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Stability of the effects of a social competence training program for children with oppositional defiant disorder/conduct disorder: a 10-month follow-up
Authors: Giudice Teresa Del , Lindenschmidt Timo , Hellmich Martin , Hautmann Christopher , Döpfner Manfred , Görtz-Dorten Anja 
Published: March 2022

AbstractThe stability and effectiveness of the Treatment Program for Children with Aggressive Behavior (THAV) in terms of reducing behavioral problems in children with oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) and conduct disorder (CD) were examined at a 10-month follow-up (FU). A total of 76 families and their children (boys aged 6–12 years), who previously participated in a randomized controlled trial comparing THAV with an active control group, took part in the 10-month FU assessment. Outcome measures were rated by parents and included the evaluation of child aggressive behavior, prosocial behavior, problem-maintaining and problem-moderating factors, and comorbid symptoms. Linear mixed models for repeated measures (MMRM) were conducted. The results revealed that THAV effects remained stable (problem-maintaining and problem-moderating factors; comorbid symptoms) and even partially improved (aggressive behavior; ADHD symptoms) over the FU period. Additionally, the differences between the THAV intervention group and the control group, which were apparent at the end of the treatment (post), mainly also remained at the FU assessment. It can be concluded that THAV is an effective and stable intervention for boys aged 6–12 years with ODD/CD.
Reference surface excess isotherms for carbon dioxide adsorption on ammonium ZSM-5 at various temperatures
Authors: Nguyen Huong Giang T. , Toman Blaza , Colon Martinez Julie , Siderius Daniel W. , van Zee Roger D. 
Published: March 2022

AbstractThis work is part of the effort at the Facility for Adsorbent Characterization and Testing (FACT lab) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to develop reference materials, reference data, and measurement best practices for adsorption metrology. High-pressure surface excess isotherms for CO2 adsorption on NIST Reference Material 8852 (ammonium ZSM-5) at 15 °C, 25 °C, and 35 °C are reported, expanding on a FACT Lab-organized international interlaboratory study on this sorbent/sorbate pair at 20 °C. The range of temperatures of the present study is of interest for many CO2 adsorption measurements and applications. Measurements were made using five different adsorption instruments, both manometric and gravimetric. Excellent agreement in the measured isotherms among the instruments was found. An empirical reference equation of the form,$${n}_{ex,ref}({P}_{eq})=\frac{c}{\{{1+\mathrm{exp}[\left(-\mathrm{ln}\left(P\right)+a\right)/b ]\}}^{b }} ,$$

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Characterisation of riverine dissolved organic matter using a complementary suite of chromatographic and mass spectrometric methods
Authors: Lloyd C. E. M. , Mena-Rivera L. A. , Pemberton J. A. , Johnes P. J. , Jones D. L. , Yates C. A. , Brailsford F. L. , Glanville H. C. , McIntyre C. A. , Evershed R. P. 
Published: March 2022

AbstractDissolved organic matter (DOM) plays a fundamental role in nutrient cycling dynamics in riverine systems. Recent research has confirmed that the concentration of riverine DOM is not the only factor regulating its functional significance; the need to define the chemical composition of DOM is a priority. Past studies of riverine DOM rested on bulk quantification, however technological advancements have meant there has been a shift towards analytical methods which allow the characterisation of DOM either at compound class or more recently molecular level. However, it is important to consider that all analytical methods only consider a defined analytical window. Thus, herein, we explore the use of a hierarchy of methods which can be used in combination for the investigation of a wide range of DOM chemistries. By using these methods to investigate the DOM composition of a range of streams draining catchments of contrasting environmental character, a wide range of compounds were identified across a range of polarities and molecular weight, thereby extending the analytical window. Through the elucidation of the DOM character in stream samples, information can be collected about likely the sources of DOM. The identification of individual key compounds within the DOM pool is a key step in the design of robust and informative bioassay experiments, used to understand in-stream ecosystem responses. This is critical if we are to assess the role of DOM as a bioavailable nutrient resource and/or ecotoxicological factor in freshwater.
Health care professionals overestimate the risk for locoregional recurrences after breast cancer treatment depending on their specialty
Authors: Ankersmid Jet W. , Spronk Pauline E. R. , Zeillemaker Anneke M. , Siesling Sabine 
Published: March 2022

Abstract
Purpose
For the implementation of personalised surveillance, it is important to create more awareness among HCPs with regard to the risk for locoregional recurrences (LRRs). The aim of this study is to evaluate the current awareness and estimations of individual risks for LRRs after completion of primary treatment for breast cancer among health care professionals (HCPs) in the Netherlands, without using any prediction tools.

Methods
A cross-sectional survey was performed among 60 HCPs working in breast cancer care in seven Dutch hospitals and 25 general practitioners (GPs). The survey consisted of eleven realistic surgically treated breast cancer cases. HCPs were asked to estimate the 5-year risk for LRRs for each case, which was compared to the estimations by the INFLUENCE-nomogram using one-sample Wilcoxon tests. Differences in estimations between HCPs with different specialities were determined using Kruskal–Wallis tests and Dunn tests.

Results
HCPs tended to structurally overestimate the 5-year risk for LRR on each case. Average overestimations ranged from 4.8 to 26.1%. Groups of HCPs with varying specialities differed significantly in risk estimations. GPs tended to overestimate the risk for LRRs on average the most (15.0%) and medical oncologists had the lowest average overestimation (2.7%).

Conclusions
It is important to create more awareness of the risk for LRRs, which is a pre-requisite for the implementation of personalised surveillance after breast cancer. Besides education for HCPs, the use of prediction models such as the INFLUENCE-nomogram can support in estimating an objective estimate of each individual patient’s risk.
How Leaders Influence (un)Ethical Behaviors Within Organizations: A Laboratory Experiment on Reporting Choices
Authors: Amore Mario Daniele , Garofalo Orsola , Guerra Alice 
Published: March 2022

AbstractWe use a lab experiment to examine whether and how leaders influence workers’ (un)ethical behavior through financial reporting choices. We randomly assign the role of leaders or workers to subjects, who can choose to report an outcome via automatic or self-reporting. Self-reporting allows for profitable and undetectable earnings manipulation. We vary the leaders’ ability to choose the reporting method and to punish workers. We show that workers are more likely to choose automatic reporting when their leader voluntarily does so and can assign punishment. Even workers who choose self-reporting tend to cheat less when their leader chooses automatic reporting. Nonetheless, most leaders do not opt for automatic reporting in the first place: they often choose self-reporting and punish workers who rather choose automatic reporting. Collectively, our results reveal a dual effect of leadership on ethical behaviors in organizations: workers behave more ethically if their leader makes ethical choices, but often leaders do not make ethical choices in the first place. Hence, leading by example can backfire.
Quantitative assessment of left ventricular myocardial involvement in patients with connective tissue disease: a 3.0T contrast-enhanced cardiovascular magnetic resonance study
Authors: Wang Jin , Gao Yue , Yang Zhi-Gang , Guo Ying-Kun , Jiang Li , Shi Rui , Xu Hua-Yan , Huang Shan , Li Yuan 
Published: March 2022

AbstractThe aim of this study was to evaluate left ventricular (LV) myocardial involvement in connective tissue disease (CTD) patients using multiparemetric imaging derived from cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR). CMR was performed on 146 CTD patients (comprising of 74 with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM) and 72 with non-IIM) and 72 healthy controls and included measures of LV global strains [including peak strain (PS), peak systolic (PSSR) and diastolic strain rate (PDSR)], myocardial perfusion [including upslope, max signal intensity (MaxSI), and time to maximum signal intensity (TTM)], and late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) parameters. Univariable and multivariable linear regression analyses were performed to determine the association between LV deformation and microvascular perfusion, as well as LGE. Our results indicated that CTD patients had decreased global longitudinal PS (GLPS), PSSR, PDSR, and myocardial perfusion (all p < 0.017) compared with normal controls. Non-IIM patients exhibited lower LV global strain and longer TTM than IIM patients. The presence of LGE was independently associated with global radial PS (GRPS: β = − 0.165, p = 0.011) and global circumferential PS (GCPS: β =  − 0.122, p = 0.022). TTM was independently correlated with GLPS (β = − 0.156, p = 0.027). GLPS was the best indicator for differentiating CTD patients from normal controls (area under curve of 0.78). This study indicated that CTD patients showed impaired LV global myocardial deformation and microvascular perfusion, and presence of LGE. Cardiac involvement might be more severe in non-IIM patients than in IIM patients. Impaired microvascular perfusion and the presence of LGE were independently associated with LV global deformation.
CHANS-Law: preventing the next pandemic through the integration of social and environmental law
Authors: Davies Kirsten , Lim Michelle , Qin Tianbao , Riordan Philip 
Published: March 2022

AbstractZoonotic viruses have sacrificed hundreds of millions of people throughout human history. There are currently 1.7 million unidentified viruses estimated to be circulating in mammal and bird populations. It is foreseeable that in the near future, another of these will transmit to people, heralding the start of the next pandemic—one potentially more deadly than COVID-19. At the core of this article is a call for pre-emptive protection of the natural environment and its regenerative systems as the first fundamental step in the prevention of future epidemics and pandemics. While zoonoses originate in nature, the predominant legal discipline, managing these crises, is international health law which is invoked reactively once an outbreak has been reported. In this paper, we identify the need for a legal shift in epidemic and pandemic responses. In particular, we call for the incorporation of international environmental agreements to prevent the initial viral spillover from animal to human populations. We propose a strategy of strengthening existing agreements and a coupling of legal disciplines, such as health and environmental law, emphasizing the need for synergies across legal disciplines to enhance the emergence and management of future pandemics and epidemics. We introduce Coupled Human and Natural Systems (CHANS) Law to frame the required integration across legal instruments to regulate inextricably human-nature connections and advocate for the development of a Convention on Epidemics and Pandemics.
The Li stance on precipitation in Al–Li-based alloys: an investigation by X-ray Raman spectroscopy
Authors: Klobes Benedikt , Petschke Danny , Lotter Frank , Potapkin Vasily , Staab Torsten E. M. 
Published: March 2022

AbstractDecomposition and precipitation processes in a binary Al–Li alloy and a technical Al–Li–Cu–Mg alloy were investigated using differential scanning calorimetry and X-ray Raman spectroscopy (XRS). The formation of $$\delta $$
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and T1 precipitates were quantified. These results are in agreement with estimates of the relative amount of Li taking part in the precipitation process. Difficulties and limitations of the application of XRS to Al alloy systems are also discussed.
Integrating strategic planning and performance management in universities: a multiple case-study analysis
Authors: Biondi Lucia , Russo Salvatore 
Published: March 2022

AbstractOver time, public universities have been involved in a process of modernisation based on a new concept of governance and managerial methods for increasing efficiency and effectiveness, as well as transparency and accountability. This paper aims to investigate the link between strategic planning systems and performance management systems in Italian universities by answering the following research question: to what extent do strategic planning tools contribute to performance management systems and, vice versa, to what extent can performance management systems help in the reshaping of universities’ strategies? To this end, we adopt a qualitative approach by conducting a multiple case-study analysis in the Italian context. Data are gathered through documentary analysis and interviews as primary research methods. Since scholars have mainly focused their attention on strategic planning or performance management in universities in isolation, the originality of this research lies in the attempt to connect these two important research fields, whose mutual interdependences are still to a certain extent unexplored. The implications of this study concern recommendations and suggestions for universities’ governance bodies to support their decision-making processes in the definition of their long-term objectives and performance management systems.
Substructured two-grid and multi-grid domain decomposition methods
Authors: Ciaramella G. , Vanzan T. 
Published: March 2022

AbstractTwo-level Schwarz domain decomposition methods are very powerful techniques for the efficient numerical solution of partial differential equations (PDEs). A two-level domain decomposition method requires two main components: a one-level preconditioner (or its corresponding smoothing iterative method), which is based on domain decomposition techniques, and a coarse correction step, which relies on a coarse space. The coarse space must properly represent the error components that the chosen one-level method is not capable to deal with. In the literature, most of the works introduced efficient coarse spaces obtained as the span of functions defined on the entire space domain of the considered PDE. Therefore, the corresponding two-level preconditioners and iterative methods are defined in volume. In this paper, we use the excellent smoothing properties of Schwarz domain decomposition methods to define, for general elliptic problems, a new class of substructured two-level methods, for which both Schwarz smoothers and coarse correction steps are defined on the interfaces (except for the application of the smoother that requires volumetric subdomain solves). This approach has several advantages. On the one hand, the required computational effort is cheaper than the one required by classical volumetric two-level methods. On the other hand, our approach does not require, like classical multi-grid methods, the explicit construction of coarse spaces, and it permits a multilevel extension, which is desirable when the high dimension of the problem or the scarce quality of the coarse space prevents the efficient numerical solution. Numerical experiments demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed new numerical framework.
Bivariate general Appell interpolation problem
Authors: Costabile F. A. , Gualtieri M. I. , Napoli A. 
Published: March 2022

AbstractIn this paper, the solution to a bivariate Appell interpolation problem proposed in a previous work is given. Bounds of the truncation error are considered. Ten new interpolants for real, regular, bivariate functions are constructed. Numerical examples and comparisons with bivariate Bernstein polynomials are considered.
Gas sensing applications using magnetized cold plasma multilayers
Authors: Zaky Zaky A. , Amer Hussein A. , Suthar Bhuvneshwer , Aly Arafa H. 
Published: March 2022

AbstractIn this paper, we theoretically propose a novel magnetic field-dependent sensor using omnidirectional magnetized cold plasma photonic crystal in one dimension for TE polarization. The structure consists of asymmetric two periodic arrays from magnetized cold plasma and sample cavity layer. Between the periodic arrays, a sample cavity is sandwiched between two quartz layers. The methodology of the proposed detector depends on the appearance of a sensitive defect mode. The results clear that the defect mode frequency depends significantly on the refractive index of the sample, and it is extremely sensitive to incident angle changes, applied magnetic field, the number density of electrons, and sample layer thickness. The optimized proposed sensor has high sensitivity of 15.14 GHz/RIU, quality-factor of 527.32, and figure of merit of 1066.20 RIU−1, where RIU means refractive index unit. So, the proposed sensor can aid in solving many challenges in chemical and environmental applications.
Set-Valued Evenly Convex Functions: Characterizations and C-Conjugacy
Authors: Fajardo M. D. 
Published: March 2022

AbstractIn this work we deal with set-valued functions with values in the power set of a separated locally convex space where a nontrivial pointed convex cone induces a partial order relation. A set-valued function is evenly convex if its epigraph is an evenly convex set, i.e., it is the intersection of an arbitrary family of open half-spaces. In this paper we characterize evenly convex set-valued functions as the pointwise supremum of its set-valued e-affine minorants. Moreover, a suitable conjugation pattern will be developed for these functions, as well as the counterpart of the biconjugation Fenchel-Moreau theorem.
In defense of Aristotelian universals
Authors: Giordani Alessandro , Tremolanti Eric 
Published: March 2022

AbstractTo be an Aristotelian about universals is to hold that universals depend for their existence on their exemplifiers. An argument against Aristotelianism about universals has recently been put forward by Costa to the effect that a contradiction follows from assuming a certain formulation of Aristotelianism together with some highly plausible principles governing the notions employed in that formulation. In this paper, we provide different ways of articulating the Aristotelian position which, while being related with some of the main contributions in the current Aristotelian tradition, do not fall prey to the argument.
From Body to Language: Gestural and Pantomimic Scenarios of Language Origin in the Enlightenment
Authors: Żywiczyński Przemysław , Wacewicz Sławomir 
Published: March 2022

AbstractGestural and pantomimic accounts of language origins propose that language did not develop directly from ape vocalisations, but rather that its emergence was preceded by an intervening stage of bodily-visual communication, during which our ancestors communicated with their hands, arms, and the entire body. Gestural and pantomimic scenarios are again becoming popular in language evolution research, but this line of thought has a long and interesting history that gained special prominence in the Enlightenment, often considered the golden age of glottogony. We highlight several themes key to this line of reflection, such as the idea of innate communication that consists of visual bodily signs and non-linguistic vocalisations; the division of labour between these two semiotic resources (with visual signs used for referential communication and vocal signs for emotional expression); or the developmental trajectory of this bi-modal system of communication determined by its transmission through generations of users and the intervention of social factors. We confront these ideas with problems discussed in current language evolution research, focusing on polysemioticity, sign function, conventionality and modality transition (a postulated transition from gestures to speech in the course of human phylogeny).
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in COVID-19 patients: a pocket guide for radiologists
Authors: Gabelloni Michela , Faggioni Lorenzo , Cioni Dania , Mendola Vincenzo , Falaschi Zeno , Coppola Sara , Corradi Francesco , Isirdi Alessandro , Brandi Nicolò , Coppola Francesca , Granata Vincenza , Golfieri Rita , Grassi Roberto , Neri Emanuele 
Published: March 2022

AbstractDuring the coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has been proposed as a possible therapy for COVID-19 patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome. This pictorial review is intended to provide radiologists with up-to-date information regarding different types of ECMO devices, correct placement of ECMO cannulae, and imaging features of potential complications and disease evolution in COVID-19 patients treated with ECMO, which is essential for a correct interpretation of diagnostic imaging, so as to guide proper patient management.
Non-uniform Grain Boundary Migration During Static Recrystallization: A Cellular Automaton Study
Authors: Lin Fengxiang , Sitko Mateusz , Madej Lukasz , Delannay Laurent 
Published: March 2022

Abstract
During static recrystallization, grains often have non-constant and non-uniform growth rates, significantly affecting the recrystallization kinetics and the microstructure after recrystallization. A cellular automaton model was employed in order to evaluate the relative influences of gradients of stored energy, grain boundary curvature, and heterogeneity of grain boundary mobility on the non-uniform migration of grain boundary segments, leading to the formation of protrusions and retrusions. Electron back-scatter diffraction measurements of a cold-rolled copper microstructure served to feed the model. Orientation maps obtained after partial recrystallization were used to assess the model outcome. The model was capable to predict the shapes of recrystallized grains with retrusions and protrusions. Effects of different model assumptions were compared to reveal individual contributions of different factors to grain size distribution, grain shape and boundary roughness. The model predicted a decreasing average grain growth rate as a result of the progressive immobilization of an increasing fraction of grain boundary segments. The model prediction was compared with experimental results, explaining the origin of stationary boundaries and indicating some further improvements necessary to reach quantitative agreement.

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