. Confirmatory data were obtained from the remaining 411 subjects whose mean age was 21.94 (SD 1.80) years. Out of 411 subjects, 169 (41.1%) were female and 242 (58.9%) were male.

Results
After the elimination of two items, the exploratory and the confirmatory factor analyses provided an adequate factor structure of the Arabic version of the GEQ. In addition, the internal consistency coefficients suggested the reliability of the instrument. Significant differences were revealed for three subcomponents: flow by age (η2=0.013, P=.002), gender (η2=0.007, P=.02), and game type (η2=0.03, P<.001). For competence (η2=0.01, P=.03) and immersion (η2=0.02, P=.01), significant differences were highlighted by the type of game. The discriminant and convergent validities of the instrument were supported by calculating the average variance extracted (AVE) and comparing the square roots of the AVE values to the correlation coefficients, respectively.

Conclusions
The Arabic adapted version of the GEQ is valid and reliable and can be administered to measure the game experience in Arab countries.
Association of serum uric acid with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in diabetes: prospective cohort study and meta-analysis
Authors: Li Benchao , Chen Liangkai , Hu Xueting , Tan Ting , Yang Jiajia , Bao Wei , Rong Shuang 
Published: December 2022

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<p><strong>Objective:</strong> To investigate whether serum uric acid (SUA) level was associated with all-cause and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality among individuals with diabetes. </p>
<p><strong>Research design and methods: </strong>In this prospective cohort, we included the patients with diabetes from the National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2018. Mortality and underlying causes of death were ascertained by linkage to national death records through December 31, 2019. Weighted Cox proportional hazards regression models were used to evaluate hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for all-cause and CVD mortality. We further performed a meta-analysis of available cohort studies to combine the association between SUA and mortality in diabetes.</p>
<p><strong>Results: </strong>Among the 7,101 diabetes from NHANES 1999-2018, the weighted mean of SUA level was 5.7 mg/dL. During 57,926 person-years of follow-up, 1,900 deaths (674 deaths from CVD) occurred. In the fully adjusted model, when compared to patients with diabetes in the lowest SUA quintile, those in the highest SUA quintile had the HRs (95% CIs) of 1.28 (1.03, 1.58) for all-cause mortality and 1.41 (1.03, 1.94) for CVD mortality. We included 13 cohort studies in the meta-analysis, and found that the pooled HRs (95% CIs) were 1.08 (1.05, 1.11) for all-cause mortality and 1.05 (1.03, 1.06) for CVD mortality, with per 1 mg/dL increment of SUA level in diabetes. </p>
<p><strong>Conclusions:</strong> This study indicated that higher SUA levels were associated with increased risks of all-cause and CVD mortality in diabetes. Interventional studies are needed to elucidate the health effect of lowering uric acid treatments.</p>