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Genome-resolved analyses show an extensive diversification in key aerobic hydrocarbon-degrading enzymes across bacteria and archaea
Authors: Somee Maryam Rezaei , Amoozegar Mohammad Ali , Mehdi Dastgheib Seyed Mohammad , Shavandi Mahmoud , Maman Leila Ghanbari , Bertilsson Stefan , Mehrshad Maliheh 
Published: June 2022

AbstractHydrocarbons (HCs) are organic compounds composed solely of carbon and hydrogen. They mainly accumulate in oil reservoirs, but aromatic HCs can also have other sources and are widely distributed in the biosphere. Our perception of pathways for biotic degradation of major HCs and genetic information of key enzymes in these bioconversion processes have mainly been based on cultured microbes and are biased by uneven taxonomic representation. Here we use Annotree to provide a gene-centric view of aerobic degradation of aliphatic and aromatic HCs in a total of 23446 genomes from 123 bacterial and 14 archaeal phyla. Apart from the widespread genetic potential for HC degradation in Proteobacteria, Actinobacteriota, Bacteroidota, and Firmicutes, genomes from an additional 18 bacterial and 3 archaeal phyla also hosted key HC degrading enzymes. Among these, such degradation potential has not been previously reported for representatives in the phyla UBA8248, Tectomicrobia, SAR324, and Eremiobacterota. While genomes containing full pathways for complete degradation of HCs were only detected in Proteobacteria and Actinobacteriota, other lineages capable of mediating such key steps could partner with representatives with truncated HC degradation pathways and collaboratively drive the process. Phylogeny reconstruction shows that the reservoir of key aerobic hydrocarbon-degrading enzymes in Bacteria and Archaea undergoes extensive diversification via gene duplication and horizontal gene transfer. This diversification could potentially enable microbes to rapidly adapt to novel and manufactured HCs that reach the environment.
Effects of microplastic ingestion on hydrogen production and microbiomes in the gut of the terrestrial isopod Porcellio scaber
Authors: Hink Linda , Holzinger Anja , Sandfeld Tobias , Weig Alfons R. , Schramm Andreas , Feldhaar Heike , Horn Marcus A. 
Published: June 2022

AbstractMicroplastic (MP) pollution is an environmental burden. MP enters food webs via ingestion by macrofauna, including isopods (Porcellio scaber) in terrestrial ecosystems. However, MP-effects on the host and its gut microbiome are largely unknown. We tested the hypothesis that biodegradable (polylactic acid, PLA) and non-biodegradable (polyethylene terephthalate, PET; polystyrene, PS) MP have contrasting effects on P. scaber mediated by changes of the associated gut microbiome. Although the isopods avoided food containing PS, isopod fitness after eight-week MP-exposure was unaffected. Qualitative and quantitative 16S rRNA gene and 16S rRNA analyses of gut microbiomes indicated general MP effects, MP-type specific indicator taxa, and stimulation by PLA compared to MP-free controls. Isopods emitted hydrogen, and its production increased and decreased after PLA-food and PET- or PS-food ingestion, respectively, relative to controls as indicated by microsensor measurements. Gut pH was unaffected by MP. We identified the gut of P. scaber as significant mobile source of reductant for soil microbiomes likely due to Enterobacteriaceae related fermentation activities that were stimulated by lactate generated during PLA-degradation. The findings suggest negative effects of PET and PS on gut fermentation, modulation of isopod hydrogen emissions by MP pollution, and the potential of MP to affect terrestrial food webs.
Rapid and sensitive on-site genetic diagnostics of pest fruit flies using CRISPR-Cas12a
Authors: Alon Dan Mark , Partosh Tamir , Burstein David , Pines Gur 
Published: June 2022

AbstractBactrocera zonata, a major fruit pest species, is gradually spreading west from its native habitat in East Asia. In recent years it has become a major threat to the Mediterranean area, with the potential of invading Europe, the Americas, and Australia. To prevent its spreading, monitoring efforts in plantation sites and border controls are carried out. Despite these efforts, and due to morphological similarities between B. zonata and other pests in relevant developmental stages, the monitoring process is challenging, time-consuming, and requires external assistance from professional labs. CRISPR-Cas12a genetic diagnostics has been rapidly developing in recent years and provides an efficient tool for the genetic identification of pathogens, viruses, and other genetic targets. Here we design a CRISPR-Cas12a detection assay that differentially detects two major pest species, B. zonata and Ceratitis capitata. Our easy-to-use and affordable assay employs a simple DNA extraction technique together with isothermal amplification, and Cas12a-based detection. We demonstrate the specificity and high sensitivity of this method, and its relevance for on-site applications. This method is highly modular, and the presented target design method can be applied to a wide array of pests.Key MassageDistinguishing different pest fruit flies on-site is crucial for prevention of global spreading but can be difficultWe present a genetic identification assay for rapid, on-site detection of pest using CRISPR-Cas12aThe method is affordable, quick and easy-to-use, and can be applied in border controls or on-siteThe design process can be easily tailored for any pest, and can greatly benefit developing countries
Assessing the impact of peripheral vision on construction site safety
Authors: Kiral Isik Ates , Demirkesen Sevilay 
Published: June 2022

PurposeThis study aims to observe the impact of peripheral vision on construction safety. The study further intends to create awareness of eye diseases in construction safety, an important root cause for most construction-related hazards and accidents.Design/methodology/approachThis study focuses on the impact of peripheral vision in terms of construction site safety. Experiments were conducted with construction employees with different qualifications, ages, expertise and previous safety training experience. The experiments were conducted with an experiment set consisting of a tangent screen to measure the peripheral angle of the participants. The study measured peripheral vision, which helped determine the vision field accordingly. In this context, a total of 32 participants were investigated in terms of their peripheral visual angle and the field of vision. The data collected were analyzed in terms of several statistical tests such as One-Sample t-test, multivariate ANOVA and multiple linear regression.FindingsThe results of the study indicated that there are significant differences in peripheral vision in terms of age of participants, work qualification, work experience, area of expertise and previous safety training experience. The study further revealed that most of the participants failed to satisfy both OSHA requirements about peripheral vision, and normal limits defined in the previous literature. The study further implies that participants, who reported previous sight problems or eye diseases are more vulnerable to construction site accidents.Originality/valueConstruction site safety remains a major concern for most construction companies despite the latest developments in technology. Several companies are struggling with poor safety performance, occupational injuries and illnesses, and work-related accidents resulting in fatalities. However, the root causes behind several construction accidents are still vague due to different dynamics in the construction industry. Among these root causes, poor sight, vision and or eye diseases constitute an important part. Hence, the study provides empirical evidence with the workers checked for eye health to help policymakers and industry practitioners in terms of developing awareness for eye-related injuries and accidents and review their safety programs accordingly.
IIBES: a proposed framework to improve the identity-based encryption system for securing federated learning
Authors: Patel Maitri , Patel Rajan , Patel Nimisha , Shah Parita , Gulati Kamal 
Published: June 2022

Purpose
In the field of cryptography, authentication, secrecy and identification can be accomplished by use of secret keys for any computer-based system. The need to acquire certificates endorsed through CA to substantiate users for the barter of encoded communications is one of the most significant constraints for the extensive recognition of PKC, as the technique takes too much time and susceptible to error. PKC’s certificate and key management operating costs are reduced with IBC. IBE is a crucial primeval in IBC. The thought behind presenting the IBE scheme was to diminish the complexity of certificate and key management, but it also gives rise to key escrow and key revocation problem, which provides access to unauthorised users for the encrypted information.

Design/methodology/approach
This paper aims to compare the result of IIBES with the existing system and to provide security analysis for the same and the proposed system can be used for the security in federated learning.

Findings
Furthermore, it can be implemented using other encryption/decryption algorithms like elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) to compare the execution efficiency. The proposed system can be used for the security in federated learning.

Originality/value
As a result, a novel enhanced IBE scheme: IIBES is suggested and implemented in JAVA programming language using RSA algorithm, which eradicates the key escrow problem through eliminating the need for a KGC and key revocation problem by sing sub-KGC (SKGC) and a shared secret with nonce. IIBES also provides authentication through IBS as well as it can be used for securing the data in federated learning.
Unleashing the potential of digital technologies in emergency supply chain: the moderating effect of crisis leadership
Authors: Dubey Rameshwar 
Published: June 2022

PurposeThe stakeholders are now demanding more visibility and role clarity in the emergency supply chain to improve collaborative efforts. Using a contingent resource-based view (C-RBV), the author studies crisis leadership as a complementary organizational resource for the successful adoption of digital technologies (DTs) in the emergency supply chain. The author further examined the relationships between DTs on information visibility and collaboration under the moderating effects of crisis leadership.Design/methodology/approachThe author gathered data from 117 NGOs in India using a multi-informant questionnaire. The author further tested the research hypotheses using variance-based structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM).FindingsDTs under the interaction effect of crisis leadership have a significant influence on the information visibility and the collaboration in the humanitarian context. The findings of the study extend the C-RBVs to create a better understanding of applications of DTs in alleviating human suffering due to crises.Practical implicationsThe author provides some direction to the managers engaged in the humanitarian supply chain, contemplating using emerging technologies to enhance information visibility and collaboration.Originality/valueThe current study offers some useful implications for theory. The study findings suggest that the DTs under the moderating effect of the crisis leadership significantly improve the information visibility and the collaboration among the emergency supply chain relief workers. These findings contribute to the C-RBV literature by expanding the scope of the theory. To date, the C-RBV is yet to be explored in humanitarian or emergency settings. Further, the study empirically tests the moderating role of crisis leadership which is touted to be the game-changer, particularly in crises or emergencies.
An efficient approach for the elevator button manipulation using the visual-based self-driving mobile manipulator
Authors: Nguyen Toan Van , Jeong Jin-Hyeon , Jo Jaewon 
Published: June 2022

Purpose
Because mobile manipulators are unable to climb stairs, the elevator operation is a crucial capacity to help those kinds of robot systems work in modern multifloor buildings. Here, the elevator button manipulation is considered as an efficient approach to fulfill that requirement. Previously, some studies presented elevator button recognition algorithms while some others designed schemes for the button manipulation work. However, the mobile robot, the manipulator and the camera in their robot systems are asynchronous. Besides, the time-consuming calibration for the camera is inevitable, especially in changeable environments. This paper aims to present an alternative method for the elevator button manipulation to overcome mentioned shortcomings.

Design/methodology/approach
In this paper, the elevator button manipulation is conducted by using the visual-based self-driving mobile manipulator in which the autonomous mobile robot, the manipulator and the camera cooperate more efficiently. Namely, the mobile robot does not need to be located exactly in front of the elevator panel as the manipulator has the ability to adjust the initial frame of the camera based on the system kinematic synchronization. In addition, the proposed method does not require the real world coordinates of elevator buttons, but uniquely using their pixel positions. By doing this, not only is the projection from two-dimensional pixel coordinates to three-dimensional (3D) real world coordinates unnecessary, but also the calibration of the camera is not required.

Findings
The proposed method is experimentally verified by using a visual-based self-driving mobile manipulator. This robotic system is the integration of an autonomous mobile robot, a manipulator and a camera mounted on the end-effector of the manipulator.

Research limitations/implications
Because the surface of the elevator button panel is usually mirror-like, the elevator button detection is easily affected by the glare and the brightness of the environmental light condition.

Practical implications
This robot system can be used for the goods delivery or the patrol in modern multifloor buildings.

Originality/value
This paper includes three new features: simultaneously detecting and manipulating elevator buttons without the projection from pixel coordinates to 3D real world coordinates, a kinematic synchronization to help the robot system eliminate accumulated errors and a safe human-like elevator button manipulation.
Determinants of annual reports complexity in the United States of America: an application of the Tobit model
Authors: Bendriouch Fatimazahra , Jabbouri Imad , M'hamdi Mohamed , Satt Harit , Katona Sara , Serir Rhita 
Published: June 2022

PurposeThis paper explores the factors that shape the complexity of company annual reports in the USA. Using a general-to-specific modeling approach, this study examines the determinants of annual reports' tone complexity.Design/methodology/approachNegative relationships were found between agency problems and tone; agency costs and readability of annual reports; profitability and tone; and ownership structure and tone complexity.FindingsThese relationships helped to confirm several of this study’s hypotheses, whereas positive associations were found between investment growth opportunities and tone complexity, which contradicts one of our initial hypotheses. Findings reveal that the more complex the language in an annual report is, the more difficult it is to strategically make a judgment or decision about the reported financial situation.Originality/valueAnalyzing these variables allows security analysts and investors to obtain important information, not available in the financial statements, which would enhance their understanding of the firm and improve their recommendations and investment decision-making process.
Selling Shame: Feminine Hygiene Advertising and the Boundaries of Permissiveness in 1970s Britain
Authors: Payling Daisy 
Published: June 2022

AbstractThis article uses a 1972 television advertising campaign for Femfresh vaginal deodorants and the backlash against it to explore how women grappled with the permissive society in their bathrooms and living rooms. It uses women's magazines and the business archives of Femfresh to trace the popularity of vaginal deodorants in the early 1970s and show how advertising for the product played on women's fears of undesirability and shame about their bodies during a period of changing sexual mores. It details how feminist campaigners Women in Media (WiM) constructed a campaign against vaginal deodorants and how adverts for the product became linked in press coverage to trial television adverts for Lil‐lets tampons, before analysing complaints made about both product categories collected by the Independent Broadcasting Authority. The contested terrain of feminine hygiene advertising adds nuance to historical understandings of debates around ‘permissiveness’, suggesting that, for some women, frank discussions of bodily functions were not inherently ‘indecent’, but rather had a correct time and place. WiM's campaign and the complaints collected illustrate how women of varying political leanings utilised conceptions of shame to exert limited control over the extent to which feminine bodies were up for public consumption in 1970s Britain.
Combined cardiomegaly and aortic arch calcification predict mortality in hemodialysis patients
Authors: Yap Yit‐Sheung , Chi Wen‐Che , Lin Cheng‐Hao , Liu Yi‐Chun , Wu Yi‐Wen , Yang Hui‐Yueh 
Published: June 2022

AbstractIntroductionThis study aimed to investigate the relationship between cardiomegaly and aortic arch calcification (AAC) and overall/cardiovascular mortality in hemodialysis patients.MethodsWe conducted a retrospective cohort study and enrolled patients who underwent initial hemodialysis. Cardiomegaly and AAC were determined by chest radiography and classified into four groups according to cross‐classification of cardiothoracic ratio (CTR) of 0.5 and lower/higher grade AAC (LGAAC/HGAAC). The relationship between these groups and mortality was then analyzed by Cox proportional hazards model.ResultsIn multivariate Cox regression analysis, those in CTR ≤ 0.5 and HGAAC [hazard ratio (95% confidence interval): 2.07 (1.14–3.77)], CTR > 0.5 & LGAAC [3.60 (2.07–6.25)] and CTR > 0.5 & HGAAC [3.42 (2.03–5.77)] were significantly associated with overall mortality; while those in CTR > 0.5 & LGAAC [2.81 (1.28–6.19)] and CTR > 0.5 & HGAAC [2.32 (1.09–4.95)] were significantly related to cardiovascular mortality.ConclusionCombined cardiomegaly and AAC predicted overall and cardiovascular mortality in hemodialysis patients.
Urban centre revival and the changing locations of condominiums
Authors: Sho Kojiro 
Published: June 2022

AbstractAfter major population decline in the 1970s, Japan’s urban centres experienced population recoveries as a consequence of urban centre revival (UCR). This research explored the transitions undergone by condominiums because of UCR since the 1990s in Nishi Ward, one of the six central wards in the city of Osaka, Japan. Osaka is representative of Japan’s other major urban centres, and its urban regeneration policies were considered a major factor affecting the UCR, which resulted in an increase in the number of urban centre condominiums. The main hypothesis was that the location of condominiums is gradually changing to areas with high accessibility to public transportation that are undergoing UCR. Analysis was made of 460 condominium buildings across the Waterfront, Central, and West areas of Nishi Ward from the 1970s to the 2010s. Gaps in the supply of condominiums and significant differences among the condominiums in the three areas were observed. Ultimately, the influence of local urban regeneration policy on the condominiums in Nishi Ward was found to be limited. Usefully, too, the work has wider significance for scholars wanting to understand intensive urban development.
Management strategies for adult patients with dental anxiety in the dental clinic: a systematic review
Authors: Hoffmann B , Erwood K , Ncomanzi S , Fischer V , O'Brien D , Lee A 
Published: June 2022

AbstractAnxiety is an adaptive emotional response to potentially threatening or dangerous situations; moderated by the sympathetic nervous system. Dental anxiety is common and presents before, during or after dental treatment. The physiological response includes an increase in heart rate, blood pressure, respiratory rate, and cardiac output. Consequently, extensive distress leads to avoidance of dental treatment and multiple failed appointments, impacting both oral and general health. Dental anxiety can generate a variety of negative consequences for both the dentist and the patient. Evidence‐based strategies are essential for mitigating and relieving anxiety in the dental clinic. Psychotherapeutic behavioural strategies can modify the patient's experience through a minimally invasive approach with nil or negligible side effects, depending on patient characteristics, anxiety level and clinical situations. These therapies involve muscle relaxation, guided imagery, physiological monitoring, utilizing biofeedback, hypnosis, acupuncture, distraction and desensitization. Pharmacological intervention utilizes either relative analgesia (nitrous oxide), conscious intravenous sedation or oral sedation, which can have undesirable side effects, risks and contraindications. These modalities increase the cost and availability of dental treatment.
Inflammatory markers may predict post‐operative complications and recurrence in Crohn's disease patients undergoing gastrointestinal surgery
Authors: Mullin Gil , Zager Yaniv , Anteby Roi , Jacoby Harel , Kent Ilan , Ram Edward , Nachmany Ido , Horesh Nir 
Published: June 2022

AbstractBackgroundMost Crohn's Disease (CD) patients will require surgical intervention over their lifetime, with considerably high rates of post‐operative complications. Risk stratification with reliable prognostic tools may facilitate clinical decision making in these patients. Blood cell interaction based inflammatory markers have proven useful in predicting patient outcomes in oncological and benign diseases. The aim of this study was to investigate their prognostic value in CD patients undergoing surgery.MethodsA retrospective single institution study of CD patients who underwent surgery between the years 2008 and 2019 was conducted. Data were collected from medical records and analysed for association of Platelet‐to‐Lymphocyte Ratio (PLR), Neutrophil‐to‐Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR), Lymphocyte‐to‐Monocyte Ratio (LMR) and the modified Systemic Inflammatory Score (mSIS) with post‐operative outcomes.ResultsA total of 81 patients were included in the analysis. Half were females; mean age was 36 ± 15.54 years. Fifty seven percent (n = 46) were operated in expedited settings, with 23.5% developing post‐operative complications. In elective patients, higher pre‐operative NLR (P = 0.029) and PLR (P = 0.034) were associated with major post‐operative complications, higher NLR (P = 0.029) and PLR (P = 0.034) were associated with re‐operation and higher PLR correlated with Clavien‐Dindo score (P = 0.032). In patients operated in expedited operations, higher pre‐operative NLR (P = 0.021) and lower pre‐operative LMR (P = 0.018) were associated with thromboembolic events and higher mSIS was associated with major post‐operative complications (P = 0.032).ConclusionsBlood cell interaction based inflammatory markers confer an association with post‐operative complications in CD patients undergoing surgery. These indices may facilitate patient selection and optimization when considering the risks and benefits of surgical interventions.