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Untangling heat transport dynamics using luminescence nanothermometry
Authors: Brites Carlos , Skripka Artiom , Benayas Antonio , Debasu Mengistie , Vetrone Fiorenzo , Carlos Luís 
Published: November 2022

AbstractTemperature touches all aspects of our daily life, including climate, production plants, food storage, transportation, metrology, microelectronics, and medicine, and is a major factor dictating performance of nanotechnologies.1-4However, while the heat transfer is well understood in bulk, neither experimental nor theoretical models provide a complete picture of the thermal dynamics at the nanoscale.5-7Here, in situ luminescence thermometry is used to probe the heat propagation taking place within lanthanide (Ln3+)-doped upconverting nanoparticles (UCNPs). We have designed UCNPs with Er3+and Tm3+thermometric layers positioned at different locations relative to their surface, varying the distance a heat wave travels before encountering the layers. Despite being separated only by a few tens of nanometers, the thermometric layer closer to the surface of UCNPs detects temperature increase much earlier than the one located at the center – yielding the heat propagation speed in UCNPs ~1.3 nm/s. The UCNPs featuring the two thermometric layers in a single nanostructure confirmed the above result and allowed us to uncover diffusive and non-diffusive (ballistic) heat transport regimes, as well as their interplay and complex heat exchange dynamics taking place in colloidal nanoparticles (nanofluids) at a room temperature.
Evaluating land degradation by gully erosion through soil erosion indices and rainfall thresholds
Authors: Kariminejad Narges , Pourghasemi Hamid Reza , Hosseinalizadeh Mohsen , Rossi Mauro , Mondini Alessandro 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
Among the land degradation processes, gully erosion is the one that poses more environmental and societal challenges in arid regions. Predicting spatio-temporal gully development in a region under changing conditions is important to adopt proper mitigation measures. Here we investigate the Ghapan-Olya watershed in Golestan province in Iran, which is impacted by many erosional landforms, including gully phenomena. We applied the pixel-based distributed LANDPLANER model, to predict the location of rainfall induced gullies. Different input maps were prepared using UAV data, the region's soil, and seasonal land use information. Our modelling results from the application of topographic thresholds and the erosion index calculation were compared with field observations in locations with and without gullies and the application of quantitative metrics such as sensitivity, specificity, fallout, precision, and recall. Our study revealed that the spatial density of the gully’s location is more repetitious in the areas with altitude about 200-300m, steeper slope (between 15 to 30 degrees), and lower average accumulation value (< 100) in the south-east facing slope. Higher values of erosion index and topographic threshold were obtained for the min curve number, where intense rainfall is more frequent and where land use and cover conditions are more favourable for gully occurrence. The greater values of soil erosion indices were provided for the CN3 scenario (autumn) when the daily rainfall is 80 mm (6.27), continued by the summer scenario (CN2) with 80 mm daily rainfall (4.88), and spring (CN1) again with 80 mm daily rainfall (2.99). In addition, topographic threshold maps illustrate the greatest amount of soil erosion for the CN scenario (without considering daily rainfall) in autumn. Our results provide accurate prediction parameters to simulate the natural hazard under changing conditions.
Quality Monitoring and Evaluation of Physical Education in Colleges using an Optimization Model of Edge Computing
Authors: Zhang Junbo , Zhang Cheng 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
Edge computing and artificial intelligence, two new technologies with rapid development, have great potential to empower each other, and have been widely used in various fields, with obvious results. Unlike other discipline-based teaching, physical education (PE) has no fixed classrooms, no fixed teaching materials, and no fixed teaching tasks. Therefore, it is difficult to uniformly evaluate the quality of PE teaching in ordinary colleges. In this paper, the edge computing optimization model is used to optimize the PE quality evaluation model in ordinary colleges. The goal of PE in ordinary colleges and universities is to improve the physical quality of students. Thus the teaching evaluation model in this paper focuses on the physical fitness compliance rate of students' evaluation, and re-weights the proportion of final exam scores. For the monitoring of PE teaching quality in ordinary colleges, this paper designed a PE teaching health system, which allows students to evaluate in the entire learning process, so as to achieve real-time monitoring of teaching quality. It uses the edge computing technology to optimize the system. The experimental results of this paper showed that the PES in general colleges designed in this paper can effectively collect students' evaluations, and can effectively improve the scientific nature of PE teaching goals. At the same time, the edge computing optimization algorithm designed in this design can reduce the network transmission cost of the system by 20% and increase the transmission efficiency by 15%.
Thrombosis in Lung Cancer Research Trends: A Bibliometric Analysis
Authors: Duan Shan-Lin , Li Jian-Di , Zhang Meng-Di , He Rong-Quan , Luo Jia-Yuan , Huang Wan-Ying , Tang Yu-Xing , Zhang Wei , Qi Mao-Jian , Kong Jin-Liang , Ma Jie , Chen Gang 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
Background
Lung cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed malignancies worldwide, and the occurrence of venous thrombosis in combination with lung cancer seriously affects the survival prognosis of patients with lung cancer. This study aimed to delineate the publication status and trends in the literature related to thrombosis in lung cancer and to explore hotspots in research by conducting a bibliometric analysis.
Methods
Using the Web of Science database as the data source for bibliometric analysis, we searched the published research literature related to thrombosis in lung cancer from 1942 to 2022. Bibliometrix and VOSviewer were used to analyze key bibliometric indicators, including trends in the number of annual publications, countries, journals, author contributions, and research hotspots.
Results
A total of 378 papers related to thrombosis in lung cancer were screened, including 349 original articles and 29 reviews. The number of publications has increased rapidly in the last 20 years, and China and the United States have the largest number of publications. In the analysis of authors and journals, we found that the distribution of Chinese authors is relatively high in terms of the number of publications and their influence, while the journal sources are mainly dominated by oncology and thrombosis research journals. The analysis of the top 10 highly cited papers revealed that several studies involved the relationship between cancer and venous thrombosis and the exploration of cancer-related thrombotic risk factors. The keyword analysis showed that the papers mainly focused on the exploration of risk factors, in which related genes represented by ROS1 and immunotherapy gradually appeared in research on predicting thrombosis in lung cancer.
Conclusions
Research on thrombosis in lung cancer has developed rapidly in the past 20 years, with the largest number of studies coming from China. The main research hotspots are the exploration of risk factors, among which the association between related genes represented by ROS1, immunotherapy, and thrombosis in lung cancer-related events has brought us new thinking in the prevention of thrombosis in lung cancer.
Low Complexity Symmetric-coded Based Sphere Decoding for Low-rate Polar Codes
Authors: Liu Yuanbo , Chen Haiqiang , Chen Jichang , Liao Lanjuan , Huang Fuyi , Sun Youming , Li Xiangcheng 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
In this paper, we propose a novel low complexity symmetric-coded based sphere decoding (SD) algorithm for short polar codes with low rate. At the encoding stage, the first N/2 sub-channels transmit the frozen bits, while the information bits are selected from the latter N/2 sub-channels. Two symmetric codes are generated due to the mathematical structure of the generator matrix, which is well conditioned to the SD search.At the decoding stage, the presented SD algorithm computes the ED value by the combined signals to estimate the latter N/2 input bits.Furthermore, the backtrack operation starts from the earlier (N/2+1)-th bit, which can significantly reduce the average visited nodes (AVN).Simulation results show that, compared to the original SD algorithm, the presented variant of the SD algorithm can reduce the AVN to 0.9% for the polar code P(64,14) at SNR = 1 dB with a performance loss within 0.2 dB.
Construction of a Ferroptosis and Necroptosis Associated LncRNA Signature for Predicting Prognosis and Immunotherapy Response in Hepatocellular cancer
Authors: Zhao Lei , You Zhixuan , Bai Zhixun , Xie Jian 
Published: November 2022

AbstractPurpose:Liver hepatocellular carcinoma (LIHC), one of the most common malignancies worldwide, occurs with high incidence and mortality. Ferroptosis and necroptosis are critically associated with LIHC prognosis. Some long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been found to induce ferroptosis and necroptosis in hepatocellular carcinoma cells.Method:Cox regression analysis was used to construct a risk model for LIHC based on differentially expressed ferroptosis and necroptosis related lncRNAs (F-NLRs), and their expression in SMMC7721, HepG2 and WRL68 cells was detected by qPCR.Results:Five F-NLRs were associated with LIHC prognosis, including KDM4A-AS1, ZFPM2-AS1, AC099850.3, MKLN1-AS, and BACE1-AS. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis indicated that patients with LIHC in the high-risk group were associated with poor prognosis. The combined F-NLR signature model demonstrated a prognostic AUC value of 0.789 and was more accurate than standard clinical variables for predicting LIHC prognosis. T cell functions and immunotherapy responses differed significantly between patients in the low- and high-risk groups. Additionally, immune checkpoints and m6A-related genes were differentially expressed between patients in the two risk groups. Furthermore, proteins encoded by the five F-NLRs were overexpressed in four liver cancer cell lines compared to that in human liver cell line WRL68. Pan-cancer examination revealed that expression levels of the five F-NLRs differed between most common tumor types and normal tissues.Conclusion:F-NLRs identified in this study provide a predictive signature representing ferroptosis and necroptosis in LIHC, which correlated well with patient prognosis, clinicopathological characteristics, and immunotherapy responses. The study findings help to elucidate the mechanisms of F-NLRs in LIHC and provide further guidance for the selection and development of immunotherapeutic agents for LIHC.
Long-standing COVID-19 disease in immunedeficient patients; case reports and literature review
Authors: Mortaz Esmaeil , Roofchayee Neda Dalil , Jamaati Hamidreza , Abtahian Zahra , afshar Babak , Ahmadi Shahrzad , Rekabi Mahsa , Adcock Ian , Tabarsi Payam 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
Introduction: Patients with primary or secondary immunodeficiency are at higher risk of severe disease and death following SARS-CoV-2 infection compared with the general population. We describe here the effect of rituximab therapy in 5 patients with humoral and cellular immune deficiencies (1 patient with thymoma or Good`syndrome, 1 HIV/AIDS positive patient, 2 patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and 1 patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). T cell responses were evaluated using the QuantiFERON SARS-CoV-2 assay following incubation with the SARS-CoV-2 Ag1, Ag2 and Ag3 viral antigens. Immunephenotyping of T cells (TCD4+, TCD8+) and B cells (CD19+ and CD20+) was determined by flow cytometry.
Results: All studied immunocompromised patients showed reduced cellular immune responses (release of interferon (IFN)-g) to SARS-CoV-2 antigens than healthy controls [patients; Ag1, Ag2 and Ag3 and Nil (Median 5-95% percentile) (12 (1-95), 12 (1.5-78), 13.5 (12-95) and 3 (1-98) U/ml)], ]controls; Ag1,Ag2 and Ag3 and Nil (Median 5-95% percentile) 24.5 (7-89), 65 (31-173), 53.5 (13-71.5) and 3 (1-14) U/ml)]. The frequency of peripheral blood B cells was also reduced in these patients compared to healthy control subjects (p=0.0282).
Conclusion: T-cell dependent antibody responses require the activation of B cells by helper T cells. Reduced B cell numbers in immunocompromised patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 indicates the need for these patients to take additional precautions to prevent COVID-19 infection
Young people's mental and social distress in times of international crises: Evidence from helpline calls, 2019-2022
Authors: Brülhart Marius , Klotzbücher Valentin , Lalive Rafael 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
We document mental and social distress of children, adolescents and adults in times of crisis, using data on 3 million helpline calls between January 2019 and May 2022.
Detailed and high-frequency data from crisis helpline logs offer rich information on the evolution of distress among the most vulnerable. They represent a unique measure of "revealed distress", unaffected by researchers' study design and framing.
Revealed distress of adults, measured by the volume of calls, rose significantly after both the outbreak of the pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In contrast, the overall revealed distress of children and adolescents has not increased during those crises.
The nature of young people's concerns, however, changed more strongly than for adults, with conversations shifting from problems with school and peers to family and mental health problems. Call topics of young people shifted from problems with school and peers towards problems with family and mental health. We find the share of severe mental-health problems among young people to have increased with a delay, in the second and third year of the pandemic.
Prediction of body weight and hot carcass weight of goats and sheep using in vivo morphometric measurements
Authors: de Souza Matheus Rodrigues , Ramos Luana Candelaria , Silva Rodrigo de Oliveira , Gois Glayciane Costa , Rodrigues Rafael Torres de Souza 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
The authors have requested that this preprint be removed from Research Square.
Longitudinal Changes in Parenting Stress of Mothers of Children with Cerebral Palsy and Children’s Gross Motor Function System Level
Authors: Park Eun-Young 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
Background: Stress caused by children with disabilities harms the growth and development of children and their families. The present study aimed to investigate whether parenting stress of mothers of children with cerebral palsy changes and the relationship between gross motor function level and changes in parenting stress.
Methods: Data on 162 children with cerebral palsy were collected over a 2-year period and measured thrice. Gross motor function and parenting stress were assessed using the Gross Motor Function Classification System and the Korean version of the Parenting Stress Index Short Form. Latent growth curve models of linear, Wave 2, and Wave 3 variation in parenting stress were constructed. The relationship between the Gross Motor Function Classification System level and parenting stress was evaluated via latent growth modeling.
Results: The linear variation models reflected the time evolution of parenting stress. There were individual differences in parenting stress at the initial level and no individual differences in the change of parenting stress. The relation between initial level and change rate of parenting stress was not significant. Higher initial values of Gross Motor Function Classification System level were associated with higher initial values of parenting stress, but not related to a change of parenting stress.
Conclusions: The results showed that parenting stress of mothers with children with cerebral palsy was decreasing over time and that Gross Motor Function Classification System level was related to parenting stress level. Based on these findings, a proposal for a further research is put forth.
Risk factors of central cervical lymph node metastasis in thyroid micropapillary carcinoma
Authors: Sun Haoying , Liu Ming 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
Objective: To analyse the risk factors of central cervical lymph node metastasis (CLNM) in patients with papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC).
Methods: The clinicopathological data of 375 PTMC patients admitted to our hospital from January 2017 to December 2020 were retrospectively analysed. They were divided into metastasis group and non-metastasis group according to whether they had had CLNM. The relevant data of the two groups were analysed by Chi-square test, logistic regression analysis and ROC curve.
Results: The CLNM rate of the 375 PTMC patients was 47.2%. Chi-square test showed that CLNM was associated with gender, age, tumor size, number of lesions and thyroid capsule invasion (P < 0.05), but not with BRAF gene mutation, Hashimoto's thyrolditis (HT) and nodular goiter. Multivariate analysis showed that there were significant differences in gender, maximum tumor diameter, multifocal and thyroid capsule infiltration between the metastatic group and the non-metastatic group (all P < 0.05). It was not associated with BRAF gene mutation, HT and nodular goiter. The ROC curve indicated that age ≤26.5 years and maximum tumor diameter ≥0.75cm were the cut-off values for increased risk of CLNM. Conclusion: CLNM in PTMC patients is related to gender, age, maximum tumour diameter, number of lesions and thyroid capsule immersion.
Co-infections of respiratory pathogens and gastro-intestinal parasites in smallholder pig production systems in Uganda
Authors: Oba Peter , Wieland Barbara , Mwiine Frank N. , Erume Joseph , Dione Michel M. 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
A cross-sectional study was conducted to identify factors for infections of pigs with key respiratory pathogens: porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2), porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PPRSv), Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (M. hyo), Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (App) and gastro-intestinal (GIT) parasites in Uganda. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data on management practices associated with infections. Ninety (90) farms and 259 pigs were sampled. Sera were screened against 4 pathogens using commercial ELISA tests. The Baerman’s method was used to identify parasite species in faecal samples. Logistic regression was done to identify risk factors for infections. Cluster analysis was done using a hierarchical K-means partitioning algorithm. Results showed individual animal seroprevalence of PCV2 was 6.9% (95% CI 3.7–11.1), PRRSv 13.8% (95% CI 8.8–19.6), M. hyo 6.4% (95% CI 3.5–10.5) and App 30.4% (95% CI 24.8–36.5). The prevalences of Ascaris spp was 12.7% (95% CI 8.6–16.8), Strongyles spp was 16.2% (95% CI 11.7–20.7) and Eimeria spp was 56.4% (95% CI 50.3–62.4). Pigs infested with Ascaris spp were more likely to test positive to PCV2, odds ratio (OR) 1.86 (CI 1.31–2.60; p = 0.0002). For M. hyo, infection with Strongyles spp was a risk factor (OR 12.9, p < 0.001). Pigs that had parasite infestations were more likely (Strongyles spp. and Ascaris spp. ORs 3.5 and 3.4, p < 0.001, respectively) to have respiratory co-infections. Overall, 3 farm clusters were characterized by housing, biosecurity practices and pathogens. This study provides evidence that improving hygiene and biosecurity is critical in reducing pathogen incidence in herds.
CA–MQL Grinding of Zirconia Engineering Ceramics Under Precompressive Stress
Authors: Zhang Gaofeng , Ma Wenbin , Song Tiejun , Du Cezhi , Wang Zhenyu , He Gang , Xie Hua , Jiang Tao 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
Engineering ceramics are widely used in aerospace, 3C electronics, life sciences and other fields. However, the hard brittleness of engineering ceramics makes it difficult to process, prone to damage during processing, and difficult to balance processing efficiency and quality. In this paper, the grinding force, surface morphology, subsurface damage, residual stress and roughness values of zirconia ceramics are studied after undergoing cold air minimal quantity lubrication (CA–MQL) and traditional wet lubrication (WET) at multiple grinding depths under 0 MPa, 200 MPa and 400 MPa precompressive stresses. The results show that CA–MQL significantly improves the grinding surface quality when the grinding depths are 30 µm and 50 µm compared with WET. The optimized surface roughness of 400 MPa precompressive stress combined with CA–MQL grinding reaches 17.12%. Precompressive stress significantly reduces the surface residual compressive stress by up to 32.8%.
STAQR Tree indexing for Spatial Temporal data with Altitude
Authors: Madhavi Pappula , Supreethi K P 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
The development of spatial information technology becomes more complex to organize, analyze and display spatial data with reference to earth’s surface. It includes different types of tools and technologies provides us to gain information and used for decision making capability. Many indexing methods are existing contemporary days to receive query performance quickly. Quad tree structures, R Tree and Oct Trees for 3D data are used to index the spatial temporal data. Hybrid structures like QR-Tree and QR*-Trees were indexed to store large massive spatial data. Many parameters like spatial attributes and time parameter can be considered in all indexing structures. The proposed algorithm, STAQR consider the time and altitude of a spatial location point to index the data and able to get a better query performance. STAQR algorithm index all unique codes obtained from four dimensional data by multi level indexing. Insertion, deletion and search operations are implemented on a STAQR Tree structure.
Who takes care of the kids and when? Sex differences in avian parental care
Authors: Wang Daiping , Zhang Wenyuan , Richter Xiang-Yi 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
Parental care in birds consists of many elaborate forms, including nest building, incubation, and offspring provision, but we still do not know how much each parent contributes to the different forms. Furthermore, the variations, relationships, and potential drivers of sex differentiation in providing care across different care stages remain largely unknown. Here, we surveyed species in birds and uncovered remarkable differences in the sex role patterns across different care forms. This result implied that parental care should not be treated as a unitary trait but as a composite of integrated features with great variations. Further analyses revealed moderate correlations of the sex roles between care forms, indicating the existence of shared intrinsic drivers. We tested the effects of sexual selection, certainty of paternity, predation risk, and offspring’s life history traits in driving sex role variations. Results showed that species with strong sexual selection on males or uncertainty of paternity tend to have female-biased care.