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Insufficient evidence for the validity of the Language Development Survey and the MacArthur–Bates Communicative Development Inventories as screening tools: A critical review
Authors: Eriksson Mårten 
Published: November 2022

AbstractBackgroundThe Language Development Survey (LDS) and the MacArthur–Bates Communicative Development Inventories (MB‐CDI) are two parental report forms that have been productive in providing data on early child language during the past 30 years. The instruments have been used both in studies relating to typical developing children and in screening for language difficulties.AimTo review the evidence for the LDS and the MB‐CDI utility as screening instruments.MethodsA literature search in PubMed and PsychInfo identified 16 articles based on LDS or MB‐CDI that reported statistics pertinent to early screening for language difficulties.Main ContributionIt was found that most reviewed studies were explorative in nature and tried out different versions of the screening test, including different cut‐off values, multiple reference tests, small sample sizes and rarely reported confidence intervals. Spectrum, verification and review biases were common. Moreover, no study could convincingly show that the actual diagnostic accuracy was sufficient for clinical use.ConclusionsThere is insufficient evidence that the LDS or any version of the MB‐CDI is a valid tool for screening for language difficulties. Of course, this is not to say that sufficient evidence will not be achieved in future studies, or that the instruments do not work well for purposes other than screening.WHAT THIS PAPER ADDSWhat is already known on this subject
The LDS and the MB‐CDI are two often‐used instruments assessing various aspects of early child language by parental reports. Both instruments have also been used in screening for early language difficulties.What this study adds
This study reveals that most published studies in which the classification accuracy of LDS and the MB‐CDI has been investigated contain serious methodological shortcomings limiting conclusions about their validity. Currently, there is no good evidence about the usefulness of the LDS and the MB‐CDI as general screening tools for language difficulties.What are the potential or actual clinical implications of this work?
The LDS and MB‐CDI should not be used as screening tools for language difficulties until better evidence of their effectiveness has been demonstrated.
The Future of Football Fanzines: Have they Lost their Voice in this Digitalised and Deregulated Age?
Authors: Breen Paul , Hoey Paddy 
Published: November 2022

AbstractFootball fanzines once stood at the vanguard of fan activism. Historically, they have served as the voice of supporters, largely independent of the clubs they are associated with. Indeed, a recurring characteristic of these fanzines is that they often challenge and question authority. In the halcyon days of past decades, they proliferated and often acted as a powerful vector of change within football. Increasingly though, they have been pushed to the margins, for a number of reasons, ranging from the increasing digitalisation of media to the growing distance between fans and club owners as a consequence of the money that's now in the game. Football's inexorable drift towards deregulation means that fanzines alone can no longer act as agents of change and challenge. They need to work in synch with supporters’ groups in order to make their voices heard. More than that, this needs to happen not just at a local, but a national level, so that supporters from top to bottom of English football's shaky pyramid are seen to speak with one voice. Perhaps above all, there is a need for independent regulation of the game's governance.
Patient informed choice in the age of evidence‐based medicine: IVF patients’ approaches to biomedical evidence and fertility treatment add‐ons
Authors: Perrotta Manuela , Hamper Josie 
Published: November 2022

AbstractWith the increasing offer of fertility treatment by a largely privatised sector, which has involved the proliferation of treatment add‐ons lacking evidence of effectiveness, In‐Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) patients are expected to make informed choices on what to include in their treatment. Drawing on interviews with 51 individuals undergoing fertility treatment, this article explores patients’ approaches to medical evidence interpretation and its role in their decisions to include add‐ons. While most IVF patients share understandings of what counts as medical evidence, our findings show how their approaches also differ. Our analysis focuses on how patients negotiate the notion of medical evidence and its relation to other forms of experience or knowledge. We present four different approaches to evidence in IVF: (1) delegating evaluations of evidence to experts; (2) critically assessing available evidence; (3) acknowledging the process of making evidence; and (4) contextualising evidence in their lived experience of infertility. We suggest that patients’ choice to include add‐ons is not due to a lack of information on or understanding of evidence, but rather should be interpreted as part of the complexity of patients’ experiences of infertility.
Sensemaking in the early stages of the COVID‐19 pandemic: A narrative exploration of polarised morality in an NHS Trust
Authors: Faux‐Nightingale Alice , Kelemen Mihaela , Lilley Simon , Stewart Caroline 
Published: November 2022

AbstractThis article presents an analysis of personal diaries kept by health‐care staff within a specialist NHS Trust in England during the initial 3 months of the COVID‐19 pandemic. It adopts a moral sensemaking perspective to explore how NHS employees mobilised and reframed ideas of right and wrong in order to make sense of unprecedented uncertainty and displacement. By focussing on how the macro and micro politics of the pandemic were played out in the organisation, the study finds that polarised moral judgements were invoked in order to justify and rationalise a broad array of associated emergent emotions, intuitions, behaviours and practices. This polarisation of moral responses could be seen as a desire to bring order out of chaos and put matters back into place following displacement. This is inevitably an ongoing, complex and variegated enterprise whose results can be as often discomforting as they can be reassuring. Indeed, while moral sensemaking was partly beneficial for staff in that it promoted a greater sense of camaraderie and support for others, it also appeared to have darker consequences in terms of staff wellbeing and the development of more impermeable social boundaries across the organisation through processes of moral ‘othering’.
Assessing a touchy subject: The problem of evaluating sex education then and now
Authors: Andersen Lisa , Bialystok Lauren 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
Assessment is a necessary task in all areas of education, but there is no agreement on how to assess the impacts of different approaches to sex education, both on an individual level and on a population level over time. The history of mid-20th Century Family Life Education in the United States illuminates some of the obstacles that have made assessing sex education programmes so difficult: control groups, access to large numbers of research subjects and the means to verify self-reporting are elusive. These persistent challenges have to do with the nature of the subject, which is, in contrast to most subjects, not supposed to be practised at school. Standards of reliability, validity and classroom authenticity, therefore, apply partially at best. We argue that some approaches to sex education are valuable whether or not they are assessable, and that some things that are assessable may not be valuable in the way they are thought to be.
Time‐varying connectedness of metropolitan housing markets
Authors: Payne James E. , Sun Xiaojin 
Published: November 2022

AbstractWe construct a time‐varying measure of connectedness for 382 U.S. metropolitan housing markets using monthly house price data from 1975 to the present. Housing connectedness in the long run is found to be much stronger than the instantaneous connectedness, both of which exhibit notable variation over time and across metropolitan areas. Unlike stock market connectedness, housing market connectedness leads the business cycle; it helps predict the likelihood of future recessions.
Antioxidant peptides: Overview of production, properties, and applications in food systems
Authors: Mardani Mohsen , Badakné Katalin , Farmani Jamshid , Aluko Rotimi E. 
Published: November 2022

AbstractIn recent years, several studies have reported the beneficial effects of antioxidant peptides in delaying oxidation reactions. Thus, a growing number of food proteins have been investigated as suitable sources for obtaining these antioxidant peptides. In this study, some of the most critical developments in the discovery of peptidic antioxidants are discussed. Initially, the primary methods to release, purify, and identify these antioxidant peptides from various food‐derived sources are reviewed. Then, computer‐based screening methods of the available peptides are summarized, and methods to interpret their structure–activity relationship are illustrated. Finally, approaches to the large‐scale production of these bioactive peptides are described. In addition, the applications of these antioxidants in food systems are discussed, and gaps, future challenges, and opportunities in this field are highlighted. In conclusion, various food items can be considered promising sources to obtain these novel antioxidant peptides, which present various opportunities for food applications in addition to health promotion. The lack of in‐depth data on the link between the structure and activity of these antioxidants, which is critical for the prediction of possible bioactive amino acid sequences and their potency in food systems and in vivo conditions (rather than in vitro systems), requires further attention. Consequently, future collaborative research activities between the industry and academia are required to realize the commercialization objectives of these novel antioxidant peptides.
Neoarchean Magmatic Events in the Western Songnen Massif, Central Asian Orogenic Belt: Timing and Tectonic Significance
Authors: WU Xinwei , LIU Zhenghong , LIU Yongjiang , ZHANG Chao , SHAO Jun , ZHANG Chao , ZHANG Yujin , GUO Wei , LIU Baoshan , ZHANG Guangyu 
Published: November 2022

AbstractWhether a Neoarchean basement existing in the Songnen massif is currently debated. Identification of Archean magmatism from the Songnen Massif is helpful to resolve this issue. Here, we report newly discovered Neoarchean Shanquan pluton in the Western Songnen Massif. These Neoarchean Shanquan pluton are mainly composed of granites that are exposed near the town of Shanquan in Heilongjiang Province. LA‐ICP‐MS zircon U‐Pb dating reveals that the sample 2015TW1 has an upper intercept age of 2801 ± 69 Ma and a weighted mean age of 2708 ± 18 Ma, while samples LJ27QY1 and LJ27QY2 have upper intercept ages of 2677 ± 57 Ma and 2653 ± 18 Ma, and weighted mean ages of 2649 ± 10 Ma and 2653 ± 15 Ma, respectively. This indicates that these granites were formed at ~2.7 Ga. Most of the ~2.7 Ga zircons have olderTDM2ages of 2762–3326 Ma with positiveεHf(t) values ranging from 0 to 6.4, while a few of the zircons have negativeεHf(t) values ranging from −8.1 to −11.5 and olderTDM2ages varying from 3158 to 3264 Ma. The zircon Hf isotopes indicate that Paleo‐Mesoarchean crusts might once existed in the Songnen Massif, and the studied Neoarchean magmas were principally derived from partial melting of these Paleo‐Mesoarchean ancient crust. Based on the geochronological spectrum of magmatic and detrital zircons, the Songnen, Erguna, Jiamusi, Bureya massifs may have a common basement prior to the Neoproterozoic and may even be linked with the Triam Craton.
The Himalayan Collisional Orogeny: A Metamorphic Perspective
Authors: WANG Jiamin , WU Fuyuan , ZHANG Jinjiang , KHANAL Gautam , YANG Lei 
Published: November 2022

AbstractThis paper introduces how crustal thickening controls the growth of the Himalaya by summarizing the P‐T‐t evolution of the Himalayan metamorphic core. The Himalayan orogeny was divided into three stages. Stage 60–40 Ma: The Himalayan crust thickened to ∼40 km through Barrovian‐type metamorphism (15–25 °C/km), and the Himalaya rose from <0 to ∼1000 m. Stage 40–16 Ma: The crust gradually thickened to 60–70 km, resulting in abundant high‐grade metamorphism and anatexis (peak‐P, 15–25 °C/km; peak‐T, >30 °C/km). The three sub‐sheets in the Himalayan metamorphic core extruded southward sequentially through imbricate thrusts of the Eo‐Himalayan thrust, High Himalayan thrust, and Main Central thrust, and the Himalaya rose to ≥5,000 m. Stage 16–0 Ma: the mountain roots underwent localized delamination, causing asthenospheric upwelling and overprinting of the lower crust by ultra‐high‐temperature metamorphism (30–50 °C/km), and the Himalaya reached the present elevation of ∼6,000 m. Underplating and imbricate thrusting dominated the Himalaya' growth and topographic rise, conforming to the critical taper wedge model. Localized delamination of mountain roots facilitated further topographic rise. Future Himalayan metamorphic studies should focus on extreme metamorphism and major collisional events, contact metamorphism and rare metal mineralization, metamorphic decarbonation and the carbon cycle in collisional belts.
Trends in cigarette use and health insurance coverage among US adults with mental health and substance use disorders
Authors: Creedon Timothy B. , Wayne Geoffrey Ferris , Progovac Ana M. , Levy Douglas E. , Cook Benjamin Lê 
Published: November 2022

AbstractAimsTo estimate recent trends in cigarette use and health insurance coverage for United States adults with and without mental health and substance use disorders (MH/SUD).DesignEvent study analysis of smoking and insurance coverage trends among US adults with and without MH/SUD using 2008–19 public use data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, an annual, cross‐sectional survey.SettingUSA.ParticipantsA nationally representative sample of non‐institutionalized respondents aged 18–64 years (n = 448 762).MeasurementsOutcome variables were three measures of recent cigarette use and one measure of past‐year health insurance coverage. We compared outcomes between people with and without MH/SUD (MH disorder: past‐year mental illness, predicted from Kessler‐6 and the World Health Organization–Disability Assessment Schedule impairment scale; SUD: met survey‐based DSM‐IV criteria for past‐year alcohol, cannabis, cocaine or heroin use disorder) and over time.FindingsComparing pooled data from 2008 to 2009 and from 2018 to 2019, current smoking rates of adults with MH/SUD decreased from 37.9 to 27.9% while current smoking rates of adults without MH/SUD decreased from 21.4 to 16.3%, a significant difference in decrease of 4.9 percentage points (pts) [95% confidence interval (CI) = 3.3–6.6 pts]. Daily smoking followed similar patterns (difference in decrease of 3.9 pts (95% CI = 2.3–5.4 pts). Recent smoking abstinence rates for adults with MH/SUD increased from 7.4 to 10.9%, while recent smoking abstinence rates for adults without MH/SUD increased from 9.6 to 12.0%, a difference in increase of 1.0 pts (95% CI = −3.0 to 0.9 pts). In 2018–19, 11% of net reductions in current smoking, 12% of net reductions in daily smoking and 12% of net increases in recent smoking abstinence coincided with greater gains in insurance coverage for adults with MH/SUD compared to those without MH/SUD.ConclusionsImprovements in smoking and abstinence outcomes for US adults with mental health and substance use disorders appear to be associated with increases in health insurance coverage.
Variation in the length of terminal ileum specimen in right hemicolectomy: a descriptive study
Authors: Ismail Fatima Qays , Öberg Stina , Wozniak Anita Bilde , Oggesen Birthe Thing , Rosenberg Jacob 
Published: November 2022

AbstractAimThe aim of this study was to clarify the length of the bowel specimen and to assess if the length was affected by certain characteristics.MethodsEligible patients were adults who had undergone right hemicolectomy for cancer in caecum, appendix, ascending colon or transverse colon from September 2019 to September 2020 at Herlev Hospital, Denmark. Data were collected from medical records. The primary outcome was the length of the resected terminal ileum. Secondary outcomes were to assess if body mass index (BMI), surgical approach, and neoadjuvant chemotherapy affected the length of the terminal ileum specimen, and to report the length of the colon specimen subdivided on the cancer locations.ResultsIn total, 50 patients were included. The median age was 74 years (range 36–91), 30 patients (60%) were females, and BMI was median 26 (range 17–45). The variation in the length of terminal ileum specimen was median 5 cm (range 1–17). The explorative analyses showed significant positive correlation between the length of terminal ileum specimen and BMI (P = 0.050) but not surgical approach (P = 0.23) nor neoadjuvant chemotherapy (P = 0.51). The length of the colon specimen naturally differed according to the cancer location with a median length of 26 cm (range 14–90).ConclusionWe found a variation in the length of the terminal ileum specimen without an apparent explanation for this variation. The colon specimen also varied naturally according to cancer location.
Impairment of patient‐reported outcomes among patients with non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease: a registry‐based study
Authors: Yilmaz Yusuf , Toraman Ahmet Eren , Alp Ceyda , Doğan Zehra , Keklikkiran Caglayan , Stepanova Maria , Younossi Zobair 
Published: November 2022

SummaryBackgroundPatients with non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and more advanced fibrosis tend to have more impairment in their health‐related quality of life and other patient‐reported outcomes (PROs).AimTo assess the association of PROs with select non‐invasive tests (NITs) for fibrosis including FAST, Agile 3+ and Agile 4 scoresMethodsWe enrolled patients with an established diagnosis of NAFLD who were seen in a tertiary care clinic into the NAFLD/NASH Registry. The FAST, Agile 3+ and Agile 4 scores were calculated using liver stiffness measurements by transient elastography and laboratory parameters. PROs were assessed using FACIT‐F, CLDQ‐NASH and WPAI instruments (total of 17 domain and summary scores).ResultsThere were 1509 patients with NAFLD (mean age: 49 ± 11 years, 50% men, 41% employed, 30% advanced fibrosis and 20% cirrhosis). The mean FAST, Agile 3+ and Agile 4 scores were 0.39 ± 0.26, 0.35 ± 0.31 and 0.12 ± 0.23, respectively. Subjects with lower FAST, Agile 3+ and Agile 4 scores had the highest scores in select domains of FACIT‐F, CLDQ‐NASH and WPAI (p < 0.05 in comparison to subjects with elevated or high‐risk NIT scores). Correlations with continuous NITs were significantly negative for Emotional and Functional well‐being (FACIT‐F), Activity/energy, Systemic symptoms, Worry and total scores (CLDQ‐NASH), and Activity of WPAI (p < 0.05); the strongest was for Worry (CLDQ‐NASH) with FAST (R = −0.17, p < 0.0001). The PRO scores of patients with NAFLD were lower than those of matched patients with chronic hepatitis B (p < 0.05 for 9/17 domain and summary scores).ConclusionPatients with NAFLD and high FAST, Agile 3+ or Agile 4 scores experience impairment of health‐related quality of life.
Falsely low phosphatidylethanol may be associated with biomarkers of haemolytic disease
Authors: Årving Alexander , Hilberg Thor , Sovershaev Michael , Bogstrand Stig Tore , Høiseth Gudrun 
Published: November 2022

AbstractAimsFalsely lower or even negative phosphatidylethanol (PEth) levels may theoretically be seen in patients with haemolytic diseases, and the present study aimed to elucidate this hypothesis.MethodsPEth and carbohydrate‐deficient transferrin (CDT) from 9893 serum and whole blood samples were included along with markers of haemolysis (i.e. haptoglobin, HbA1c, reticulocytes, LD and Hb). Cases showing discrepancy between PEth and CDT, that is, a low PEth value and a high CDT value, were considered to be possibly caused by falsely lowered PEth despite high alcohol consumption. These cases (N = 233) were compared to the control group without PEth and CDT mismatch.ResultsThe levels of haptoglobin were significantly lower in the cases showing low PEth and high CDT (estimate = −0.62, p = 0.002). The levels of HbA1c (estimate = −3.26, p = 0.001) and Hb (estimate = −0.507, p < 0.001) were also significantly lower in this group. These findings indicate haemolytic diseases in the low PEth/high CDT group. There were no significant differences for reticulocytes and LD concentrations between the low PEth/high CDT group and the control group.ConclusionsThese results indicate that falsely low PEth values could be associated with markers of haemolytic diseases, although more research is needed to highlight this further.
Discussion on “Instrumented Difference-in-Differences” by Ting Ye, Ashkan Ertefaie, James Flory, Sean Hennessy, and Dylan S. Small
Authors: Beyhum Jad , Florens Jean-Pierre , Van Keilegom Ingrid 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
We discuss Ye et al. 2022, which combines instrumental variables methods with difference in differences. First, we compare the paper to other works in the difference in differences literatures and argue that the main contribution lies in the multiply robust estimation approach. Then, we reformulate the causal assumptions in Ye et al. 2022 in the usual theoretical framework of the instrumental variables literature. This clarifies in which sense the difference in differences design can weaken the standard instrumental variable conditions.
Experiences of midwifery care in English prisons
Authors: Abbott Laura , Scott Tricia , Thomas Hilary 
Published: November 2022

AbstractBackgroundIn the United Kingdom (UK), all prisoners must receive healthcare equivalent to that available in the community. However, evidence suggests that equality in healthcare provision for perinatal women in UK prisons is not always achieved. The aim of this research was to examine pregnant women prisoners' and custody staffs' experiences and perceptions of midwifery care in English prisons.MethodsA qualitative approach based on institutional ethnography was used to research women's experiences in three English prisons over a period of 10 months. In total, 28 women participated in audio‐recorded, semi‐structured interviews. Ten staff members were interviewed, including six prison service staff and four health care personnel. Ten months of prison fieldwork enabled observations of everyday prison life. NVivo was used for data organization with an inductive thematic analysis method.ResultsWomen's experiences included: disempowerment due to limited choice; fear of birthing alone; and a lack of information about rights, with a sense of not receiving entitlements. Some women reported favorably on the continuity of midwifery care provided. There was confusion around the statutory role of UK midwifery.DiscussionExperiences of perinatal prisoners contrast starkly with best midwifery practice—women are unable to choose their care provider, their birth companions, or their place of birth. In addition, a reliance upon “good behavior” in return for appropriate treatment may be detrimental to the health, safety, and well‐being of the pregnant woman and her unborn baby.ConclusionPrison is an adverse environment for a pregnant woman. This study provides key insights into imprisoned women's experiences of midwifery care in England and shows that midwives play an essential role in ensuring that perinatal prisoners receive safe, high‐quality, respectful care.