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Efficacy of physiotherapy interventions for the management of adults with cervicogenic headache: A systematic review and meta‐analyses
Authors: Demont Anthony , Lafrance Simon , Gaska Clément , Kechichian Amélie , Bourmaud Aurélie , Desmeules François 
Published: May 2022

AbstractObjectiveTo update and appraise the efficacy of physiotherapy for adults with cervicogenic headache.Literature SurveyBibliographic searches were conducted up to October 2021 for randomized controlled trials (RCTs), assessing the efficacy of physiotherapy interventions for adults with cervicogenic headache, in five databases: CINAHL, Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro), PubMed, Sage Journals, and Wiley Online Library.MethodologyData extraction of included trials was conducted by two reviewers according to a standardized extraction form. The PEDro tool and the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluations (GRADE) approach were used for grading evidence. Results from trials with similar interventions and with similar outcome measures were pooled into separate meta‐analyses. A qualitative synthesis was performed for studies that were not pooled into meta‐analyses.SynthesisFourteen trials were included. Moderate‐certainty evidence indicates that manual therapy significantly reduces headache frequency (mean difference [MD]: −0.93 episodes/week; 95% confidence interval [CI]: −1.40 to −0.46; 2 RCTs; n = 265) compared to sham manual therapy, and headache frequency (MD: −1.23 episodes/week; 95% CI: −1.55 to −0.91; 3 RCTs; n = 126) and intensity (MD: −1.63/10; 95% CI: −2.15 to −1.10; 4 RCTs; n = 208) compared to no treatment in the short term. At 12‐month follow‐up, moderate‐certainty evidence indicates that manual therapy did not lead to greater reduction in headache intensity (MD Visual Analog Scale 0‐10: ‐0.12; 95% CI: −0.49 to 0.26; 2 RCTs; n = 265) or frequency (MD: −0.32 episodes/week; 95% CI: −0.91 to 0.28; 2 RCTs; n = 265) when compared to a sham manual therapy. In the long‐term, in one high quality trial, neck exercise significantly reduced headache intensity compared to no treatment (MD: −1.51/10; 95% CI: −2.52 to −0.50; n = 100) or to aerobic exercises in another trial of moderate quality (MD: −1.15/10; 95% CI: −2.1 to −0.20; n = 180).ConclusionsManual therapy in the short term and neck exercise in the long term may be efficacious to treat adults with cervicogenic headache. More high‐quality evidence is needed and future results may change the current conclusions.Trial Registration Prospero: #CRD42019135858.
The effect of polymer grafting on the mechanical properties of PEG‐grafted cellulose nanocrystals in poly(lactic acid)
Authors: Macke Nicholas , Hemmingsen Christina M. , Rowan Stuart J. 
Published: May 2022

AbstractPoly(lactic acid) (PLA) is a commercially available bio‐based polymer that is a potential alternative to many commodity petrochemical‐based polymers. However, PLA's thermomechanical properties limit its use in many applications. Incorporating polymer‐grafted cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) is one potential route to improving these mechanical properties. One key challenge in using these polymer‐grafted nanoparticles is to understand which variables associated with polymer grafting are most important for improving composite properties. In this work, poly(ethylene glycol)‐grafted CNCs are used to study the effects of polymer grafting density and molecular weight on the properties of PLA composites. All CNC nanofillers are found to reinforce PLA above the glass transition temperature, but non‐grafted CNCs and CNCs grafted with short PEG chains (<2 kg mol−1) are found to cause significant embrittlement, generally resulting in less than 3% elongation‐at‐break. By grafting higher molecular weight PEG (10 kg mol−1) onto the CNCs at a grafting density where the polymer chains are predicted to be in the semi‐dilute polymer brush conformation (~0.1 chains nm−2), embrittlement can be avoided.
Early detection of laryngeal cleft in infants by novel technique of flexible endoscopy with sustained pharyngeal inflation
Authors: Soong Wen‐Jue , Tsao Pei‐Chen , Yang Chia‐Feng , Sung Yi‐Hung , Soong Yen‐Hui 
Published: May 2022

AbstractObjectiveWe report a novel technique of flexible endoscopy with noninvasive ventilation (NIV) and sustained pharyngeal inflation (FE‐NIV‐SPI) in assessing aeroesophageal tracts (AET) to facilitate early detection of laryngeal clefts in infants.MethodsMedical charts and flexible endoscopy videos of the children who were diagnosed with laryngeal cleft in a tertiary care hospital between January 2000 and December 2020 were retrospectively reviewed and analyzed. The FE‐NIV‐SPI technique had been applied to all these children.ResultsTotally, 12 infants with laryngeal cleft were identified. This equates to a prevalence of 0.28% in all the children who underwent flexible endoscopy at our institution. Their mean age was 5.0 ± 4.9 months and mean body weight was 4.7 ± 2.3 kg. Nine (75%) infants were referred in without laryngeal cleft diagnosis, which was missed by 11 prior bronchoscopy and 5 computer tomography examinations. With the FE‐NIV‐SPI technique, the pharyngolaryngeal space could be pneumatically dilated permitting a detailed assessment. All laryngeal cleft types and coexisting AET lesions were visualized at the first FE‐NIV‐SPI examination with a mean time of 4.2 ± 0.9 min; they were eight Type I, two Type II, and one Type III. Ten (83.3%) infants had coexisting airway malacia.ConclusionRoutine use of FE‐NIV‐SPI technique can help in early detection of laryngeal clefts and other associated AET lesions. Further multicenter collaborative investigations are essential to verify the early detection of this rare and occult lesion of the laryngeal cleft with this technique.
Coevolution‐derived native and non‐native contacts determine the emergence of a novel fold in a universally conserved family of transcription factors
Authors: Galaz‐Davison Pablo , Ferreiro Diego U. , Ramírez‐Sarmiento César A. 
Published: May 2022

AbstractThe NusG protein family is structurally and functionally conserved in all domains of life. Its members directly bind RNA polymerases and regulate transcription processivity and termination. RfaH, a divergent sub‐family in its evolutionary history, is known for displaying distinct features than those in NusG proteins, which allows them to regulate the expression of virulence factors in enterobacteria in a DNA sequence‐dependent manner. A striking feature is its structural interconversion between an active fold, which is the canonical NusG three‐dimensional structure, and an autoinhibited fold, which is distinctively novel. How this novel fold is encoded within RfaH sequence to encode a metamorphic protein remains elusive. In this work, we used publicly available genomic RfaH protein sequences to construct a complete multiple sequence alignment, which was further augmented with metagenomic sequences and curated by predicting their secondary structure propensities using JPred. Coevolving pairs of residues were calculated from these sequences using plmDCA and GREMLIN, which allowed us to detect the enrichment of key metamorphic contacts after sequence filtering. Finally, we combined our coevolutionary predictions with molecular dynamics to demonstrate that these interactions are sufficient to predict the structures of both native folds, where coevolutionary‐derived non‐native contacts may play a key role in achieving the compact RfaH novel fold. All in all, emergent coevolutionary signals found within RfaH sequences encode the autoinhibited and active folds of this protein, shedding light on the key interactions responsible for the action of this metamorphic protein.
Unidirectional Photon Coupling Using Asymmetric Diamond Emitters with Enhanced Spontaneous Emission
Authors: Murmu Satyajit , Kumar Avijit , Jha Rajan 
Published: May 2022

AbstractThe directional coupling of single photon emission from nitrogen vacancy (NV–) emitters to optical systems for various applications requires a suitable interface between NV–emitters and optical waveguides. Unidirectional coupling of photons may have significant importance in next generation quantum technology such as quantum and complex optical networks, quantum communication, and multi‐scale quantum photonics devices including quantum non‐linearity and quantum metrology. Here, a hybrid asymmetric structure of elliptically faceted (ELFA) diamond nanowire with Bragg grating (BG) containing negatively charged NV–center for efficient and unidirectional optical coupling to optical nanowire (waveguide) is proposed. The calculations indicate that the structure can provide coupling efficiency of ≈90% toward the elliptically facet direction and ≈1% in the opposite direction. Further, Purcell factor is enhanced due to the augmented electric field intensity in the ELFA structure. This structure is significantly robust against imperfect placement and rotational alignment of dipole from its intended position.
All‐Optical Detection of Spin Pumping and Giant Interfacial Spin Transparency in Co2Fe0.4Mn0.6Si/Pt Heterostructure
Authors: Dutta Koustuv , Panda Surya N , Seki Takeshi , Pan Santanu , Takanashi Koki , Barman Anjan 
Published: May 2022

AbstractActive control over the generation and manipulation of pure spin current has propelled drastic transformation in new generation spintronics. Spin pumping is one of the favored mechanisms to generate pure spin current and its efficiency can be parameterized in terms of spin‐mixing conductance () and spin‐diffusion length (λ). Here, using all‐optical time‐resolved magneto‐optical Kerr magnetometry, spin pumping in a ferromagnetic Heusler compound (Co2Fe0.4Mn0.6Si (CFMS))/Pt heterostructure is investigated keeping in mind the small intrinsic damping and stable spin‐polarized band structure at the Fermi level of the CFMS and excellent spin‐sink property of Pt. The thickness‐dependent evolution of Gilbert damping is modeled using ballistic and diffusive spin transport frameworks to extract and λ. Finally, a giant value of interfacial spin transparency up to 0.87 ± 0.02 combined with small intrinsic damping of 0.0039 ± 0.0004 promote the CFMS/Pt heterostructure as a champion material for the development of advanced spin‐orbitronic devices.
Data‐driven resilient platooning control for vehicular platooning systems with denial‐of‐service attacks
Authors: Yue Bai‐Fan , Che Wei‐Wei 
Published: May 2022

AbstractThis article addresses the data‐driven resilient platooning control problem for nonlinear vehicular platooning systems with denial‐of‐service attacks. First, the dynamic linearization technique is used for transforming the nonlinear vehicular platooning systems into an equivalent linear data model with robustness. Then, an observer is designed to present the estimation of the pseudo‐partial derivative parameter and a novel model‐free adaptive platooning control (MFAPC) framework is presented by defining a novel vehicular platooning system output. Based on this framework, a novel MFAPC algorithm is designed with an attack compensation mechanism to achieve vehicular platooning control objectives. At last, the effectiveness of the MFAPC algorithm is proved by an example with comparisons.
Unfolding research themes for industrial symbiosis and underlying theories
Authors: Agudo Fabiana Liar , Bezerra Barbara Stolte , Gobbo José Alcides , Paes Luis Alberto Bertolucci 
Published: May 2022

AbstractThis paper aims to analyze the research themes that are addressed in studies on industrial symbiosis (IS), from the perspective of theories. The paper method is a longitudinal analysis of retrospective nature from 1998 to 2021. This approach allowed to detects the main drivers and associated themes that structured researches on IS in the period. In general, Industrial Ecology Theory, Network Theory, Systems Theory and Organizational Theory were present in a considerable part of research themes on IS. It was observed that the IS research themes moved over the period analyzed to nine areas of study: (1) Waste as a resource, (2) development industrial symbiosis network, (3) circular economy and industrial symbiosis, (4) industrial co‐localization, (5) energy innovations, (6) closed loop chains, (7) IS's social aspects, (8) regional‐level metabolism, and (9) waste knowledge. In summary, the contributions of this paper are the thematic proposition of IS from the perspective of theories, pointing out the key‐aspects; and presentation of a research themes' diagram towards the IS buildup.
Multifaceted Cargo Recruitment and Release from Artificial Membraneless Organelles
Authors: Liu Jianhui , Zhorabek Fariza , Zhang Tianfu , Lam Jacky W. Y. , Tang Ben Zhong , Chau Ying 
Published: May 2022

AbstractLiquid‐liquid phase separation (LLPS) drives membraneless organelles (MLOs) formation for organizing biomolecules. Artificial MLOs (AMLOs) have been constructed mostly via the LLPS of engineered proteins capable of regulating limited types of biomolecules. Here, leveraging a minimalist AMLO, driven by LLPS of polymer‐oligopeptide hybrids, enrichment, recruitment, and release of multifaceted cargoes are quantitatively shown, including small fluorescent molecules, fluorophore‐containing macromolecules, proteins, DNAs, and RNAs. Cargoes show up to 105‐fold enrichment, whilst recruitment and release are triggered by variations of temperature, pH, and/or ionic strength. Also, the first efficacious, rapid, and reversible control of aggregation‐induced emission with over 30 folds of modulation of overall fluorescence intensity is achieved, by intensifying the aggregation of luminogens in AMLO. The AMLO is a simple yet versatile platform for potential drug delivery and biosensor applications.
Efficacy of medical expulsive therapy using the traditional Japanese medicine (kampo) choreito for the spontaneous passage of proximal ureteric stones: A retrospective analysis
Authors: Gotoh Daisuke , Torimoto Kazumasa , Iwamoto Takashi , Morizawa Yosuke , Hori Shunta , Itami Yoshitaka , Miyake Makito , Anai Satoshi , Hirao Shuya , Tanaka Nobumichi , Fujimoto Kiyohide 
Published: May 2022

AbstractAimUrolithiasis is a common disorder of the urinary tract. Medical expulsive therapy is recommended for calculi with diameters <10 mm. This study was conducted to determine the effect of choreito, an herbal medication with discharging effects, on the spontaneous passage of urinary calculi.MethodsThis retrospective observational study included 109 adult patients with urinary calculi who were admitted to Hirao Hospital between April 2016 and March 2017. Choreito (7.5 g/day) was administered to 55 participants in the choreito group but not to the 54 participants of the control group. All patients were monitored until the calculi passed naturally. The period of spontaneous passage of the calculi was compared between the choreito and control groups, and the factors associated with this duration were identified using multivariate analysis.ResultsCompared to the control group, the period of spontaneous passage of the proximal ureteric stones was significantly shorter in the choreito group (14 days vs 36 days, p = 0.0262). Calculus diameter (<3 mm) and choreito administration were identified as independent factors associated with a shorter period for spontaneous calculi passage.ConclusionOral administration of choreito may promote the spontaneous passage of proximal ureteric stones without the need for surgical intervention.
Extramural ectopic ureter diagnosed by computed tomography in a domestic ferret
Authors: Vekšins Armands , Makarovs Aleksandrs , Sandersen Charlotte , Voiko Laura 
Published: May 2022

AbstractThis case report describes clinical signs, computed tomography and laboratory diagnostic findings of an extramural ectopic ureter in a ferret. A 1‐year‐old, female domestic ferret weighing 900 g was referred to LLU Veterinary Hospital with a history of permanent urinary incontinence. Previously performed blood tests and abdominal radiographs were without significant changes. Abdominal ultrasound did not reveal any abnormality. Computed tomography (CT) post‐contrast images showed a contrast‐enhanced left ureter opening in the vagina. The CT confirmed the diagnosis of the left extramural ectopic ureter and surgical treatment was recommended. Two weeks after left‐sided nephroureterectomy, incontinence still was noted but urine leakage was decreased. The outlined results will be useful for all veterinary practitioners and will update their knowledge on urinary incontinence disorders in domestic ferrets.
Fractional quantum Hall effect for extended objects: from skyrmionic membranes to dyonic strings
Authors: Palumbo Giandomenico 
Published: May 2022

Abstract
It is well known that in two spatial dimensions the fractional quantum Hall effect (FQHE) deals with point-like anyons that carry fractional electric charge and statistics. Moreover, in presence of a SO(3) order parameter, point-like skyrmions emerge and play a central role in the corresponding quantum Hall ferromagnetic phase. In this work, we show that in six spatial dimensions, the FQHE for extended objects shares very similar features with its two-dimensional counterpart. In the higher-dimensional case, the electromagnetic and hydrodynamical one-form gauge fields are replaced by three-form gauge fields and the usual point-like anyons are replaced by membranes, namely two-dimensional extended objects that can carry fractional charge and statistics. We focus on skyrmionic membranes, which are associated to a SO(5) order parameter and give rise to an higher-dimensional generalizaton of the quantum Hall ferromagnetism. We show that skyrmionic membranes naturally couple to the curved background through a generalized Wen-Zee term and can give us some insights about the chiral conformal field theory on the boundary. We then present a generalization of the Witten effect in six spatial dimensions by showing that one-dimensional extended monopoles (magnetic strings) in the bulk of the FQH states can acquire electric charge through an axion field by becoming dyonic strings.
Connections between reflected entropies and hyperbolic string vertices
Authors: Wang Peng , Wu Houwen , Yang Haitang 
Published: May 2022

Abstract
In this paper, we establish connections between the reflected entropies of multipartite mixed states in CFT2 and hyperbolic string vertices of closed string field theory (CSFT). We show that the reflected surfaces, which are bulk duals of the reflected entropies, share the same Riemann surfaces with the hyperbolic string vertices. This observation enables us to build quantitative relations between the reflected entropies and hyperbolic string vertices. We illustrate the connections with several examples. Consequently, we propose that spacetime structure could be directly generated from the hyperbolic string vertices. The advantage of the hyperbolic string vertices approach is that we have a dynamical equation, the Batalin-Vilkoviski master equation, to control the generating process.
Entanglement in the Quantum Hall Matrix Model
Authors: Frenkel Alexander , Hartnoll Sean A. 
Published: May 2022

Abstract
Characterizing the entanglement of matrix degrees of freedom is essential for understanding the holographic emergence of spacetime. The Quantum Hall Matrix Model is a gauged U(N ) matrix quantum mechanics with two matrices whose ground state is known exactly and describes an emergent spatial disk with incompressible bulk dynamics. We define and compute an entanglement entropy in the ground state associated to a cut through the disk. There are two contributions. A collective field describing the eigenvalues of one of the matrices gives a gauge-invariant chiral boundary mode leading to an expected logarithmic entanglement entropy. Further, the cut through the bulk splits certain ‘off-diagonal’ matrix elements that must be duplicated and associated to both sides of the cut. Sewing these duplicated modes together in a gauge-invariant way leads to a bulk ‘area law’ contribution to the entanglement entropy. All of these entropies are regularized by finite N.
Duality cascades and affine Weyl groups
Authors: Furukawa Tomohiro , Matsumura Kazunobu , Moriyama Sanefumi , Nakanishi Tomoki 
Published: May 2022

Abstract
Brane configurations in a circle allow subsequent applications of the Hanany-Witten transitions, which are known as duality cascades. By studying the process of duality cascades corresponding to quantum curves with symmetries of Weyl groups, we find a hidden structure of affine Weyl groups. Namely, the fundamental domain of duality cascades consisting of all the final destinations is characterized by the affine Weyl chamber and the duality cascades are realized as translations of the affine Weyl group, where the overall rank in the brane configuration associates to the grading operator of the affine algebra. The structure of the affine Weyl group guarantees the finiteness of the processes and the uniqueness of the endpoint of the duality cascades. In addition to the original duality cascades, we can generalize to the cases with Fayet-Iliopoulos parameters. There we can utilize the Weyl group to analyze the fundamental domain similarly and find that the fundamental domain continues to be the affine Weyl chamber. We further interpret the Weyl group we impose as a “half” of the Hanany-Witten transition.
On the implications of positive W mass shift
Authors: Balkin Reuven , Madge Eric , Menzo Tony , Perez Gilad , Soreq Yotam , Zupan Jure 
Published: May 2022

Abstract
We investigate the phenomenological implications of the recent W mass measurement by the CDF collaboration, which exhibits tension with the standard model (SM) electroweak fit. Performing the fit to the electroweak observables within the SM effective field theory, we find that the new physics that contributes either to the determination of the electroweak vacuum expectation value, or to the oblique parameters, can improve the agreement with data. The best description is obtained from a fit where flavor universality is not required in the new physics operators, with 2 to 3 σ indications for several nonzero Wilson coefficients. We point out that top partners with order TeV masses could lead to the observed shift in the W mass.
Multiparticle amplitudes in a scalar EFT
Authors: Khoze Valentin V. , Schenk Sebastian 
Published: May 2022

Abstract
At sufficiently high energies the production of a very large number of particles is kinematically allowed. However, it is well-known that already in the simplest case of a weakly-coupled massive λφ4 theory, n-particle amplitudes become non-perturbative in the limit where n scales with energy. In this case, the effective expansion parameter, λn, is no longer small and the perturbative approach breaks down. In general, the associated n-particle production rates were argued to be described by an exponential that, depending on the specifics of the underlying Quantum Field Theory model, could be either growing or decaying in the large-n regime. We investigate such processes in general settings of Effective Field Theory (EFT), involving arbitrary higher-dimensional operators of φ. We perform the resummation of all leading loop corrections arising from EFT vertices for amplitudes at the multiparticle threshold. We find that the net effect of higher-dimensional operators amounts to an exponentially growing factor. We show that if an exponential growth was already generated by the renormalizable interactions, it would then be further enhanced by the EFT contributions. On the other hand, if the multiparticle rates computed in the renormalizable part of the theory were suppressed, this suppression would not be lifted in the EFT.