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Preparing for Success: Neural Frontal Theta and Posterior Alpha Dynamics during Action Preparation Predict Flexible Resolution of Cognitive Conflicts
Authors: Kaiser Jakob , Iliopoulos Panagiotis , Steinmassl Konstantin , Schütz-Bosbach Simone 
Published: March 2022

Abstract
Cognitive conflicts typically arise in situations that call for sudden changes in our behavior. Resolving cognitive conflicts is challenging and prone to errors. Humans can improve their chances to successfully resolve conflicts by mentally preparing for potential behavioral adjustments. Previous studies indicated that neural theta oscillations (4–7 Hz), as well as alpha oscillations (8–14 Hz), are reflective of cognitive control processes during conflict resolution. However, the role or neural oscillations for conflict preparation is still unclear. Therefore, the aim of the current study was to determine which oscillatory changes during conflict preparation predict subsequent resolution success. Participants performed a cued change-signal task, in which an anticipatory cue indicated if the upcoming trial might contain a cognitive conflict or not. Oscillatory activity was assessed via EEG. Cues that indicated that a conflict might arise compared with cues that indicated no conflict led to increases, directly followed by decreases, in theta power, as well as to decreases in alpha power. These cue-induced changes in theta and alpha oscillations occurred widespread across the cortex. Importantly, successful compared with failed conflict trials were characterized by selective increases in frontal theta power, as well as decreases in posterior alpha power during preparation. In addition, higher frontal theta power and lower posterior alpha power during preparation predicted faster conflict resolution. Our study shows that increases in frontal theta power, as well as decreases in posterior alpha power, are markers of optimal preparation for situations that necessitate flexible changes in behavior.
The Tactile Comics of Shapereader
Authors: Manouach Ilan 
Published: March 2022

Abstract
Shapereader is a system for tactile storytelling specifically designed for visually impaired readers and makers of comics. Its interface is built on a repertoire of free-floating tactile ideograms intended to provide haptic translations of the semantic features, conceptual functions and attributes of a textual expression. Shapereader works challenge the assumptions and exclusions of graphic literature and explore the conditions for synthesizing language through embodied notions of materiality and performativity. Shapereader situates touch as a conduit for vibrant artistic exploration and demonstrates that comics can address a diverse readership. Promoting an embodied, nonretinal narrative experience with an ongoing outreach plan, Shapereader has been unfolding worldwide in a variety of formats, contexts and collaborations.
Climate Change Impact Chains: A Review of Applications, Challenges, and Opportunities for Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessments
Authors: Menk Linda , Terzi Stefano , Zebisch Marc , Rome Erich , Lückerath Daniel , Milde Katharina , Kienberger Stefan 
Published: March 2022

Abstract
Shifting from effect-oriented toward cause-oriented and systemic approaches in sustainable climate change adaptation requires a solid understanding of the climate-related and societal causes behind climate risks. Thus, capturing, systemizing, and prioritizing factors contributing to climate risks are essential for developing cause-oriented climate risk and vulnerability assessments (CRVA). Impact chains (IC) are conceptual models used to capture hazard, vulnerability, and exposure factors that lead to a specific risk. IC modeling includes a participatory stakeholder phase and an operational quantification phase. Although ICs are widely implemented to systematically capture risk processes, they still show methodological gaps concerning, for example, the integration of dynamic feedback or balanced stakeholder involvement. Such gaps usually only become apparent in practical applications, and there is currently no systematic perspective on common challenges and methodological needs. Therefore, we reviewed 47 articles applying IC and similar CRVA methods that consider the cause–effect dynamics governing risk. We provide an overview of common challenges and opportunities as a roadmap for future improvements. We conclude that IC should move from a linear-like to an impact web–like representation of risk to integrate cause–effect dynamics. Qualitative approaches are based on significant stakeholder involvement to capture expert-, place-, and context-specific knowledge. The integration of IC into quantifiable, executable models is still highly underexplored because of a limited understanding of systems, data, evaluation options, and other uncertainties. Ultimately, using IC to capture the underlying complex processes behind risk supports effective, long-term, and sustainable climate change adaptation.
Management and staff reception to overdose prevention in NYC nightlife venues
Authors: LaSane Kendall , Ko Charles , Dolatshahi Jennifer , Nolan Michelle L , Libou Molly , Barrasse Danielle , Paone Denise 
Published: March 2022

Background: Fentanyl has become increasingly present in the illicit drug supply, including in cocaine. Interventions that target non-opioid use are a necessary component of overdose prevention due to the increased presence of fentanyl. Objectives: To assess management and staff reception to overdose prevention messaging and access to naloxone in New York City nightlife venues. Methods: Between June and August 2019, we conducted a public awareness intervention in 75 nightlife venues (bars, nightclubs and music venues) to visibly display coasters and posters containing overdose prevention messaging for 6 weeks. As part of the intervention, staff were offered overdose education and a naloxone kit. A post-intervention survey assessed reception of intervention materials, staff and patron responses to intervention messaging and staff awareness of fentanyl, naloxone and access to naloxone. Results: Forty-one venues displayed posters and coasters and staff at 28 of these venues (68%) completed naloxone training. Respondents reported learning about naloxone and fentanyl through the intervention, and a majority of staff (92%) were receptive to the intervention’s messages. Partnerships with community-facing stakeholders and earned media facilitated the reach of the intervention. Conclusion: Venue management and staff were receptive to the intervention, its messaging and keeping a naloxone kit on the premises. Overdose prevention efforts in nightlife venues should consider low-cost strategies such as disseminating intervention materials through television, print and social media, collaborating with community partners to enhance venue recruitment and providing venues with naloxone training and communal kits. Further research is needed to explore retention of overdose prevention messaging and subsequent short- and long-term behaviour change.
Effect of High-Fidelity Simulation on Clinical Judgment Among Nursing Students
Authors: Ayed Ahmad , Khalaf Inaam A. , Fashafsheh Imad , Saleh Ali , Bawadi Hala , Abuidhail Jamila , Thultheen Imad , Joudallah Hasan 
Published: March 2022

Introduction Nursing education needs to be improved in order to bridge the gap between education and clinical practice. However, clinical placements for nursing students are limited and student nurses often take merely an observer role, especially in critical situations. High-fidelity simulation (HFS) is a teaching method that can bridge the gap between education and clinical practice. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of using HFS as a teaching method on clinical judgment among pediatric nursing students at the Arab American University utilizing a bacterial meningitis case scenario. Methods A quasi-experimental study with a convenience sample of one hundred and fifty baccalaureate nursing students enrolled in a pediatric health nursing course. Nursing students were randomly assigned to high-fidelity simulation experience or traditional methods. The clinical judgment was assessed using Lasater Clinical Judgment Rubric Tool. Results Results revealed that the high-fidelity simulation experience has improved pediatric nursing students’ clinical judgment. The mean clinical judgment differed significantly at post-test in the intervention group after the simulation (t (148) = 7.20, P < .001). Conclusion The HFS can be an effective tool to provide a safe and effective learning environment for pediatric nursing students, consequently improving their clinical judgment
Co-Constructing Defensive Discourses of Service-Learning in Psychology: A Psychosocial Understanding of Anxiety and Service-Learning, and the Implications for Social Justice
Authors: Haselau Tracey , Saville Young Lisa 
Published: March 2022

Background This paper describes findings from research conducted on students who participated in a service-learning course in South Africa. Objective The study aimed to understand how participants constructed their experiences of service-learning and to interrogate their emotional investments in these constructions. Method Data were collected and analyzed using a psychosocial methodology, consisting of discursive and psychoanalytic readings of interview transcripts, reflective journal entries, and researcher field notes. Results The discursive findings focus on how participants employed liberal traditional learning discourses to construct service-learning as linear resulting in subject positions that reinforced prejudices and the power structures supporting these. A psychoanalytic reading of the data suggests that participants invested in these constructions to defend against their own anxiety related to uncertainty and guilt about privilege in an unfamiliar context. Conclusion Students invest in liberal traditional discourses of service-learning for defensive reasons, which can be understood as arising from the intersubjective and social context in which the service-learning takes place. Teaching Implications Recognizing prejudice as emanating from anxiety generated by the affective work required for service-learning means thinking creatively about how to both contain and allow this affective work to take place in service-learning activities.
Morita therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors: Wu Di , Jiang Meina , Tian Yixin , Zhao Fengjun , Jia Yong 
Published: March 2022

Objective To assess the clinical efficacy of Morita therapy in combination with pharmacotherapy in adults who were diagnosed with current OCDs. Methods We searched 10 databases to identify articles written in English or Chinese that were published until 15 April 2021. Randomized controlled trials were included. Two authors of this review independently selected the studies, assessed the risk of bias, and extracted the data. Results Twenty-one studies with a total of 1604 participants met the inclusion criteria. Morita therapy plus pharmacotherapy was significantly superior to pharmacotherapy alone in the efficiency of OCD (RR = 1.34, 95% CI: 1.26 to 1.44, I 2 = 0%), and better in reducing OCD severity symptoms (MD = −3.55, 95% CI: −4.34 to −2.75, I 2 = 80%). Conclusion Our meta-analysis and systematic review suggest that Morita therapy may be an effective approach to improve OCDs.
Three-dimensional Changes of Maxillary Alveolar Morphology After Using Modified Nasoalveolar Molding in Patients with Complete Unilateral Cleft lip and Palate
Authors: Chaisooktaksin Nuntabhorn , Chimruang Jutharat , Worasakwutiphong Saran , Tansalarak Ratchawan 
Published: March 2022

Objective This study aimed to evaluate the three-dimensional changes in maxillary alveolar morphology after using modified NAM in patients with complete unilateral cleft lip and palate. Design This is a retrospective study. Setting The study was carried out in the dental hospital, Faculty of Dentistry of Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, which serves as a tertiary care center. Patients The population sample consisted of 19 patients with nonsyndromic complete unilateral cleft lip and palate. Intervention All patients received the modified NAM treatment based on the treatment protocol of the Naresuan University Cleft and Craniofacial Center, Thailand. Main Outcome Measure Dental models obtained at pre-treatment (T0) and post-treatment (T1) were scanned to construct the digital models. The maxillary digital models that showed dimensional changes between T0 and T1 were measured using a computer graphic software. Results The modified NAM resulted in a significant decrease in the anterior cleft width, posterior cleft width, and anterior arch width. Conversely, it caused a significant increase in the length of the lesser cleft segment and the greater segment rotation. However, the change in the height of both segments and posterior arch width was not found to be significant. Conclusions The modified NAM was an effective device for reducing the alveolar cleft width while improving the alignment of alveolar cleft segments.
Radiation optic neuropathy diagnosis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients with radiation encephalopathy
Authors: Li Zijing , Zhan Zongyi , Lai Yitao , Fang Qianqi , Lan Yuqing 
Published: March 2022

Aim To develop a suitable radiation optic neuropathy (RON) diagnostic model based on optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) and to reveal the correlation between endocrine and OCTA indexes in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) patients with radiation encephalopathy (RE). Methods This retrospective cross-sectional study included seventy-seven male NPC patients with RE following radiotherapy (41 non-RON and 36 RON). Endocrine and OCTA indexes were collected. The macular and peripapillary vessel density (VD) were automatically analyzed using AngioVue 2.0 of the RTVue XR Avanti device. The OCTA indexes were included in the multivariable binary logistic regression model between non-RON and RON. For all RE patients, a multiple linear regression was performed between each of the OCTA indexes and the endocrine indexes. Results Compared to non-RON, enlarged foveal avascular zone (FAZ) area, reduced superficial vascular plexus (SVP) VD and radial peripapillary capillary plexus density, reduced full retinal thickness, ganglion cell complex thickness and peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer thickness were observed in RON. Foveal VD in the SVP was included in the RON diagnostic model. Free triiodothyronine (FT3) showed a significantly negative correlation with the FAZ area but showed a significantly positive correlation with foveal VD in the SVP and deep vascular plexus, peripapillary VD and thickness and parafoveal and perifoveal thickness. Conclusions OCTA may be useful for diagnosing RON in male NPC patients with RE following radiotherapy. Reduced FT3 and foveal VD in SVP may be sensitive in screening RON in these patients.
Balloon Gliding Technique: A novel use of balloon guiding catheters in accessing challenging circulations when treating acute ischemic stroke
Authors: Abdalkader Mohamad , Sahoo Anurag , Lee John , Kiley Nicole , Masoud Hesham E. , Norbash Alexander M. , Nguyen Thanh N. 
Published: March 2022

Background Challenging arterial anatomy delays, or prevents timely endovascular treatment (EVT) of acute ischemic stroke (AIS). We introduce a new technique called ‘Balloon Gliding Technique (BGT)’ to overcome difficult arterial anatomy during EVT of AIS, utilizing flow-assistance to access challenging circulations. Methods Retrospective review of a prospectively collected database of all patients presenting to a single institution with AIS who underwent EVT was performed from January 2021 to June 2021. Patients in whom BGT was performed were assessed. BGT consists of advancing the balloon guide catheter in the cervical carotid artery while its balloon is inflated, and therefore carried by downstream flow. Results Of 51 patients presenting with AIS secondary to large vessel occlusion during the study period, five patients underwent BGT. All five patients had anterior circulation large vessel occlusions. Mean age of the BGT patients was 92.2 years, and all patients were females. A type 3 arch was present in all patients. BGT was performed in all cases following initial failure of conventional techniques to cannulate the target circulation. BGT was successful in achieving distal cervical carotid access in 4 out of the 5 patients in whom BGT was attempted. Successful recanalization (modified treatment in cerebral ischemia 2b-3) was obtained in all cases with no complications. Conclusions Balloon Gliding Technique (BGT) is a safe technique that can safely overcome challenging anatomy during endovascular treatment of acute ischemic stroke. Further studies can assist in demonstrating both its safety and effectiveness.
The relationship between ultrasonographic plaque morphology and histopathology of embolic material captured in the protective filter during carotid artery stenting
Authors: Karacif Onur , Ergun Onur , Taşkın Türkmenoğlu Tuğba , Conkbayır Işık , Durmaz Hasanali , Hekimoğlu Azad , Hekimoğlu Baki 
Published: March 2022

Purpose We aimed to correlate the presence or absence of embolic debris in filter-type embolic protection devices (EPD), which are frequently used during carotid artery stenting (CAS), with possible risk factors and ultrasonographic plaque features. Materials and Methods Eighty patients, who underwent CAS using a filter-type EPD in the period between July 2016 and March 2019, were included in our study. The modified Gray-Weale classification (mGWC) subtypes obtained in the pre-procedural ultrasonographic examinations were recorded. In addition, other patient-related risk factors considered to be related to a distal embolism were recorded. After the procedure the filters were evaluated to detect and examine embolic debris in the pathology clinic. The presence and features of embolic debris in the filters were recorded. Results In the examinations performed after CAS, embolic debris was macroscopically and microscopically detected in 22 (27%) and 34 (42.5%) of the filter-type EPDs, respectively. A significant correlation was found between the change in the mGWC category of stenotic plaques from type 5 to type 1 and the presence of embolic debris in the filter (p < 0.05). Furthermore, a significant relationship was found between stenotic segment length and the presence of embolic debris in the filter (p < 0.05). The presence of embolic debris was not statistically significantly related to predisposing risk factors for atherosclerosis (p > 0.05). Conclusions During CAS, the likelihood of the presence of embolic debris in the EPDs increases as mGWC categories change from type 5 to type 1 and as the length of the stenotic segment increases.
Developing Poetry as a Research Methodology with Rarer Forms of Dementia: Four Research Protocols
Authors: Camic Paul M. , Harding Emma , Sullivan Mary Pat , Grillo Adetola , McKee-Jackson Roberta , Wilson Lawrence , Zimmermann Nikki , Brotherhood Emilie V. , Crutch Sebastian J. 
Published: March 2022

People living with rarer forms of dementia tend to have progressive cognitive symptoms affecting skills other than memory and/or onset before the age of 65 years. They are often misdiagnosed and due to symptom profile or age of onset, do not usually fit well with care pathways designed for older people with typical Alzheimer’s disease or vascular dementia. Although the arts have been increasingly used as interventions to support people with dementia, there is very little attention given to rarer dementia forms in arts and health research or practice. The objective of the present international study seeks to systematically explore four diverse forms of poetry writing within this population through virtual and in-person small and large group formats. Our approach includes investigating poetic processes as methodology through the lens of an arts-based methodological approach in order to explore how poems construct knowledge and a felt experience. We will also use more traditional qualitative approaches to understand the experience of writing, reading and listening to poetry as an intervention that can be used with different rarer forms of dementia. To the best of our knowledge, this will be the first study to explore poetry using multiple research protocols. The results will have implications for methodology development, co-constructed poetic inquiry and multiple opportunities for involving poetry in supporting people with dementia and family members.
Renal impairment and the prognosis of endovascular thrombectomy: a meta-analysis and systematic review
Authors: Wang Rui , Xie Zechun , Li Bo , Zhang Peng 
Published: March 2022

Background: The association between renal impairment (RI) and stroke outcome after endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) remains unclear, which limits the estimation of patient prognosis by clinicians involved in EVT decision-making. Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the association between RI and acute ischemic stroke (AIS) outcomes in patients treated with EVT. Methods: Studies involving the association between RI at admission and AIS outcomes after EVT were retrieved from the PubMed and Embase databases from their inception to 17 January 2022. A fixed-effects model was used to synthesize the data of the included studies. Sensitivity analysis was performed to identify the source of heterogeneity. Results: Overall, 11 studies, including 5053 patients with stroke receiving EVT, were included in the full analysis. In unadjusted analyses, RI was associated with 3-month poor functional outcome and mortality; the odds ratios (ORs) were 2.13 [10 studies; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.77–2.56; I2 = 45%] and 2.42 (8 studies; 95% CI, 2.02–2.90; I2 = 58%), respectively. In adjusted analyses, the above associations remained significant; the OR of the 3-month poor functional outcome was 1.49 (5 studies; 95% CI, 1.17–1.90; I2 = 58%), and the OR of the 3-month mortality was 1.84 (6 studies; 95% CI, 1.45–2.33; I2 = 74%). Similar results were obtained in sensitivity analyses. Conclusion: Our results suggest that in patients with AIS who underwent EVT, RI at admission was associated with 3-month poor functional outcome and mortality.