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Integrating Social Assistive Robots, IoT, Virtual Communities and Smart Objects to Assist at-Home Independently Living Elders: the MoveCare Project
Authors: Luperto Matteo , Monroy Javier , Renoux Jennifer , Lunardini Francesca , Basilico Nicola , Bulgheroni Maria , Cangelosi Angelo , Cesari Matteo , Cid Manuel , Ianes Aladar , Gonzalez-Jimenez Javier , Kounoudes Anastasis , Mari David , Prisacariu Victor , Savanovic Arso , Ferrante Simona , Borghese N. Alberto 
Published: February 2022

AbstractThe integration of Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) frameworks with Socially Assistive Robots (SARs) has proven useful for monitoring and assisting older adults in their own home. However, the difficulties associated with long-term deployments in real-world complex environments are still highly under-explored. In this work, we first present the MoveCare system, an unobtrusive platform that, through the integration of a SAR into an AAL framework, aimed to monitor, assist and provide social, cognitive, and physical stimulation in the own houses of elders living alone and at risk of falling into frailty. We then focus on the evaluation and analysis of a long-term pilot campaign of more than 300 weeks of usages. We evaluated the system’s acceptability and feasibility through various questionnaires and empirically assessed the impact of the presence of an assistive robot by deploying the systemwithandwithoutit. Our results provide strong empirical evidence that Socially Assistive Robots integrated with monitoring and stimulation platforms can be successfully used for long-term support to older adults. We describe how the robot’s presence significantly incentivised the use of the system, but slightly lowered the system’s overall acceptability. Finally, we emphasise that real-world long-term deployment of SARs introduces a significant technical, organisational, and logistical overhead that should not be neglected nor underestimated in the pursuit of long-term robust systems. We hope that the findings and lessons learned from our work can bring value towards future long-term real-world and widespread use of SARs.
Enhancing informed empathy as a key to promoting social justice in religious education classes
Authors: Kimanen Anuleena 
Published: February 2022

AbstractIn the field of education concerning cultural diversity it has been recognized as vital to address justice in social structures. Although justifications for religious education in non-confessional contexts are heavily based on religious diversity, their advocates have paid little attention to justice and power relations. In this article, I analyse observations of five observed classroom activities on social justice designed for religious education and related pupil interviews. The participants were in the eighth and ninth grades of Finnish comprehensive school. The main question is: how do elements of informed empathy and perception of social justice emerge in interviews and RE classroom activities with Finnish lower secondary school pupils? The results show that the concept of informed empathy well describes the pupils’ emerging awareness of social justice, that pupils’ critical agency should be carefully fostered and that social justice has potential to make religious education more relevant for certain pupils.
Health Protection Using Clay Minerals: A Case Study Based on the Removal of BPA and BPS from Water
Authors: Rytwo Giora , Levy Shem , Shahar Yuval , Lotan Ido , Zelkind Arye Lev , Klein Tomer , Barak Chen 
Published: February 2022

AbstractAnthropogenic activity releases hazardous contaminants and pollutants that are not removed fully by water treatments. Among such pollutants, bisphenol-A (BPA) and bisphenol-S (BPS) are included in a series of Endocrine Disruptive Compounds, which may cause disruption due to hormone blockage or mimicking. Thus, even though those pollutants are not considered lethal, they are hazardous to health due to their similarity to 17β-estradiol, and they have been shown to cause developmental malformation in Zebrafish and breast and prostate tumors in rodents. Both BPA and BPS have been found in water sources at concentrations >30 μg L–1 and since water treatment plants are ineffective at removing them, their concentration is constantly increasing. The purpose of the present study, using a collection of experiments performed by B.Sc. and M.Sc. students, was to apply clay-based materials to the removal of such health hazards from water. Specifically adapted modified clays as neutral organoclays can optimize the interaction between pollutants and the matrix to achieve efficient adsorption. Such an approach is very effective for relatively insoluble pollutants such as BPA, but less so for the more soluble BPS. On the other hand, BPS can be photodegraded catalytically using raw clay or TiO2-impregnated clay. At low catalyst concentration, the modified clay was as effective as a commercial TiO2 catalyst, whereas combining it with H2O2 yielded considerably better results. In summary, clay minerals offer solutions for the removal of health-hazardous pollutants from water, based on different procedures and mechanisms. The versality of clay minerals allows 'tailoring' specifically adapted materials that might improve their efficiency based on such very specific pollutant-matrix interactions.
Polydopamine coating of living diatom microalgae
Authors: Vona Danilo , Cicco Stefania R. , Ragni Roberta , Vicente-Garcia Cesar , Leone Gabriella , Giangregorio Maria Michela , Palumbo Fabio , Altamura Emiliano , Farinola Gianluca M. 
Published: February 2022

AbstractMany microorganisms produce specific structures, known as spores or cysts, to increase their resistance to adverse environmental conditions. Scientists have started to produce biomimetic materials inspired by these natural membranes, especially for industrial and biomedical applications. Here, we present biological data on the biocompatibility of a polydopamine-based artificial coating for diatom cells. In this work, living Thalassiosira weissflogii diatom cells are coated on their surface with a polydopamine layer mimicking mussel adhesive protein. Polydopamine does not affect diatoms growth kinetics, it enhances their resistance to degradation by treatment with detergents and acids, and it decreases the uptake of model staining emitters. These outcomes pave the way for the use of living diatom cells bearing polymer coatings for sensors based on living cells, resistant to artificial microenvironments, or acting as living devices for cells interface study.
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Observation of significant Doppler shift in deuterium-deuterium neutron energy caused by neutral beam injection in the large helical device
Authors: Sangaroon S. , Ogawa K. , Isobe M. , Kobayashi M. I. , Fujiwara Y. , Kamio S. , Yamaguchi H. , Seki R. , Nuga H. , Takada E. , Murakami S. , Zhong G. Q. , Osakabe M. 
Published: February 2022

AbstractThe compact neutron emission spectrometer (CNES) having a tangential sightline was installed to observe a significant Doppler shift of the neutron energy due to the high-energy tangential neutral beam (NB) injections in the Large Helical Device (LHD) for understanding of the energy distribution of fast-ion. The CNES is based on a 1-inch diameter and 1-inch height EJ301 liquid scintillator coupled with a conventional 1-inch photomultiplier tube. The histogram of the integrated pulse signal (Qtotal) during different NBs heating phases measured by the CNES shows that the edge of Qtotal changes depending on NB directions. Using the simple derivative unfolding technique, the neutron energy spectra were unfolded from the measured Qtotal histogram. Peaks of the neutron energy shift to 2.0 MeV, 2.42 MeV, and 3.0 MeV according to the injection direction of NBs. The obtained neutron energy is almost consistent with the virgin deuterium-deuterium neutron energy evaluated by the simple two-body kinematics considering the sightline of CNES, NB injection angle, and NB injection energy.
Resilience of human settlements to climate change needs the convergence of urban planning and urban climate science
Authors: Ye Xinyue , Niyogi Dev 
Published: February 2022

AbstractThe impact of climate extremes upon human settlements is expected to accelerate. There are distinct global trends for a continued rise in urban dwellers and associated infrastructure. This growth is occurring amidst the increasing risk of extreme heat, rainfall, and flooding. Therefore, it is critical that the urban development and architectural communities recognize climate impacts are expected to be experienced globally, but the cities and urban regions they help create are far more vulnerable to these extremes than nonurban regions. Designing resilient human settlements responding to climate change needs an integrated framework. The critical elements at play are climate extremes, economic growth, human mobility, and livability. Heightened public awareness of extreme weather crises and demands for a more moral climate landscape has promoted the discussion of urban climate change ethics. With the growing urgency for considering environmental justice, we need to consider a transparent, data-driven geospatial design approach that strives to balance environmental justice, climate, and economic development needs. Communities can greatly manage their vulnerabilities under climate extremes and enhance their resilience through appropriate design and planning towards long-term stability. A holistic picture of urban climate science is thus needed to be adopted by urban designers and planners as a principle to guide urban development strategy and environmental regulation in the context of a growingly interdependent world.
Feeder Cattle Basis Risk and Determinants
Authors: Bina Justin D. , Schroeder Ted C. , Tonsor Glynn T. 
Published: February 2022

AbstractThe feeder cattle futures contract has been criticized in recent years as not providing an effective hedging instrument. Following historically volatile cattle markets in 2014–2015, feeder cattle basis risk escalated, fueling futures contract concerns. This study assesses these concerns, utilizing weekly auction data from 32 feeder cattle markets from 1992 to 2021. Examined for the first known time, feeder cattle market variation had a statistically and economically significant influence on basis risk. Basis variation differed across regions and marketing periods. Feeder cattle basis risk was historically high in 2014–2015 but declined to levels similar to 2011 by 2018.
A Cross-sectional Study About Nurses’ and Physicians’ Experience of Disaster Management Preparedness Throughout COVID-19
Authors: Farghaly Abdelaliem Sally Mohammed , Baghdadi Nadiah A. , Al Anizi Amira Suliman 
Published: February 2022

Abstract

Objective:
The aim of this study was to assess and compare nurses’ and physicians’ knowledge of disaster management preparedness. An effective health-care system response to various disasters is paramount, and nurses and physicians must be prepared with appropriate competencies to be able to manage the disaster events.

Methods:
This is a cross-sectional study. A total of 636 nurses and 257 physicians were recruited from 1 hospital in Saudi Arabia. Of them, 608 (95.6%) nurses and 228 (83.2%) physicians completed self-administered, online questionnaires. The questionnaire assessed participants’ sociodemographic data, and disaster management knowledge.

Results:
The findings revealed that participants had more knowledge regarding the disaster preparedness stage than mitigation and recovery stages. They also reported a need for advanced disaster training areas. A total of 10.1% of nurses’ and 15.6% of physicians’ overall knowledge is explained by their demographic and work-related characteristics.

Conclusions:
Both nurses and physicians had to some extent knowledge regarding the information and practices required for disaster management process. It is proposed that hospital managers must look for opportunities to effectively adopt national standards to manage disasters and include nurses and physicians in major-related learning activities because experience has suggested a somewhat low overall perceived competence in managing disaster situations.
Strategic robustness in bi-level system-of-systems design
Authors: Stern Jordan L. , Valencia-Romero Ambrosio , Grogan Paul T. 
Published: February 2022

Abstract
Robust designs protect system utility in the presence of uncertainty in technical and operational outcomes. Systems-of-systems, which lack centralized managerial control, are vulnerable to strategic uncertainty from coordination failures between partially or completely independent system actors. This work assesses the suitability of a game-theoretic equilibrium selection criterion to measure system robustness to strategic uncertainty and investigates the effect of strategically robust designs on collaborative behavior. The work models interactions between agents in a thematic representation of a mobile computing technology transition using an evolutionary game theory framework. Strategic robustness and collaborative solutions are assessed over a range of conditions by varying agent payoffs. Models are constructed on small world, preferential attachment and random graph topologies and executed in batch simulations. Results demonstrate that systems designed to reduce the impacts of coordination failure stemming from strategic uncertainty also increase the stability of the collaborative strategy by increasing the probability of collaboration by partners; a form of robustness by environment shaping that has not been previously investigated in design literature. The work also demonstrates that strategy selection follows the risk dominance equilibrium selection criterion and that changes in robustness to coordination failure can be measured with this criterion.
TREES AND STATIONARY REFLECTION AT DOUBLE SUCCESSORS OF REGULAR CARDINALS
Authors: GILTON THOMAS , LEVINE MAXWELL , STEJSKALOVÁ ŠÁRKA 
Published: February 2022

AbstractWe obtain an array of consistency results concerning trees and stationary reflection at double successors of regular cardinals
$\kappa $
, updating some classical constructions in the process. This includes models of
$\mathsf {CSR}(\kappa ^{++})\wedge {\sf TP}(\kappa ^{++})$
(both with and without
${\sf AP}(\kappa ^{++})$
) and models of the conjunctions
${\sf SR}(\kappa ^{++}) \wedge \mathsf {wTP}(\kappa ^{++}) \wedge {\sf AP}(\kappa ^{++})$
and
$\neg {\sf AP}(\kappa ^{++}) \wedge {\sf SR}(\kappa ^{++})$
(the latter was originally obtained in joint work by Krueger and the first author [9], and is here given using different methods). Analogs of these results with the failure of
$\sf {SH}(\kappa ^{++})$
are given as well. Finally, we obtain all of our results with an arbitrarily large
$2^\kappa $
, applying recent joint work by Honzik and the third author.
Long-term feeding of Atlantic salmon with varying levels of dietary EPA + DHA alters the mineral status but does not affect the stress responses after mechanical delousing stress
Authors: Selvam Chandrasekar , Philip Antony J. Prabhu , Lutfi Esmail , Sigholt Trygve , Norberg Birgitta , Bæverfjord Grete , Rosenlund Grethe , Ruyter Bente , Sissener Nini H. 
Published: February 2022

AbstractAtlantic salmon were fed diets containing graded levels of EPA + DHA (1·0, 1·3, 1·6 and 3·5 % in the diet) and one diet with 1·3 % of EPA + DHA with reduced total fat content. Fish were reared in sea cages from about 275 g until harvest size (about 5 kg) and were subjected to delousing procedure (about 2·5 kg), with sampling pre-, 1 h and 24 h post-stress. Delousing stress affected plasma cortisol and hepatic mRNA expression of genes involved in oxidative stress and immune response, but with no dietary effects. Increasing EPA + DHA levels in the diet increased the trace mineral levels in plasma and liver during mechanical delousing stress period and whole body at harvest size. The liver Se, Zn, Fe, Cu, and Mn and plasma Se levels were increased in fish fed a diet high in EPA + DHA (3·5 %) upon delousing stress. Furthermore, increased dietary EPA + DHA caused a significant increase in mRNA expression of hepcidin antimicrobial peptide (HAMP), which is concurrent with downregulated transferrin receptor (TFR) expression levels. High dietary EPA + DHA also significantly increased the whole-body Zn, Se, and Mn levels at harvest size fish. Additionally, the plasma and whole-body Zn status increased, respectively, during stress and at harvest size in fish fed reduced-fat diet with less EPA + DHA. As the dietary upper limits of Zn and Se are legally added to the feeds and play important roles in maintaining fish health, knowledge on how the dietary fatty acid composition and lipid level affect body stores of these minerals is crucial for the aquaculture industry.
Tinnitus: impact on patients in relation to audiological findings
Authors: Gabr T A , Alshabory H F , Kotait M A 
Published: February 2022

AbstractObjectiveTinnitus is a common auditory disorder in which patients experience noise in the absence of an external source. It is a consequence of irreversible cochlear damage. This study examined the distortion product otoacoustic emissions and P300 components of event-related potentials.MethodThis study included a control group of 25 normal-hearing adults not complaining of tinnitus and a study group that consisted of 45 normal-hearing adults complaining of tinnitus. Measures included patient history, basic audiological evaluation, the Arabic version of Tinnitus Handicap Inventory, distortion product otoacoustic emissions testing and P300 recording.ResultsThe study group showed significantly higher hearing thresholds at all frequencies as well as delayed latencies and reduced amplitude of P300. The Tinnitus Handicap Inventory showed mean scores of 35.2 ± 16.9, and the distortion product gram showed higher amplitudes in the control group.ConclusionPatients with tinnitus might have neural dysfunction at either peripheral or central levels of the auditory pathway.
Idiopathic subglottic stenosis in Saskatchewan Hutterite population
Authors: Holmes C , Aravinthan K , Murphy R A , Gore-Hickman R , Nair S P , Sharma A R 
Published: February 2022

AbstractBackgroundBy studying the odds of developing idiopathic subglottic stenosis in the isolated and genetically unique Hutterite population, this study sought to strengthen the hypothesis that an underlying genetic predisposition may exist for its development.MethodsA retrospective chart review examined the medical records of all adult patients treated for idiopathic subglottic stenosis in Saskatchewan between 2008 and 2018. Cases were segregated into Hutterite and non-Hutterite.ResultsFour out of 36 cases of idiopathic subglottic stenosis occurred among Hutterites. The odds of a Hutterite developing idiopathic subglottic stenosis are 21.89 times higher than for non-Hutterites. Positive family history was only observed in the Hutterite population.ConclusionThe study strengthens the hypothesis that genetics may play a role in the aetiology of idiopathic subglottic stenosis by demonstrating that the genetically and socially unique Hutterites are more likely to develop this rare disease. This study is the first to demonstrate that a specific subpopulation is at a higher risk for developing idiopathic subglottic stenosis.
Analysis of anteroposterior-to-transverse ratio in predicting thyroid malignancy on ultrasonography
Authors: Guo Q , Li J , Xin J , Chen X 
Published: February 2022

AbstractObjectiveTo explore the diagnostic value of anteroposterior-to-transverse ratio for predicting thyroid cancer.MethodsA total of 2306 nodules were divided into 5 groups according to their size. The ability of the anteroposterior-to-transverse ratio to predict thyroid cancer was analysed in each group on the basis of the sensitivity, specificity, accuracy and Youden index.ResultsThe median anteroposterior-to-transverse ratio was 0.83, with an interquartile range of 0.28. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve was 0.709 (p < 0.001). When the diameter of a thyroid nodule was less than 1.5 cm, an anteroposterior-to-transverse ratio of more than 0.9 was associated with higher sensitivity, accuracy and Youden index, compared with an anteroposterior-to-transverse ratio of greater than 1.0, but the specificity was lower. When the diameter of a thyroid nodule was 1.5 cm or more, an anteroposterior-to-transverse ratio of greater than 0.9 was associated with higher sensitivity and Youden index, compared with an anteroposterior-to-transverse ratio of greater than 1.0, but specificity and accuracy were lower.ConclusionThe anteroposterior-to-transverse ratio was a meaningful indicator of thyroid cancer, and its predictive effectiveness could be influenced by nodule size.
When Coethnicity Fails
Authors: Pardelli Giuliana , Kustov Alexander 
Published: February 2022

AbstractWhy do communities with larger shares of ethnic and racial minorities have worse public goods provision? Many studies have emphasized the role of diversity in hindering public outcomes, but the question of causality remains elusive. The authors contribute to this debate by tracing the roots of both contemporary racial demography and public goods provision to the uneven historical expansion of the state. Focusing on new historical data from Brazil, the authors show that more remote municipalities with lower levels of state capacity in the past were more frequently selected by escaped slaves to serve as permanent settlements. Consequently, such municipalities have worse public services and larger shares of Afro-descendants today. These results highlight the pervasive endogeneity of the relationship between ethnic demography and public outcomes. The failure to account for context-dependent historical confounders raises concerns about the validity of previous findings regarding the social costs and benefits of any particular demographic composition.
How Does the Content of Deservingness Criteria Differ for More and Less Deserving Target Groups? An Analysis of Polish Online Debates on Refugees and Families with Children
Authors: THEISS MARIA 
Published: February 2022

AbstractThe article analyses opinions on deservingness expressed by social media users in debates about social welfare granted to refugees and families with dependent children in Poland. The article’s focus is on the content of deservingness criteria. This term describes the variety of factual and specific expectations applied to beneficiaries within each of the deservingness criteria. Qualitative content analysis of Facebook comments led to the finding that when users evaluate beneficiaries’ deservingness, they take into account their control over their own neediness, attitude, reciprocity in relation to the general population, identity and the level of need. However, within each of these deservingness criteria there is a plenitude of diverse, specific, often contradictory concepts of what exactly the sign of (un)deservingness is. The study shows that in the case of refugees, a group deemed less deserving, those content categories are more demanding and exclusive. In particular, the content of the need category proved broad and biased toward favouring a generally ‘more deserving’ group. The understanding of families’ need was often based on collective relative deprivation and the assumption that those who are needy have been neglected in previous social welfare programs, whereas refugees’ ‘real need’ was often a logically empty category.