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Extending abbreviated error‐correction assessments to adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities
Authors: Braren J. Turner B. , Samaha Andrew L. , Livingston Cynthia , Cividini‐Motta Catia , DePaolo Karie S. 
Published: July 2022

AbstractWe extended Carroll et al. (2018) by evaluating the predictive validity of an abbreviated error‐correction assessment (abbreviated assessment) for four adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities. One abbreviated assessment and one validation assessment were conducted for each participant. We used a ranking procedure similar to Carroll et al. to analyze results of the abbreviated assessment and identify the most efficient error‐correction procedure (ECP) for each participant. Results showed high correspondence between the ECP identified during the abbreviated assessment and the most efficient ECP identified during the validation assessment for one of four participants, and moderate‐to‐low correspondence for the remaining three participants. Each participant's average rate of responding during each ECP was comparable across abbreviated and validation assessments, so we conducted statistical analyses to evaluate the strength of relation (Pearson's r) between assessment results. Overall, there was high correspondence between measures taken during both assessments for all participants.
MiR‐483‐3p improves learning and memory abilities via XPO1 in Alzheimer's disease
Authors: Luo Gang , Wang Xiaoyan , Liu Changya 
Published: July 2022

AbstractIntroductionAlzheimer's disease (AD), a common form of dementia, has been reported to influence 27 million individuals globally. Several risk factors including oxidative stress, gut microbiota imbalance, and cognitive activity are reported to be closely associated with the initiation or progression of AD. Although miR‐483‐3p was identified to be downregulated in AD patient serum. However, the biological role and mechanism of miR‐483‐3p remained unknown in AD. Here, we explored the role of miR‐483‐3p in AD.MethodsSprague–Dawley rats were injected with homocysteine (Hcy) to establish an AD animal model. The Morris water maze tests and contextual fear tests were conducted to assess the cognitive and memory abilities of rats. TUNEL staining was utilized to determine cell apoptosis. Luciferase reporter assay was used to evaluate the binding relation between miR‐483‐3p and exportin 1 (XPO1).ResultsHomocysteine treatment (400 μg/kg) induced the learning, cognitive and memory defects of rats. miR‐483‐3p was downregulated in Hcy‐treated rat hippocampus. Functionally, miR‐483‐3p alleviated cell apoptosis and impairments of learning and memory abilities in Hcy‐treated rats. In addition, miR‐483‐3p inhibited cell apoptosis and protein level of AD‐associated factors (APP, BACE1, and Aβ1‐42) in PC12 cells. In mechanism, miR‐483‐3p was confirmed to target XPO1 in PC12 cells. XPO1 displayed high level in rat hippocampus and was negatively correlated with miR‐483‐3p levels. Finally, XPO1 overexpression rescued the suppressive effect of miR‐483‐3p on cell apoptosis and protein levels of AD‐associated factors.ConclusionsmiR‐483‐3p alleviates neural cell apoptosis and impairments of learning and memory abilities by targeting XPO1 in AD.
Urticarial rash as the initial presentation of COVID‐19 infection: A case report
Authors: Al‐Anbagi Usamah , Usman Shybin , Nashwan Abdulqadir J. 
Published: July 2022

AbstractDuring the COVID‐19 pandemic, various skin manifestations have been described. These include an urticarial rash, morbilliform rash, maculopapular rash, vascular lesions, and varicella‐like eruptions. A 30‐year‐old woman presented with a mild cough, then hives and pruritic rash for 3 days, followed by fever, dyspepsia, and throat pain for one day.
Chelating and Construction Effects on a Self‐Assembled Blend for Electrochemical Lead (II) Detection
Authors: Magallanes Celeste , Méndez De Leo Lucila Paula , González Graciela Alicia 
Published: July 2022

AbstractThis work presents a study of self‐assembled platforms of polyelectrolytes constructed by drop casting on screen‐printed electrodes for lead (II) sensing. Infrared characterization by attenuated total reflection (ATR) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) were carried out to evaluate the modification of the surface, its stability against treatment and the changes induced by the adsorption of lead cations. An equivalent circuit of the type R1 [R2 CPE1] CPE2 that explained the results for the actual surface modification was obtained. Linear correlations with lead concentration in the range of 0.5–2.5 mm were found by differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) and EIS techniques for solutions at pH 3. There was a particular concentration in which the presence of citrate increased the DPV reduction signal of lead while ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) diminished it.
A NASICON‐typed Na4Mn0.5Fe0.5Al(PO4)3 cathode for low‐cost and high‐energy sodium‐ion batteries
Authors: Liu Xiao‐Hao , Lai Wei‐Hong , Peng Jian , Gao Yun , Zhang Hang , Yang Zhuo , He Xiang‐Xi , Hu Zhe , Li Li , Qiao Yun , Wu Ming‐Hong , Liu Hua‐Kun 
Published: July 2022

AbstractDeveloping low‐cost and high‐voltage manganese (Mn)‐based Na superionic conductor (NASICON) cathode materials have attracted extensive interest. The low capacity and cycling instability of Na4MnAl(PO4)3 (NMAP), however, limits its performance in sodium‐ion batteries (SIBs). Herein, a binary Na4Mn0.5Fe0.5Al(PO4)3 (MNFAP) is fabricated to ease the structural instability and, in turn, deliver an improved reversible capacity of 102 mAh g−1 at 0.1 C and a high energy density of 287.7 Wh kg−1. The synergistic interaction of Fe and Mn in Na4Mn0.5Fe0.5Al(PO4)3/C composite leads to a one‐phase solid‐solution reaction mechanism with high structural reversibility. Theoretical calculations have also been performed to explain the upshifted voltage platform of both Fe2+/Fe3+ and Mn3+/Mn4+ redox potentials. The rational design of NASICON‐type cathodes by regulating their composition with dual metal ions provides new perspectives for developing high‐performance SIBs.
Structural degradation mechanisms and modulation technologies of layered oxide cathodes for sodium‐ion batteries
Authors: Song Tianyi , Wang Chenchen , Lee Chun‐Sing 
Published: July 2022

AbstractRenewable energies, such as solar and wind, have been explored and widely applied for alleviating problems associated with the depletion of fossil fuel resources and environmental pollution. The intermittent and fluctuating features of these renewable energies require development of efficient energy storage and conversion systems. Sodium‐ion batteries (SIBs) are considered one of the most promising candidates for large‐scale energy storage due to the low cost and earth abundance of sodium resources. A major challenge for the practical application of SIBs is the development of appropriate cathodes with high energy densities and cycling stabilities. Layered oxide cathodes have received significant attention because of their relatively simple synthetic routes and high capacities stemming from their layered structures. However, they often suffer from moisture sensitivity and structural degradation upon repeated Na+ insertion/extraction, leading to severe performance fading. This review summarizes and discusses the degradation mechanisms of these layered oxide cathodes and modulation strategies for addressing the stability issues. Understanding the mechanisms behind structural instability would provide better insight for improving SIBs' cathode materials, which has critical implications for the designs and applications of SIBs as renewable energy systems.
GLeSI: A system for extraction of glacial lakes using satellite imagery
Authors: Thati Jagadeesh , Ari Samit 
Published: July 2022

SummaryFor outburst susceptibility assessment of glacial lakes, manual field survey is a time‐consuming, expensive, and very tedious process. Therefore, an automatic and reliable system is required for efficient extraction of glacial lake's from satellite imagery. Low spectral contrast and heterogeneous backgrounds of satellite images are the major challenges for finding information of the glacial lake's region. Therefore, to overcome these challenges, an automatic technique for extraction of glacial lakes using satellite imagery which is termed as GLeSI, is proposed in this article. In the GLeSI system, normalized cut (Ncut) segmentation technique with region adjacency graph and simple linear iterative clustering is proposed for accurate extraction of the glacial lake's region. The proposed system achieved an overall accuracy of 93.21%, 91.57%, 97.65% on Landsat 8 datasets for Imja, Chandra basin, and Bhaga basin glacier lake region, respectively. The qualitative and quantitative performance analysis shows the significant improvement of the proposed technique compared to state‐of‐the‐art techniques for extraction of glacial lake's region.
Strategies for the recurrent selection program in tobacco breeding for green leaf yield
Authors: Lima Marques Thaís , Villela Padua José Maria , Joseph Berger Irving , Patto Ramalho Magno Antônio 
Published: July 2022

AbstractIn conducting a recurrent selection (RS) program in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.), inbred and noninbred progenies as well as double‐haploid (DH) progenies can be used. There is also the possibility of recombining the selected progenies using half‐sib (HS) or full‐sib (FS) progenies. To choose the best RS strategy, the breeder's equation can be used. When using inbred progenies with an allelic frequency other than 50%, one of the genetic variance components is the genetic covariance between additive effects and homozygous dominance effects (D1). This component may present negative values and is part of the numerator in the equation for gain from selection (GS). Thus, the objective of this study was to estimate the genetic variance components in a tobacco population and compare the different strategies to conduct RS. From an RS population, HS, FS, and S1:2 inbred progenies were evaluated in different experiments. The dominance variance was null. In this condition, the estimate of D1 is not significant, meaning that D1 does not influence the GS in the RS program. With the obtained estimates, the GS was estimated for the seven different strategies for conducting the RS program. The use of DH lines in tobacco RS represents the best strategy. Other strategies allow expressive GS, such as the alternate use of inbred and FS progenies, for evaluation and FS progenies for recombination.
Willingness to invest and the assurance of corporate social responsibility reports
Authors: Pratoomsuwan Thanyawee , Chiaravutthi Yingyot 
Published: July 2022

AbstractRecent research has found that the effect of corporate social responsibility (CSR) information on investment decisions will be eliminated when it is explicitly assessed, especially when CSR is not related to core business activities (immaterial CSR issues). We thus extend prior research by investigating whether (1) CSR assurance increases investors' willingness to invest when CSR performance is material or immaterial to core business activities and (2) CSR assurance moderates the effect of explicit assessment and CSR information on investment judgment. A 2 × 2 × 2 between‐subjects experiment was conducted using 213 professional investors. Overall, our results suggest that investors' willingness to invest is greater when positive CSR is verified by third‐party assurance in both material and immaterial CSR conditions. In addition, CSR assurance has a significant effect on investment judgment when immaterial CSR performance is explicitly assessed. As the affect‐as‐information heuristic (i.e., heuristic processing) is likely to be removed when CSR performance is explicitly assessed, the results of this study indicate that the affect heuristic is only eliminated when immaterial CSR is not assured, suggesting that CSR assurance moderates the effect of explicit assessment on investment judgment. Consistent with systematic‐heuristic theory, our results thus confirm that the systematic processing of CSR information does not necessarily attenuate affect heuristic processing; rather, these two processing modes can co‐occur. Our results concerning the impact of CSR assurance on positive CSR information inform firms that third‐party assurance affects investment judgment, especially for parties who consider purchasing these services, for example, managers or audit committee members. As CSR assurance is not mandatory, the audit profession could also be interested in our findings, as they might encourage firms to assure their nonfinancial information to enhance disclosure credibility. The inconclusive results on how CSR assurance affects investment judgment warrant further investigation of this issue in other reporting environments in different countries. Nevertheless, our findings contribute to the CSR literature by identifying novel aspects of the value of CSR assurance in different contexts, that is, the moderating role of CSR assurance and the explicit assessment of CSR information during investment decisions.
Seamless transfer control for dual‐mode grid‐connected inverter with automatic PCC voltage regulation
Authors: Li Xiao , Liu Yushan , Yuan Haiwen 
Published: July 2022

AbstractDistributed generators are more expected with the capability to continue supporting power to local critical loads in both intended and unintended islanding conditions, in addition to its house‐keeping functions of grid‐connected condition. With this purpose, this paper proposes a control strategy of single‐phase grid‐connected inverter with both decoupled power control capability for grid‐connected mode and load voltage regulation capability for standalone mode. It also enables automatic voltage regulation on point of common coupling, which enables seamless transfer after islanding occurrence. An impedance model is disclosed to analyze the operation mechanism during transient state, with further investigations on both the effect of system parameters in different modes and the system operating features. Simulation and experimental results are provided to evaluate its effectiveness.
The ecology of dialogic interactions towards sustainability of school‐based curriculum development
Authors: Wang Li‐Yi , Chen Victor Der‐Thanq , Neo Wei‐Leng 
Published: July 2022

AbstractThe 21st century education requires schools to provide students with better support in their learning. One way to facilitate this change is through school‐based curriculum development (SBCD). Much in the literature talked about SBCD outcomes on respective key stakeholders in schools, but little has been said about the interactions amongst the stakeholders in the process of implementing SBCD. This study examined the interactions amongst school leaders, key personnel and teachers in implementing curriculum innovation in a newly founded government school in Singapore. The findings reveal that the dialogic interactions amongst the stakeholders were reflexively shaping and shaped by the culture of collective sharing and learning in the school. These dynamic, reflexive interactions were coexisting and interplaying with the chains linking one with another, forming an ecology of dialogic interactions amongst the stakeholders. We argue that with an effective enactment of distributed leadership, top‐down visioning could be embraced and practised by teachers, and the ecology of dialogical interactions has great potential to sustain SBCD in schools.
A novel out‐of‐band emission suppression method in future wireless communications employing filtered orthogonal frequency division multiplexing waveform
Authors: Chen Hao , Wen Jiangang , Hua Jingyu , Ni Zhengwei , Li Feng , Zou Yuanping 
Published: July 2022

SummaryIn order to achieve flexible configuration and asynchronous transmission of different subbands (SBs), SB filters are utilized in filtered orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (f‐OFDM) systems to isolate different SBs efficiently. Nevertheless, the price is the insertion of some intrinsic interference.Therefore, the suppression of the out‐of‐band emission (OOBE) between SBs is essential for the system performance improvement of f‐OFDM. According to the system structure of f‐OFDM, an optimization design model based on active interference cancelation (AIC) is proposed in this study, and the optimization design model is solved through second order cone programming. Furthermore, the effectiveness of the proposed AIC algorithm in OOBE suppression is verified by computer simulations. To the whole system, the OOBE suppression also means the decrease of inter‐SB interference (ITBI). In addition, the influences of main parameters, such as the number of the cancelation carriers (CCs), on the OOBE suppression performance of the proposed AIC algorithm, are simulated and analyzed. Moreover, some intrinsic characteristics of the proposed algorithm in parameter configuration are revealed in terms of power spectral density (PSD) and bit error ratio (BER).
ONUs' load model for one‐to‐many mode matching scenario in multi‐standard virtual passive optical network
Authors: Gong Guiyu , Gan Chaoqin , Tong Liya , Zhu Yifan 
Published: July 2022

SummaryIn this paper, a load model of ONUs is proposed under the condition of one‐to‐many mode matching scenario in multi‐standard virtual passive optical network. By founding the load model of ONUs, the minimum number of loaded ONUs can be realized to reduce the total wavelength tuning times of MT‐ONUs (Mode Transformation ONU). By integrating this model and the optimal combination algorithm, the maximum utilization of the target bandwidth can be carried out. By constructing an establishment and release mechanism of mode matching pairs, frequent switching of working mode of MT‐ONUs can be avoided to effectively lift the operating efficiency and the stability of system and further reduce the number of MT‐ONUs. Simulations show that when the matching bandwidth ratio is between 0.4 and 1, the utilization of total matching bandwidth is greater than 0.95. Finally, by comparison and analysis, the effectiveness of the proposed model is demonstrated.
Attempting genetic inference from directional asymmetry during convergent hindlimb reduction in squamates
Authors: Swank Samantha , Elazegui Ethan , Janidlo Sophia , Sanger Thomas J. , Bell Michael A. , Stuart Yoel E. 
Published: July 2022

AbstractLoss and reduction in paired appendages are common in vertebrate evolution. How often does such convergent evolution depend on similar developmental and genetic pathways? For example, many populations of the threespine stickleback and ninespine stickleback (Gasterosteidae) have independently evolved pelvic reduction, usually based on independent mutations that caused reduced Pitx1 expression. Reduced Pitx1 expression has also been implicated in pelvic reduction in manatees. Thus, hindlimb reduction stemming from reduced Pitx1 expression has arisen independently in groups that diverged tens to hundreds of millions of years ago, suggesting a potential for repeated use of Pitx1 across vertebrates. Notably, hindlimb reduction based on the reduction in Pitx1 expression produces left‐larger directional asymmetry in the vestiges. We used this phenotypic signature as a genetic proxy, testing for hindlimb directional asymmetry in six genera of squamate reptiles that independently evolved hindlimb reduction and for which genetic and developmental tools are not yet developed: Agamodon anguliceps, Bachia intermedia, Chalcides sepsoides, Indotyphlops braminus, Ophisaurus attenuatuas and O. ventralis, and Teius teyou. Significant asymmetry occurred in one taxon, Chalcides sepsoides, whose left‐side pelvis and femur vestiges were 18% and 64% larger than right‐side vestiges, respectively, suggesting modification in Pitx1 expression in that species. However, there was either right‐larger asymmetry or no directional asymmetry in the other five taxa, suggesting multiple developmental genetic pathways to hindlimb reduction in squamates and the vertebrates more generally.
Determination of glutathione in blood via capillary electrophoresis with pH‐mediated stacking
Authors: Ivanov Alexander Vladimirovich , Popov Mikhail Aleksandrovich , Aleksandrin Valery Vasil'evich , Kozhevnikova Lubov Mikhailovna , Moskovtsev Alexey Aleksandrovich , Kruglova Maria Petrovna , Vladimirovna Silina Ekaterina , Aleksandrovich Stupin Victor , Kubatiev Aslan Amirkhanovich 
Published: July 2022

AbstractA new approach has been developed for the direct determination of reduced (glutathione [GSH]) and oxidized (glutathione disulfide [GSSG]) GSH in whole blood by means of capillary electrophoresis. Its features include GSH‐stabilizing sample preparation, the use of an internal standard, and pH‐mediated stacking. Blood stabilized with acid citrate and K3EDTA was treated with acetonitrile with N‐ethylmaleimide, and then the analytes were extracted with diethyl ether. The total analysis time was 8 min using a 50‐µm (i.d.) by 32.5‐cm (eff. length) silica capillary. The background electrolyte was 0.075‐M citrate Na pH 5.8 with 200‐µM cetyltrimethylammonium bromide and 5‐µM sodium dodecyl sulfate, and the separation voltage was −14 kV. The quantification limit (S/N = 15) of the method was 1.5 µM for GSSG. The accuracy levels of GSH and GSSG analysis were 104% and 103%, respectively, and between‐run precision levels were 2.6% and 3.2%, respectively. Analysis of blood samples from healthy volunteers (N = 24) showed that the levels of GSH and GSSG and the GSH/GSSG ratio in the whole blood were 1.05 ± 0.14 mM, 3.9 ± 1.25 µM, and 256 ± 94, respectively. Thus, the presented approach can be used in clinical and laboratory practice.
Simulation and application analysis of gravel packing in deepwater HT/HP wells
Authors: Yu Yi , Jiang Donglei , Wang Heng , Diao Huan , Xiao Tan , Zhou Shengtian 
Published: July 2022

AbstractGravel packing is one of the main sand control methods for deep‐water high‐temperature and high‐pressure (HT/HP) reservoirs. According to the specific characteristics of deep‐water HT/HP and multichannel, considering the influence of slurry flowing through long‐distance multichannel and the slurry temperature alternation along the flow path, based on α–β wave packing theory, a coupling model of gravel packing in deep‐water HT/HP horizontal wells is established. The packing simulation algorithm and calculation process are designed to realize the gravel packing temperature pressure simulation and multistage refined friction calculation of deep‐water HT/HP horizontal wells. The influence of each packing parameter on the packing process is fully studied. Furthermore, the application simulation of the A10H well of the South China Sea deepwater HP well is carried out. The simulation results show that in the slurry injection stage and α wave packing stage, the packing pressure is low and the residual pressure window is large. In the β wave packing stage, the packing pressure increases rapidly, the residual pressure window shrinks rapidly, and finally, at the end of β wave packing, the residual pressure window becomes narrow. The viscosity of carrier fluid has a significant impact on the pressure window of packing operation. For the design pump rate of 5.6 bpm, the packing cannot be completed with 5.0 cp viscosity carrier fluid. For the carrier fluid with high viscosity, the multi‐β wave packing technique of pump reduction control pressure at the end of the β wave packing stage is used, and this process is simulated in this paper. Considering three constraints: not sand packed in the drilling string, without premature bridging in the α wave packing stage, and α and β wave packing pressure control conditions, the safe range of pump rate is determined under different operation safety margin conditions, which can provide technical support for on‐site operation.