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Diet of breeding Eleonora's falconFalco eleonoraein Algeria: Insights for the autumn trans‐Mediterranean avian migration
Authors: Samraoui Boudjéma , Kayser Yves , Touati Laïd , Samraoui Farrah , Boucheker Abdennour , El‐Serehy Hamed A. , Samraoui Kenz Raouf 
Published: July 2022

AbstractHow environmental changes are affecting bird population dynamics is one of the most challenging conservation issues. Dietary studies of top avian predators could offer scope to monitor anthropogenic drivers of ecosystem changes. We investigated the diet of breeding Eleonora's falcon in an area of Northeastern Algeria in the years 2010–2012. Feathers and insect remains originating from prey plucking behavior were analyzed, providing insights into the seasonally changing diet of this raptor, as well as the trans‐Mediterranean avian migration. A total of 77 species of birds (16 Sylviidae, 11 Turdidae, and 4 Emberizidae), 3 species of insects, and 1 lizard were identified among prey remains, reflecting a diverse diet. Diet composition and prey abundance varied seasonally, faithfully correlating with the passage of migrant birds as recorded from bird ring recoveries. Our findings suggest that dietary studies of predators might be deployed to investigate changes in bird migration. We discuss our results in the context of trans‐Mediterranean migration, with early‐season prey mainly comprising trans‐Saharan migrants (Apus apusandMerops apiaster) and late‐season prey being dominated by Mediterranean winter migrants (Erithacus rubecula,Turdus philomelos,Sylvia atricapilla, andSturnus vulgaris). Notably, we observed a significant reduction in species richness of passerine remains in 2012, potentially highlighting a decline in the diversity of avian migrants.
Harmonisierung in der Geotechnik – eine statistische Methode zur Ermittlung der repräsentativen Werte geotechnischer Kenngrößen unter Berücksichtigung von Vorinformationen
Authors: Tafur Elias , Ziegler Martin 
Published: July 2022

AbstractIn der überarbeiteten Fassung des Eurocodes 7 (prEN 1997‐1:2021‐11) wird der für die Bemessung anzusetzende Wert für die geotechnische Kenngröße zukünftig als repräsentativer Wert bezeichnet, der sich aus dem charakteristischen Wert oder dem Nominalwert ableiten lässt. Während der Nominalwert mit den bisherigen konventionellen Schätzmethoden festgelegt wird und damit der bisherigen Definition des charakteristischen Werts entspricht, wird der charakteristische Wert in prEN 1997‐1:2021‐11 mit statistischen Verfahren ermittelt. Dazu wird in prEN 1997‐1:2021‐11 ein statistisches Verfahren empfohlen.Im vorliegenden Beitrag wird eine neue statistische Methode erläutert, die alle Anforderungen nach prEN 1997‐1:2021‐11 erfüllt und zudem die Möglichkeit der Berücksichtigung von Vorinformationen zulässt. Die neue Methode ist im Vergleich zum statistischen Verfahren in prEN 1997‐1:2021‐11 als robuster anzusehen, wie anhand von Anwendungsbeispielen gezeigt wird.
Isolated intraocular relapses of primary cerebral lymphomas: An LOC network study
Authors: Younan Nadia , Soussain Carole , Choquet Sylvain , Cassoux Nathalie , Touitou Valérie , Schmitt Anna , Chinot Olivier , Oberic Lucie , Damaj Gandhi , Houot Roch , Ghesquières Hervé , Laribi Kamel , Ahle Guido , Taillandier Luc , Paillassa Jérôme , Gyan Emmanuel , Jardin Fabrice , Delwail Vincent , Marolleau Jean‐Pierre , Tempescul Adrian , Agapé Philippe , Bourniquel Marie , Vacheret Fabienne , Jdid Ibrahim , Le Garff‐Tavernier Magali , Malaise Denis , Alentorn Agusti , Xuan Khê Hoang , Houillier Caroline 
Published: July 2022

AbstractMost relapses of primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) occur in the brain and are associated with a poor prognosis. Isolated intraocular relapses (IIORs) are rare and poorly described. We retrospectively selected from the French Lymphome Oculo‐Cérébral database PCNSL patients who initially presented with cerebral localization and who experienced IIOR during the course of the disease. Of the 1472 patients included in the database, 55 patients presented an IIOR. Their median age was 68 years, and median Karnofsky Performance Status 80. IL‐10 levels in the aqueous humor and/or in the vitreous were increased in 42/46 patients. 45/55 patients received systemic chemotherapy, and 11/55 received high‐dose chemotherapy with autologous stem cell transplantation (HCT‐ASCT) as consolidation treatment. After a median follow‐up of 69 months, 42/55 patients had relapsed, including 90% of the patients who did not receive HCT‐ASCT at IIOR and 40% of the patients who received HCT‐ASCT at IIOR (p < 0.001). The first relapse after the initial IIOR was exclusively in the eye in 23/42 patients, and 29/42 patients had a subsequent brain relapse during the course of the disease. The median progression‐free survival, brain‐free survival and overall survival from IIOR were 12.2, 48.6 and 57.1 months, respectively. Isolated intraocular relapse is not exceptional in the course of PCNSL and deserves systematic ophthalmological follow‐up. Its prognosis is much better than the prognosis of brain relapse, with an evolution close to that of primary vitreoretinal lymphoma. With the exception of patients who received HCT‐ASCT at IIOR, almost all patients subsequently relapsed, often with other IIORs.
Cyber Supply Chain Risk Management (C‐SCRM) a System Security Engineering Role in the Future of Systems Engineering
Authors: Dunlap Holly , Ortiz Catherine J. 
Published: July 2022

ABSTRACTThe future of Systems Engineering will include a holistic and integrated approach to managing system security to deliver cyber resilient and secure systems. This article presents Cyber Supply Chain Risk Management (C‐SCRM), a System Security Engineering Role, as an overlay to the 11 Security Concepts outlined in the IS21 paper entitled Security in the Future of Systems Engineering (FuSE), a Roadmap of Foundation Concepts. C‐SCRM is the process, tools, technology, and techniques by which global supply chain cyber threats and vulnerabilities undergo evaluation, how stakeholders assess likely system mission impacts, and select mitigations to reduce the risks. C‐SCRM performs a program System Security Engineering role in relation to procurements and subcontracts throughout the entire supply chain. This important new role requires proficiencies in system security engineering, supply chain risk management, software & firmware assurance, microelectronics ecosystem, and systems engineering. This new role's unique and differentiating responsibilities address the risk spectrum from counterfeit to maliciously modified components. C‐SCRM includes use cases as well as, more distinctively, the misuse cases not covered by other existing roles. C‐SCRM is responsible for not only ensuring the components integrated into subassemblies function as intended, but also for considering attack surfaces which may present opportunities for adversaries to gain access, affect system performance, deny service, or allow data exfiltration.
Skeletal Effects of Inducible ERα Deletion in Osteocytes in Adult Mice
Authors: Doolittle Madison L. , Saul Dominik , Kaur Japneet , Rowsey Jennifer L. , Eckhardt Brittany , Vos Stephanie , Grain Sarah , Kroupova Kveta , Ruan Ming , Weivoda Megan , Oursler Merry Jo , Farr Joshua N. , Monroe David G. , Khosla Sundeep 
Published: July 2022

ABSTRACT
Estrogen is known to regulate bone metabolism in both women and men, but substantial gaps remain in our knowledge of estrogen and estrogen receptor alpha (ERα) regulation of adult bone metabolism. Studies using global ERα-knockout mice were confounded by high circulating sex-steroid levels, and osteocyte/osteoblast-specific ERα deletion may be confounded by ERα effects on growth versus the adult skeleton. Thus, we developed mice expressing the tamoxifen-inducible CreERT2 in osteocytes using the 8-kilobase (kb) Dmp1 promoter (Dmp1CreERT2). These mice were crossed with ERαfl//fl mice to create ERαΔOcy mice, permitting inducible osteocyte-specific ERα deletion in adulthood. After intermittent tamoxifen treatment of adult 4-month-old mice for 1 month, female, but not male, ERαΔOcy mice exhibited reduced spine bone volume fraction (BV/TV (−20.1%, p = 0.004) accompanied by decreased trabecular bone formation rate (−18.9%, p = 0.0496) and serum P1NP levels (−38.9%, p = 0.014). Periosteal (+65.6%, p = 0.004) and endocortical (+64.1%, p = 0.003) expansion were higher in ERαΔOcy mice compared to control (Dmp1CreERT2) mice at the tibial diaphysis, reflecting the known effects of estrogen to inhibit periosteal apposition and promote endocortical formation. Increases in Sost (2.1-fold, p = 0.001) messenger RNA (mRNA) levels were observed in trabecular bone at the spine in ERαΔOcy mice, consistent with previous reports that estrogen deficiency is associated with increased circulating sclerostin as well as bone SOST mRNA levels in humans. Further, the biological consequences of increased Sost expression were reflected in significant overall downregulation in panels of osteoblast and Wnt target genes in osteocyte-enriched bones from ERαΔOcy mice. These findings thus establish that osteocytic ERα is critical for estrogen action in female, but not male, adult bone metabolism. Moreover, the reduction in bone formation accompanied by increased Sost, decreased osteoblast, and decreased Wnt target gene expression in ERαΔOcy mice provides a direct link in vivo between ERα and Wnt signaling. © 2022 American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR).
Human capital management accounting issues for SOX compliance with Basel III final framework operational risk standards
Authors: Koeplin John P. , Lélé Pascal 
Published: July 2022

AbstractAlthough the Human Resources (HR) function is an eminently transversal function of corporate accounting, neither the HR Managers nor the other corporate functions have been trained to perform the interaction tasks of their workstation to act in real time as an organizational team based on the operational risk appetite threshold. The compartmentalization of teaching in universities and MBA programs in specialized disciplines have not solved the problem of real‐time integration of HR‐Finance processes. Few graduates today have the cross‐cutting or vertical skills required to act from their workstation as an organization team based on the risk appetite threshold to create value. This issue is now coupled with the obligation to comply with laws which now require CEOs and Boards to provide shareholders with the Human Capital Management data that was previously lacking in Governance reports and financial reporting. With the 100% Liquidity Coverage Ratio requirements in force since January 2019 for Working Capital Requirements, and investment financing, the challenge for the HR function is now “Thinking Human Resources from the point of view of financial management”:1. 90% of employers want to make cross‐cutting management effective (PWC and Thornton).2. For 91% of Human Resource Managers, cost control remains an imperative (Wiles).
Simulation of light interaction with seedless grapes
Authors: Jenne Sophie , Zappe Hans 
Published: July 2022

AbstractBACKGROUNDSpectroscopic techniques are widely used for the non‐destructive maturation and quality monitoring of different fruits. To develop new sensor devices for this purpose, knowing the optical properties of the agricultural sample is crucial for enabling the prediction of the interaction of the incident light with the fruit.RESULTSIn the present study, the optical properties of three different seedless grape varieties (ARRA15,TawnyandMelody/Blagratwo) were determined from 400 to 1000 nm using a UV‐visible/near‐infrared spectrometer with an integrating sphere and subsequent calculation of the absorption and scattering coefficients and the anisotropy factor using the inverse adding doubling method. The results indicate that the optical properties of different grape varieties have significant differences, especially in the visible wavelength region, whereas these are less distinct in the near‐infrared range. Independent of grape variety, the grape berry skin has a higher scattering coefficient and scattering occurs predominantly in the forward direction. Based on the optical properties of the grape berries, a three‐dimensional grape berry model is generated within OpticStudio (Zemax, LLC) for the different varieties that can be used in optical illumination simulations. The bulk scattering inside the fruit is modeled by the Henyey–Greenstein distribution. A comparison of the simulated values for the total transmission and the specular reflection determined experimentally shows that realistic optical grape models can be created within OpticStudio.CONCLUSIONOverall, the procedure for creating optical grape models presented here will be helpful for the development of optical applications used in pre‐ and post‐harvest food quality monitoring. © 2022 The Authors.Journal of The Science of Food and Agriculturepublished by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry.
Mitigating Valence Intersubband Absorption in Interband Cascade Lasers
Authors: Knötig Hedwig , Nauschütz Josephine , Opačak Nikola , Höfling Sven , Koeth Johannes , Weih Robert , Schwarz Benedikt 
Published: July 2022

AbstractInterband cascade lasers (ICLs), especially valued for their low power consumption, are particularly appealing for portable, compact, and battery‐driven trace gas sensors. However, their performance notably degrades outside the 3–4 µm region. Here, a solution to overcome current performance limitations is presented. Simulation results based on the eight‐band k· p method employing a generalized momentum matrix element model identify resonant intersubband absorption in the valence band as the causative underlying mechanism. Experimentally, a direct dependence of this resonant absorption on the thickness of the GaInxSb hole‐quantum well (h‐QW) is confirmed. This is reflected in the improvement of the laser's characteristic temperature T0, threshold current density Jth, slope efficiency η, and output power. Extracted waveguide losses from length‐dependent measurements substantiate the key role of the valence intersubband absorption. While the performance improvement is experimentally verified at 4.35 µm, the simulation results additionally show how to mitigate undesired absorption at longer wavelengths, paving the way towards high‐performance continuous‐wave (cw) operation above 6 µm.
A novel approach to the protection of internal passageways of gas turbine blades by aluminide coating: Evaluation of oxidation behavior
Authors: Jokar Ali , Ghadami Farzin , Azimzadeh Najmeh , Salehi Doolabi Davood 
Published: July 2022

AbstractAluminum powder, cellulose acetate, and acetone were used to have the desired coating microstructure, suitable viscosity, and good wettability. The as‐cast IN‐738 was used as the substrate. Different holes with a diameter of 1 mm were drilled. The results of scanning electron microscopy and X‐ray diffraction analyses show that a uniform aluminide coating with a thickness of about 100–120 μm covers the entire inner surface of the hole and the desired β‐NiAl phase is formed. An artificial neural network was used in MATLAB software, and according to surface drawn obtained from mathematical modeling, it was concluded that with slurry viscosity in the range of 200–250 cp and the amount of applied slurry with a value of 20–30 mg cm−2 a suitable coating can be obtained. The oxidation test at 1000°C was performed by the thermogravimetric method for 150 h and the Kp constant for aluminide coatings and uncoated superalloy are successfully calculated to be 0.0034 and 0.0086 mg2 cm−4 h, respectively.
Race, ethnicity, and utilization of outpatient rehabilitation for treatment of post COVID‐19 condition
Authors: Hentschel Claudia B. , Abramoff Benjamin A. , Dillingham Timothy R. , Pezzin Liliana E. 
Published: July 2022

AbstractIntroductionOutpatient rehabilitation is recommended in the treatment of post coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) condition. Although racial and ethnic disparities in the incidence and severity of COVID‐19 have been well documented, little is known about the use of outpatient rehabilitation among patients with post COVID‐19 condition.ObjectiveTo examine factors associated with outpatient rehabilitation use following COVID‐19 and to ascertain whether differential incidence of sequelae explain variation in post COVID‐19 rehabilitation utilization by race and ethnicity.DesignCase–control study.SettingCommunity.ParticipantsU.S. adults with COVID‐19 during 2020 in the TriNetX database.InterventionN/A.Main Outcome MeasuresReceipt of outpatient rehabilitation services within 6 months of COVID‐19 diagnosis and incidence of post COVID‐19 condition symptoms (weakness, fatigue, pain, cognitive impairment, mobility difficulties, and dyspnea).ResultsFrom 406,630 laboratory‐confirmed COVID‐19 cases, we identified 8724 individuals who received outpatient rehabilitation and matched 28,719 controls. Of rehabilitation users, 43.3% were 40 years old or younger, 54.8% were female, 58.2% were White, 17.9% were African American/Black, 2.1% were Asian, 13.0% were Hispanic, 39.2% had no comorbidities, and 40.3% had been hospitalized for COVID‐19. Dyspnea (20.4%), fatigue (12.4%), and weakness (8.2%) were the most frequently identified symptoms. Although there were no racial differences in the incidence of the six post COVID‐19 condition symptoms considered, African American/Black individuals were significantly less likely than their White counterparts to receive outpatient rehabilitation (odds ratio [OR] = 0.89; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.84–0.96; p = .003). Hispanic individuals had higher outpatient rehabilitation utilization (OR = 1.22; 95% CI: 1.11–1.33; p < .001) and a significantly higher incidence of post COVID‐19 fatigue.ConclusionsIn this large nationally representative study, African American/Black race was associated with lower utilization of outpatient rehabilitation services despite a similar incidence of post COVID‐19 condition symptoms. Further research is needed to better understand access barriers to rehabilitation services for post COVID‐19 condition recovery care and address racial inequalities in receipt of care.
Synergies between polyacrylamide polymerization and nanoparticle generation using an atmospheric pressure plasma jet
Authors: Gangal Urvashi , Exarhos Stephen , Contreras Tristan , Rich Christopher C. , Dolan Kay , Yang Vincent , Frontiera Renee R. , Bruggeman Peter 
Published: July 2022

AbstractWe performed a free radical polymerization of acrylamide in an aqueous solution by a radio frequency‐driven atmospheric pressure plasma jet. The polymerization was catalyzed by simultaneous generation of nanoparticles resulting in a percentage polymer yield increased by a factor of 2–30 times. Polyacrylamide acted as a capping agent for the silver nanoparticle formation yielding smaller nanoparticles while uncontrolled growth and massive particles were observed without acrylamide for the same conditions. Both Fourier transform infrared and Raman spectroscopy show the formation of bonds of (poly)acrylamide with the silver particles suggesting that polymerization at least in part occurs at the surface of silver particles. As plasma enables reduction without the addition of chemicals, this procedure might be a novel biocompatible approach to generate polyacrylamide/silver nanocomposite hydrogels.
Inference on adaptive progressively hybrid censoring schemes under partially accelerated life test for OLiHL distribution
Authors: Alam Intekhab , Ahmad Hanan Haj , Ahmed Aquil , Ali Irfan 
Published: July 2022

AbstractThis article estimates failure times in step‐stress partially accelerated life tests (ALTs) using a new censoring scheme named adaptive Type‐I progressive hybrid censoring scheme (APHCS), where the lifetimes follow odd Lindley Half‐Logistic (OLiHL) distribution. Classical estimation method is used to estimate the parameter of the proposed distribution and the acceleration factor (AF) under progressive hybrid censoring and adaptive progressive hybrid censoring (APHC) schemes. Also, a step‐stress partially ALT is assumed. Furthermore, the Monte Carlo simulation technique is implemented to check the performance of the estimates for biases and mean squared errors.
A strawberry harvest‐aiding system with crop‐transport collaborative robots: Design, development, and field evaluation
Authors: Peng Chen , Vougioukas Stavros , Slaughter David , Fei Zhenghao , Arikapudi Rajkishan 
Published: July 2022

AbstractMechanizing the manual harvesting of fresh market fruits constitutes one of the biggest challenges to the sustainability of the fruit industry. During manual harvesting of some fresh‐market crops like strawberries and table grapes, pickers spend significant amounts of time walking to carry full trays to a collection station at the edge of the field. A step toward increasing harvest automation for such crops is to deploy harvest‐aid collaborative robots (co‐bots) that transport empty and full trays, thus increasing harvest efficiency by reducing pickers' non‐productive walking times. This study presents the development of a co‐robotic harvest‐aid system and its evaluation during commercial strawberry harvesting. At the heart of the system lies a predictive stochastic scheduling algorithm that minimizes the expected non‐picking time, thus maximizing the harvest efficiency. During the evaluation experiments, the co‐robots improved the mean harvesting efficiency by around 10% and reduced the mean non‐productive time by 60%, when the robot‐to‐picker ratio was 1:3. The concepts developed in this study can be applied to robotic harvest‐aids for other manually harvested crops that involve walking for crop transportation.
Management of patients with giant basal cell carcinoma during SARS COV2 outbreak in Italy
Authors: Cantisani Carmen , Rossi Raimondo , Nisticò Steven Paul , Vitiello Martina , Farnetani Francesca , Bennaro Luigi , Pellacani Giovanni 
Published: July 2022

AbstractBasal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most frequently occurring type of all cancers, and represents 80% of all skin cancer. The estimated lifetime risk for BCC in the white population is between 33% and 39% for men and 23% and 28% for women. Its incidence doubles every 25 years and is increasing in the young population. Death is uncommon and seems to decrease in the last years, probably due to early and better diagnosis. BCC arises from abnormal and uncontrolled growth of basal cells. It is a slow‐growing tumor, therefore usually curable at an early stage with surgery or alternative treatment, such as cryotherapy, laser, photodynamic therapy, retinoids and topical agent like 5‐Fluorouracil cream, imiquimod cream, and so forth. Topical treatment of superficial basocellular carcinoma is a viable option, when surgery is not an advisable treatment, especially in the case of giant basocellular carcinoma. In this subtype, imiquimod 5% cream can be a safe and effective treatment, but there are few reports in available literature. We present our case series of eight patients with superficial giant basocellular carcinoma successfully treated with imiquimod 5% cream, which showed clinical improvement after 8 weeks of treatment.