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‘I don't know which is the chicken and which is the egg’: A qualitative study of weight loss‐related beliefs and behaviours among adults with psoriasis and comorbid obesity
Authors: Pavlova Neli T. , Ramasawmy Celeny , Picariello Federica , Smith Catherine , Moss‐Morris Rona 
Published: December 2022

AbstractObjectivesObesity is a common (30%–40%) comorbidity of psoriasis. Weight loss is shown to improve the severity of psoriasis; however, little is known about the factors that may influence successful weight loss in the context of obesity and psoriasis. The current qualitative study aimed to explore the obesity‐associated beliefs, perceptions, and behaviours related to weight loss in psoriasis. Preferences for a weight loss intervention were also explored.DesignQualitative in‐depth semi‐structured interviews were conducted with 24 adults (62.5% male) with moderate‐to‐severe psoriasis and obesity (mean body mass index = 35.2 kg/m2, SD = 4.1), recruited through a patient organization website in the UK. Data were analysed using inductive thematic analysis.ResultsMost participants viewed psoriasis as unrelated to obesity. A well‐controlled psoriasis and improvements in psoriasis symptoms were considered as major motivators for engaging in a weight loss program by individuals who viewed psoriasis and obesity as related conditions. Comfort eating was perceived as an escape strategy from the psoriasis‐induced negative emotions. Participants shared their dissatisfaction with current weight loss recommendations which were too generic. They suggested that a desirable weight loss program would require both emotional and behavioural support, with an emphasis on psoriasis' burden.ConclusionThe findings accentuate the importance of (1) clinicians discussing the link between obesity and psoriasis with patients, (2) weight loss advice to include both behavioural and emotional support, and (3) a weight loss advice to consider the psoriasis burden and the perceived barriers which may potentially lead to improved outcomes to obesity management in psoriasis.
Influence of the abutment height on marginal bone level changes around two‐piece dental implants: Meta‐analysis and trial sequential analysis of randomized clinical trials
Authors: Muñoz Marta , Vilarrasa Javi , Ruíz‐Magaz Vanessa , Albertini Matteo , Nart José 
Published: December 2022

AbstractBackgroundThe focused question was: “In systemically healthy individuals with at least one two‐piece dental implant, what is the efficacy of long (≥2 mm; intervention) compared with short (<2 mm; comparison) shoulder height abutments in peri‐implant marginal bone level (MBL) changes at <1 year and ≥1 year reported by randomized controlled clinical trials?”Materials and MethodsAn electronic and hand search was conducted to identify RCTs published up to August 2022. The primary outcome variable was changed in MBL from implant surgery to subsequent follow‐ups. Mean values and standard deviations for each study were extracted. Weighted mean differences and 95% confidence intervals were calculated. Meta‐analysis for MBL changes was performed through a random‐effect restricted maximum‐likelihood model at early (<1 year) and late (≥1 year) stages of bone remodeling. Publication bias and sensitivity tests were also applied. Subgroup analysis was performed to further explore possible sources of heterogeneity in the estimated treatment effect. Trial sequential analysis was performed to assess the required information and false‐positive results.ResultsSix randomized clinical trials fulfilled the inclusion/exclusion criteria and were included in the qualitative and quantitative analysis with a follow‐up range from 6 to 36 months after implant surgery. Meta‐analysis revealed that long abutments significantly exhibited 0.27 mm (CI 95% −0.60, 0.06) and 0.33 mm (CI 05% −0.50, −0.16) lower MBL changes compared with short ones at <1 year and ≥1 year, respectively. Subgroup meta‐analysis revealed that studies with implants placed in a more subcrestal position significantly exhibited less differences in MBL changes between long and short abutments. No meta‐analysis was conducted for peri‐implant clinical parameters, and soft‐tissue changes provided that reported data were scarce. Trial sequential analysis revealed insufficient information size to provide a definitive answer on the effect of abutment height in MBL.ConclusionsIt might be cautiously concluded that two‐piece implants with long abutments (≥2 mm) may display a protective role against marginal bone loss when compared with short ones (<2 mm) at <1 year and ≥1 year. A more subcrestal implant position seemed to minimize the effect of the abutment height in terms of MBL.
Are short‐term complications associated with poor allograft and patient survival after liver transplantation? A systematic review of the literature and expert panel recommendations
Authors: Alconchel Felipe , Tinguely Pascale , Frola Carlo , Spiro Michael , Ciria Ruben , Rodríguez Gonzalo , Petrowsky Henrik , Raptis Dimitri Aristotle , Brombosz Elizabeth W. , Ghobrial Mark ,   the ERAS4OLT.org Working Group
Published: December 2022

AbstractBackgroundMaximizing patient and allograft survival after liver transplant (LT) is important from both a patient care and organ utilization perspective. Although individual studies have addressed the effects of short‐term post‐LT complications on a limited scale, there has not been a systematic review of the literature formally assessing the potential effects of early complications on long‐term outcomes.ObjectivesTo identify whether short‐term complications after LT affect allograft and overall survival, to identify short‐term complications of particular clinical interest and significance, and to provide recommendations to improve post‐LT graft and patient survival.Data sourcesOvid MEDLINE, Embase, Scopus, Google Scholar, and Cochrane Central.MethodsA systematic review following PRISMA guidelines and recommendations using the GRADE approach derived from an international expert panel.ResultsThe literature review and analysis provided show that short‐term complications have a large impact on allograft and patient survival after LT. The complications with the strongest effect on survival are acute kidney injury (AKI), biliary complications, and early allograft dysfunction (EAD).ConclusionThis panel recommends taking measures to reduce the risk and incidence of short‐term complications post‐LT. Clinicians should pay particular attention to preventing or ameliorating AKI, biliary complications, and EAD (Quality of evidence; Moderate | Grade of Recommendation; Strong).
Intermittent theta burst transcranial magnetic stimulation induces hippocampal mossy fibre plasticity in male but not female mice
Authors: Zhang Tian Rui , Askari Baran , Kesici Aydan , Guilherme Evelyn , Vila‐Rodriguez Fidel , Snyder Jason S. 
Published: December 2022

AbstractTranscranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) induces electric fields that depolarise or hyperpolarise neurons. Intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS), a patterned form of TMS that is delivered at the theta frequency (~5 Hz), induces neuroplasticity in the hippocampus, a brain region that is implicated in memory and learning. One form of plasticity that is unique to the hippocampus is adult neurogenesis; however, little is known about whether TMS or iTBS in particular affects newborn neurons. Here, we therefore applied repeated sessions of iTBS to male and female mice and measured the extent of adult neurogenesis and the morphological features of immature neurons. We found that repeated sessions of iTBS did not significantly increase the amount of neurogenesis or affect the gross dendritic morphology of new neurons, and there were no sex differences in neurogenesis rates or aspects of afferent morphology. In contrast, efferent properties of newborn neurons varied as a function of sex and stimulation. Chronic iTBS increased the size of mossy fibre terminals, which synapse onto Cornu Ammonis 3 (CA3) pyramidal neurons, but only in males. iTBS also increased the number of terminal‐associated filopodia, putative synapses onto inhibitory interneurons but only in male mice. This efferent plasticity could result from a general trophic effect, or it could reflect accelerated maturation of immature neurons. Given the important role of mossy fibre synapses in hippocampal learning, our results identify a neurobiological effect of iTBS that might be associated with sex‐specific changes in cognition.
Normalization free Siamese network for object tracking
Authors: Gupta Himanshu , Verma Om Prakash 
Published: December 2022

AbstractSiamese‐based trackers have received global recognition for target tracking. However, these trackers employ batch‐normalized networks for feature extraction, which has been sensitive to batch size and hard to replicate on different hardware. Therefore, to meliorate tracking performance and effectively address this issue, the present work proposes a Normalization free Siamese (NfS) tracker by introducing normalization‐free networks in target tracking. The developed NfS has been trained end‐to‐end with large‐scale datasets such as COCO, TrackingNet, LaSOT, VID, DET, and GOT10k. Extensive experimentation has been carried out on six challenging benchmark datasets (OTB100, LaSOT, VOT2018, VOT2019, UAV123, and GOT10k), revealing that NfS ensures comparable performance with state‐of‐the‐art (SOTA) trackers on most of the benchmarks. It pushed the performance bar by a minimum of 2.88% and 2.37% on UAV123 for both precision and success scores. Also, it overshadows the compared trackers by a significant minimum margin of 11.88% and 8.14% on the LaSOT for similar metrics, demonstrating the higher discrimination capability of the NfS tracker for both natural and aerial target tracking tasks.
The expanding role of expert psychological evaluations and testimony in Hague child abduction litigation
Authors: Yohananoff Alberto , Min Richard 
Published: December 2022

AbstractHague Convention cases are a growing niche in forensic assessments. These cases focus on returning children, or preventing their return, after international abductions, by one of the parents, has occurred. This article focuses on the legal underpinnings of the Hague Abduction Convention, the “affirmative defenses” that may be invoked to prevent a return order, including “grave risk of harm,” “mature objection”, and the “well settled defense.” The article will also focus on the increasing roles that forensic evaluators play in these matters, the distinction between the role of forensic experts in custody proceedings and Hague cases, and the inherent limitations present in these unique kinds of evaluations.
Prediction of near‐term climate change impacts on UK wheat quality and the potential for adaptation through plant breeding
Authors: Fradgley Nick S. , Bacon James , Bentley Alison R. , Costa‐Neto Germano , Cottrell Andrew , Crossa Jose , Cuevas Jaime , Kerton Matthew , Pope Edward , Swarbreck Stéphanie M. , Gardner Keith A. 
Published: December 2022

AbstractWheat is a major crop worldwide, mainly cultivated for human consumption and animal feed. Grain quality is paramount in determining its value and downstream use. While we know that climate change threatens global crop yields, a better understanding of impacts on wheat end‐use quality is also critical. Combining quantitative genetics with climate model outputs, we investigated UK‐wide trends in genotypic adaptation for wheat quality traits. In our approach, we augmented genomic prediction models with environmental characterisation of field trials to predict trait values and climate effects in historical field trial data between 2001 and 2020. Addition of environmental covariates, such as temperature and rainfall, successfully enabled prediction of genotype by environment interactions (G × E), and increased prediction accuracy of most traits for new genotypes in new year cross validation. We then extended predictions from these models to much larger numbers of simulated environments using climate scenarios projected under Representative Concentration Pathways 8.5 for 2050–2069. We found geographically varying climate change impacts on wheat quality due to contrasting associations between specific weather covariables and quality traits across the UK. Notably, negative impacts on quality traits were predicted in the East of the UK due to increased summer temperatures while the climate in the North and South‐west may become more favourable with increased summer temperatures. Furthermore, by projecting 167,040 simulated future genotype–environment combinations, we found only limited potential for breeding to exploit predictable G × E to mitigate year‐to‐year environmental variability for most traits except Hagberg falling number. This suggests low adaptability of current UK wheat germplasm across future UK climates. More generally, approaches demonstrated here will be critical to enable adaptation of global crops to near‐term climate change.
‘There is no formula for life and career’: A commentary on perspectives and experiences of early career quantitative human geographers
Authors: Ballantyne Patrick , Sanderson Rachael K. , Davies Alec , Houlden Victoria , MacLachlan Andrew , Owen Gwilym , Robinson Caitlin , Shin Hyesop , Wartmann Flurina M. , Wilkin Joanna , Williams Isabel 
Published: December 2022

AbstractEarly career researchers (ECRs) encounter distinctive opportunities (and challenges) within the neoliberal academy. In this commentary, we reflect on issues common to ECR experiences in quantitative human geography. Our discussion is inspired by and develops conversations from a panel at the Royal Geographical Society‐Institute of British Geographers (RGS‐IBG) postgraduate forum, with panellists from across the subfield. While many aspects of the ECR experience transcend sub‐disciplinary boundaries, the quantitative subfield presents unique dynamics for ECRs to navigate. ECRs in quantitative geography are steeped in ‘data science’, which changes relations between academia and industry, with the growth of our field increasing the size and the scope of what ECRs might be expected to know and do. Bringing together reflections from the panel, we highlight the variation in pathways experienced by ECRs, reflecting on opportunities, uncertainties, and mentorship, in the hope of offering insights and advice for prospective and current ECRs and their mentors. This commentary reflects on the perspectives and experiences of early career quantitative human geographers, placing significant emphasis on opportunities, uncertainty, and mentorship, and the overall diversity of pathways available to other early career quantitative human geographers.
Peer effects and intentional entrepreneurial behaviour: A systematic literature review and research agenda
Authors: Portyanko Sergey , Reinmoeller Patrick , Hussels Stephanie , Turner Neil 
Published: December 2022

AbstractWhat role peers play in individuals’ decisions to become entrepreneurs and to what extent peer effects play a role in influencing behaviours at the various stages of business venturing are important questions for scholars and policymakers. This systematic review takes stock of the recent additions to the literature around the phenomenon of peer influence in entrepreneurship. The review identified 2894 documents which were then narrowed down through three consecutive filtering stages. We thematically analysed the final sample of 27 empirical studies that shed light on how individual peers influence the process and outcomes of these individuals’ entrepreneurial intentions and behaviour, allowing for critical analysis. We propose a conceptual schema of social influence that occurs in interactions among entrepreneurial individuals within business venturing and across the three stages of pre‐formation, formation and growth. Our framework reconciles the conceptual classification around discovering, evaluating and exploiting entrepreneurial opportunities with the mechanisms of social influence affecting entrepreneurial behaviours. Grounded in the findings of the literature review, this framework synthesizes peer influence in entrepreneurship with the tripartite distinction of the behavioural motives recognized in contemporary theories of social influence. We suggest promising directions for further research on how interactions with peers might affect individuals’ entrepreneurial behaviours.
IMC’s Development in Its Understanding of Evangelism and Chinese Christians’ Early Ministry in Self‐Propagating the Gospel
Authors: Lin Manhong 
Published: December 2022

AbstractAdequate research has been done on the relationship of evangelism to non‐Christian religions, church mission, and culture. These topics have been studied and addressed when ecumenical organizations like the International Missionary Council (IMC) – now the Commission on World Mission and Evangelism (CWME) of the World Council of Churches – develop the theory of evangelism in their evangelizing enterprises. The China Continuation Committee was one of the founding members of the IMC in 1921, and thus proactively participated in the IMC’s mission. Chinese Christians inevitably encountered the same challenges in their early evangelizing attempts. This article examines Chinese Christians’ early efforts to self‐propagate the gospel in the social environment of the first half of the 20th century in China. Chinese Christianity has demonstrated distinctive approaches to the above three key relationships, as Chinese Christians dedicate themselves to national salvation and liberation. It can even be said that in the first half of the 1900s, Chinese churches made more progress than other churches in the ecumenical world in such respects as indigenization and self‐propagating ministry – even though some of the efforts were mingled with narrow‐minded motives of converting Chinese people. It was not until the launch of the Three‐Self Patriotic Movement that Chinese Christianity became an authentically autonomous Christian church, which has severed its ties with colonialism and started pursuing all‐round self‐reliance, including church evangelism. After analyzing the challenges that Chinese churches still face today in terms of evangelism, this article calls for Chinese Christianity to learn from IMC‐CWME’s experience of evangelism for the further contextualization of Christianity in China. This aims at making the gospel proclamation carry more Chinese characteristics and eventually form an evangelism theology of Chinese Christianity. In this way, the outcome of the early efforts can be consolidated and the gospel message will better fit today’s Chinese context.
The International Missionary Council and Mission Cooperation in Tanzania’s Southern Highlands, 1916–28
Authors: Ross Kenneth R. 
Published: December 2022

AbstractHealthy mission cooperation between Scottish and German missions around the northern end of Lake Malawi was a feature of the period from 1891, when the German missions were establishing themselves in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania. This happy collaboration was shattered by the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, which led to the internment of the German missionaries and the cream of the local church leadership. In this context, the Continuation Committee of the Edinburgh 1910 World Missionary Conference, which took permanent form as the International Missionary Council (IMC) from 1921, played a critical role as broker. It first negotiated a caretaker role for British missions in regard to the “derelict” German missions and later facilitated the return of the German missionaries. While European missionaries held centre stage in the international discussions, on the ground, the decisive role was played by Malawian evangelists and Tanzanian church leaders – a case of mission from the margins. At the same time, the supra‐national understanding of mission championed by the IMC enabled it to exercise a highly influential role in facilitating the mission cooperation that ultimately overcame the division, suspicion, and mistrust that had arisen during the war.
The Glocalization of Methodist Christianity in Colonial Korea
Authors: Kim David W. , Bang Won‐il 
Published: December 2022

AbstractModern Protestant missions were launched in East Asia based on previous experiences in South and Southeast Asia. Regional nations, including Japan and China, encountered the Christian movement within the context of the global phenomena of colonialism and imperialism in the 18th and 19th centuries. While Joseon Korea had not been fully known among outsiders, the US Methodist Church, along with the Presbyterian and Baptist churches, did send pioneers in 1884. What, then, was the influence of the Methodists’ work? Who was Victor W. Peters (1902–2012)? Why was he unique compared to his other colleagues? What was his cultural philosophy in colonial Korea (1920s–1940s)? This article explores these questions through the historical records of the Christian mission to establish the Korean Methodist Church, focusing especially on the principles that Peters applied. The article argues that, unlike other Americans, Peters endeavoured to promote the indigenization of Western religion through his personal experience of entering a cross‐cultural marriage with a Korean woman. The philosophy of regionalism, in terms of a “soft power,” is likewise demonstrated by Peters’ Korean lifestyle – living in a hanok (Korean house), wearing hanbok (traditional Korean dress), eating hansik (Korean food), and speaking Hangul (Korean) – while he voluntarily involved himself in church planting and advocating for Simeon Lee Yongdo (1901–33).
Psychosocial factors associated with career success among nurses: A latent profile analysis
Authors: Zhang Yilin , An Yan , Wang Lyu , Zhao Qiuge , Li Haiying , Fan Xiuzhen 
Published: December 2022

AbstractAimIn this study, a person‐centred approach was used to analyse career success profiles and explore the associated psychosocial factors among nurses.DesignA cross‐sectional study was conducted from 15 April to 15 October 2019.MethodsA total of 1155 registered Chinese nurses were recruited from two general hospitals using convenience sampling. Participants completed a printed questionnaire, including the Maslach Burnout Inventory, Stress of Conscience Questionnaire, Practice Environment Scale, and Career Success Scale. Latent profile analysis and multinomial logistic regression were performed. The data were analysed with Mplus 8.3 and SPSS version 26.0.ResultsThree latent profiles of career success were identified: high, moderate and low. Nurses with lower educational levels, more years of work experience, lower emotional exhaustion, higher personal achievement, lower stress of conscience and higher participation in hospital affairs were more likely to have higher career success than the other profiles.ConclusionsBurnout, stress of conscience, practice environment, educational level and years of work experience were associated with career success among nurses. Targeting interventions may help enhance nurses' career success. Future research should combine subjective and objective indicators (salary, title and so on) to assess career success and explore other determinants for formulating interventions to enhance nurses' career success.ImpactThe heterogeneity and psychosocial factors associated with nurses' career success provide valuable evidence for the formulation of individualized interventions. Nursing managers should understand the importance of career success, develop interventions to reduce nurses' burnout and stress of conscience, and improve the practice environment to enhance their career success.No Patient or Public ContributionsThis study was designed to examine the psychosocial factors associated with nurses' career success. The study was not conducted using suggestions from the patient groups or the public.