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Graphical Shading Logs: An Improved Approach for Collecting High Resolution Sedimentological Data at Contaminated Sites
2022-04-15

Abstract Predicting contaminant transport in groundwater requires an accurate representation of the subsurface geology controlling the spatial distribution of hydrogeologic parameters. Developing accurate geological models for sedimentary systems relies on quality sedimentological data collected from cores. Standard logging forms used to collect data from cores create a persistent data gap in hydrogeology because they hinder efficient collection of high‐quality sedimentological data. These logging forms require time‐consuming text descriptions of sedimentological characteristics and often result in inconsistent, poorly resolved data insufficient to support realistic geological models. We describe a graphical approach to core logging, the graphical shading log, that facilitates rapid, accurate capture of sedimentological data and a complementary database to store the raw data and interpretations. The visual format of the graphical shading log provides a roadmap of the parameters to log and their possible values, helping to ensure accurate and consistent data collection by loggers with a range of experience. Examples from sites with contaminated groundwater in glaciogenic sediments and siliciclastic and carbonate bedrock show how data from the graphical shading logs improved geological interpretations, supported the design of high‐resolution multilevel systems needed to collect minimally blended hydrogeologic data, and helped to more accurately delineate hydrogeologic units. The format of the graphical shading log and complementary database are designed to be customizable and transferable between hydrogeologic settings providing a new tool to advance geological data collection and management. Improved sedimentological data and insight are critical inputs for process‐based conceptual site models needed to effectively manage contaminant plumes in the subsurface.
Meson masses and decay constants in holographic QCD consistent with ChPT and HQET
2022-04-15

We focus on the chiral and heavy quark mass expansion of mesons masses and decay constants. We propose a light-front QCD formalism for the evaluation of these quantities, consistent with chiral perturbation theory and heavy quark effective theory.
Hierarchical classical metastability in an open quantum East model
2022-04-15

We study in detail an open quantum generalization of a classical kinetically constrained model-the East model-known to exhibit slow glassy dynamics stemming from a complex hierarchy of metastable states with distinct lifetimes. Using the recently introduced theory of classical metastability for open quantum systems, we show that the driven open quantum East model features a hierarchy of classical metastabilities at low temperature and weak driving field. We find that the effective long-time description of its dynamics not only is classical, but shares many properties with the classical East model, such as obeying an effective detailed balance condition and lacking static interactions between excitations, but with this occurring within a modified set of metastable phases which are coherent, and with an effective temperature that is dependent on the coherent drive.
Weight-Bearing Restrictions after Acetabular Fracture, Necessity or Hope? A Brief Observational Study
2022-04-15

PURPOSE OF THE STUDYMost common postoperative treatment recommendations after acetabulum fractures suggest at least 6 weeks of postoperative partial or non weight-bearing.To protect the osteosynthetic construct this surgically set weight-bearing limit is trained by physical therapy.Aim of our analysis was to determine the free field patient compliance to these weight-bearing restrictions and observe their influence on the early postoperative radiographic imaging. MATERIAL AND METHODSPatients after surgical treatment of an acetabulum fracture were included in our analysis.Every patient was instructed to maintain a 20 kg weight-bearing limit for 6 weeks.Postoperative weight-bearing was continuously monitored during this time with a pressure measuring insole.Maximum weight-bearing per day was recorded and maintenance of reduction assessed after this time. RESULTSIn total 10 patients were included into the study.Only 1 patient stayed within the weight-bearing limit during the analysis.Maximum weight-bearing as high as 110 kg was recorded.All patients maintained postoperative reduction at the 6 week timepoint. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONSDespite regular physical therapy training compliance to the generally accepted weight-bearing limits was low.Regardless of the non-compliance the radiographic outcome remained unchanged.Further analysis on the use of permissive weightbearing aftercare regimes are warranted.
Historically transposed flipper pairs in a mounted plesiosaurian skeleton
2022-04-15

Abstract Plesiosaurians evolved four wing-like flippers that are morphologically similar to each other and were most likely used in underwater flight. Plesiosaurians have been the subject of a long research history as well as a long history of misidentifications and misinterpretations, especially transposition of parts of or entire fore- and hind flippers. We identified the transposed fore- and hind flippers in a mounted Cryptoclidus eurymerus specimen (GPIT-PV-30092) on display in the Paleontological Collection of Tübingen University. It is likely that the fore- and hind flippers were accidentally transposed when the skeleton was mounted, although, amongst plesiosaurians, the fore- and hind flippers of Cryptoclidus eurymerus are some of the least similar-looking ones. This occurred either during a remounting of the skeleton from a free-standing armature on the ground to a freely “flying” skeleton hanging from the ceiling, or after a research project conducted on the specimen in the 1970s. We summarize osteological characteristics that can be used to correctly identify fore- and hind flippers of this species, and for better future assessment of the plesiosaurian locomotory system.
Multimodal sensor-based identification of stress and compulsive actions in children with obsessive-compulsive disorder for telemedical treatment
2022-04-15

&lt;div&gt;In modern psychotherapy, digital health technology offers advanced and personalized therapy options, increasing availability as well as ecological validity. These aspects have proven to be highly relevant for children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Exposure and Response Prevention therapy, which is the state-of-the-art treatment for OCD, builds on the reconstruction of everyday life exposure to anxious situations. However, while compulsive behavior predominantly occurs in home environments, exposure situations during therapy are limited to clinical settings. Telemedical treatment allows to shift from this limited exposure reconstruction to exposure situations in real life. In the SSTeP KiZ study (smart sensor technology in telepsychotherapy for children and adolescents with OCD), we combine video therapy with wearable sensors delivering physiological and behavioral measures to objectively determine the stress level of patients. The setup allows to gain information from exposure to stress in a realistic environment both during and outside of therapy sessions. In a first pilot study, we explored the sensitivity of individual sensor modalities to different levels of stress and anxiety. For this, we captured the obsessive-compulsive behavior of five adolescents with an ECG chest belt, inertial sensors capturing hand movements, and an eye tracker. Despite their prototypical nature, our results deliver strong evidence that the examined sensor modalities yield biomarkers allowing for personalized detection and quantification of stress and anxiety. This opens up future possibilities to evaluate the severity of individual compulsive behavior based on multivariate state classification in real-life situations.&lt;/div&gt;
Rim Enhancement after Technically Successful Transarterial Chemoembolization in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Potential Mimic of Incomplete Embolization or Reactive Hyperemia?
2022-04-15

Contrast enhancement at the margins/rim of embolization areas in hepatocellular-carcinoma (HCC) lesions treated with transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) might be an early prognostic indicator for HCC recurrence. The aim of this study was to evaluate the predictive value of rim perfusion for TACE recurrence as determined by perfusion CT (PCT). A total of 52 patients (65.6 ± 9.3 years) underwent PCT directly before, immediately after (within 48 h) and at follow-up (95.3 ± 12.5 days) after TACE. Arterial-liver perfusion (ALP), portal-venous perfusion (PVP) and hepatic-perfusion index (HPI) were evaluated in normal liver parenchyma, and on the embolization rim as well as the tumor bed. A total of 42 lesions were successfully treated, and PCT measurements showed no residually vascularized tumor areas. Embolization was not entirely successful in 10 patients with remaining arterialized focal nodular areas (ALP 34.7 ± 10.1 vs. 4.4 ± 5.3 mL/100 mL/min, p &lt; 0.0001). Perfusion values at the TACE rim were lower in responders compared to normal adjacent liver parenchyma and edges of incompletely embolized tumors (ALP liver 16.3 ± 10.1 mL/100 mL/min, rim responder 8.8 ± 8.7 mL/100 mL/min, rim non-responder 23.4 ± 8.6 mL/100 mL/min, p = 0.005). At follow-up, local tumor relapse was observed in 17/42, and 15/42 showed no recurrence (ALP 39.1 ± 10.1 mL/100 mL/min vs. 10.0 ± 7.4 mL/100 mL/min, p = 0.0008); four patients had de novo disseminated disease and six patients were lost in follow-up. Rim perfusion was lower compared to adjacent recurring HCC and not different between groups. HCC lesions showed no rim perfusion after TACE, neither immediately after nor at follow-up at three months, both for mid-term responders and mid-term relapsing HCCs, indicating that rim enhancement is not a sign of reactive hyperemia and not predictive of early HCC recurrence.
Reply on RC2
2022-04-15

<strong class="journal-contentHeaderColor">Abstract.</strong> Frost cracking is a dominant mechanical weathering phenomenon facilitating the breakdown of bedrock in periglacial regions. Despite recent advances in understanding frost cracking processes, few studies have addressed how global climate change over the Late Cenozoic may have impacted spatial variations in frost cracking intensity. In this study, we estimate global changes in frost cracking intensity (FCI) by segregation ice growth. Existing process-based models of FCI are applied in combination with soil thickness data from the Harmonized World Soil Database. Temporal and spatial variations in FCI are predicted using surface temperatures changes obtained from ECHAM5 general circulation model simulations conducted for four different paleoclimate time-slices. Time-slices considered include Pre-Industrial (~1850 CE, PI), Mid-Holocene (~6 ka, MH), Last Glacial Maximum (~21 ka, LGM) and Pliocene (~3 Ma, PLIO) times. Results indicate for all paleoclimate time slices that frost cracking was most prevalent (relative to PI times) in the mid to high latitude regions, as well as high-elevation lower latitudes areas such the Himalayas, Tibet, European Alps, the Japanese Alps, the USA Rocky Mountains, and the Andes Mountains. The smallest deviations in frost cracking (relative to PI conditions) were observed in the MH simulation, which yielded slightly higher FCI values in most of the areas. In contrast, larger deviations were observed in the simulations of the colder climate (LGM) and warmer climate (PLIO). Our results indicate that the impact of climate change on frost cracking was most severe during the PI &ndash; LGM period due to higher differences in temperatures and glaciation at higher latitudes. In contrast, the PLIO results indicate low FCI in the Andes and higher values of FCI in Greenland and Canada due to the diminished extent of glaciation in the warmer PLIO climate.
Comment on esurf-2021-78
2022-04-15

Frost cracking is a dominant mechanical weathering phenomenon facilitating the breakdown of bedrock in periglacial regions. Despite recent advances in understanding frost cracking processes, few studies have addressed how global climate change over the Late Cenozoic may have impacted spatial variations in frost cracking intensity. In this study, we estimate global changes in frost cracking intensity (FCI) by segregation ice growth. Existing process-based models of FCI are applied in combination with soil thickness data from the Harmonized World Soil Database. Temporal and spatial variations in FCI are predicted using surface temperatures changes obtained from ECHAM5 general circulation model simulations conducted for four different paleoclimate time-slices. Time-slices considered include Pre-Industrial (~1850 CE, PI), Mid-Holocene (~6 ka, MH), Last Glacial Maximum (~21 ka, LGM) and Pliocene (~3 Ma, PLIO) times. Results indicate for all paleoclimate time slices that frost cracking was most prevalent (relative to PI times) in the mid to high latitude regions, as well as high-elevation lower latitudes areas such the Himalayas, Tibet, European Alps, the Japanese Alps, the USA Rocky Mountains, and the Andes Mountains. The smallest deviations in frost cracking (relative to PI conditions) were observed in the MH simulation, which yielded slightly higher FCI values in most of the areas. In contrast, larger deviations were observed in the simulations of the colder climate (LGM) and warmer climate (PLIO). Our results indicate that the impact of climate change on frost cracking was most severe during the PI – LGM period due to higher differences in temperatures and glaciation at higher latitudes. In contrast, the PLIO results indicate low FCI in the Andes and higher values of FCI in Greenland and Canada due to the diminished extent of glaciation in the warmer PLIO climate.
Reply on RC1
2022-04-15

<strong class="journal-contentHeaderColor">Abstract.</strong> Frost cracking is a dominant mechanical weathering phenomenon facilitating the breakdown of bedrock in periglacial regions. Despite recent advances in understanding frost cracking processes, few studies have addressed how global climate change over the Late Cenozoic may have impacted spatial variations in frost cracking intensity. In this study, we estimate global changes in frost cracking intensity (FCI) by segregation ice growth. Existing process-based models of FCI are applied in combination with soil thickness data from the Harmonized World Soil Database. Temporal and spatial variations in FCI are predicted using surface temperatures changes obtained from ECHAM5 general circulation model simulations conducted for four different paleoclimate time-slices. Time-slices considered include Pre-Industrial (~1850 CE, PI), Mid-Holocene (~6 ka, MH), Last Glacial Maximum (~21 ka, LGM) and Pliocene (~3 Ma, PLIO) times. Results indicate for all paleoclimate time slices that frost cracking was most prevalent (relative to PI times) in the mid to high latitude regions, as well as high-elevation lower latitudes areas such the Himalayas, Tibet, European Alps, the Japanese Alps, the USA Rocky Mountains, and the Andes Mountains. The smallest deviations in frost cracking (relative to PI conditions) were observed in the MH simulation, which yielded slightly higher FCI values in most of the areas. In contrast, larger deviations were observed in the simulations of the colder climate (LGM) and warmer climate (PLIO). Our results indicate that the impact of climate change on frost cracking was most severe during the PI &ndash; LGM period due to higher differences in temperatures and glaciation at higher latitudes. In contrast, the PLIO results indicate low FCI in the Andes and higher values of FCI in Greenland and Canada due to the diminished extent of glaciation in the warmer PLIO climate.
Mathematics–gender stereotype endorsement influences mathematics anxiety, self‐concept, and performance differently in men and women
2022-04-16

Abstract Mathematics anxiety (MA) is negatively associated with mathematics performance. Although some aspects, such as mathematics self‐concept (M self‐concept), seem to modulate this association, the underlying mechanism is still unclear. In addition, the false gender stereotype that women are worse than men in mathematics can have a detrimental effect on women. The role that the endorsement of this stereotype (mathematics–gender stereotype (MGS) endorsement) can play may differ between men and women. In this study, we investigated how MA and mathematics self‐concept relate to arithmetic performance when considering one's MGS endorsement and gender in a large sample ( n = 923) of university students. Using a structural equation modeling approach, we found that MA and mathematics self‐concept mediated the effect of MGS endorsement in both men and women. For women, MGS endorsement increased their MA level, while in men, it had the opposite effect (albeit weak). Specifically, in men, MGS endorsement influenced the level of the numerical components of MA, but, unlike women, it also positively influenced their mathematics self‐concept. Moreover, men and women perceived the questions included in the considered instruments differently, implying that the scores obtained in these questionnaires may not be directly comparable between genders, which has even broader theoretical and methodological implications for MA research.
Negative Emissions as the New Frontier of Photoelectrochemical CO2 Reduction
2022-04-16

Abstract The remaining carbon budgets compatible with limiting global warming to 1.5 or 2 ° C above preindustrial levels are shrinking rapidly. An already firmly anticipated, but highly controversial measure to mitigate this challenge is the large‐scale implementation of negative emissions, removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Many of the currently considered negative emission technologies (NET) are based on natural photosynthesis, associated with large land footprints. Photoelectrochemical carbon sinks, on the other hand, promise to combine high conversion efficiencies with versatile storage options. Efficient sink products differ from the products typically considered for solar fuels, which will require novel catalysts and device designs. The development of efficient devices also has to take into account climatic parameters of the local environment as especially the ambient temperature affects device operation. While still in an early stage of development, carbon drawdown by such an artificial photosynthesis approach could be a valuable extension of the portfolio of NET.
Treatment of the aortic root in acute aortic dissection type A: insights from the German Registry for Acute Aortic Dissection Type A
2022-04-16

Abstract OBJECTIVES Surgery of the aortic root in acute aortic dissection type A (AADA) remains a topic of vague evidence since the extend of dissection and surgeons’ capability and interpretation of the disease vary remarkably. We aimed to interpret root operation strategies in the German Registry for Acute Aortic Dissection cohort. METHODS German Registry for Acute Aortic Dissection collected the data of 56 centres between July 2006 and June 2015. A total of 3382 patients undergoing operations for AADA were included and divided into 3 groups according to aortic root procedure types: supracommissural replacement (SCR), conduit replacement (CR) and valve sparing root replacement (VSRR). RESULTS Patients in SCR (2425, 71.7%) were significantly older than CR (681, 20.1%) and VSRR (276, 8.2%) (63.4 vs 57.5 vs 54.2 years; P &amp;lt; 0.001), more female (38.9% vs 32.0% vs 26.1%; P &amp;lt; 0.001) and presented with less aortic regurgitation (26.3% vs 57.1% vs 56.5%; P &amp;lt; 0.001). VSRR presented with slightly less multiple organ malperfusion (11.6% vs 12.0% vs 10.9%; P = 0.045) and were more often diagnosed for Marfan syndrome (2.4% vs 5.1% vs 9.1%; P &amp;lt; 0.001). Thirty-day mortality was lower for VSRR (11.6%) compared to SCR (16.1%) and CR (19.8%; P = 0.010). Despite longer procedural times, multivariable regression showed no influence of total arch replacement for VSRR on mortality compared to CR (odds ratio 0.264; 95% confidence interval, 0.033–2.117; P = 0.21). CONCLUSIONS SCR remains the procedure of choice in elderly and compromised patients. Extended root preservation techniques may be applied even in combination with extended aortic arch surgery for selected patients for AADA with promising early outcomes.
Advanced therapy of overweight or obese polycystic ovary syndrome: a prospective study
2022-04-16

Objective: To investigate the effects of orlistat combined with drospirenone/ethinylestradiol tablets (DRSP/EE) on anthropometric indices, sexual hormones, hepatorenal function parameters of overweight or obese patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Methods: 75 overweight or obese PCOS patients [body mass index (BMI) ≥ 24 kg/m2] were recruited within the Department of Gynecological Endocrinology, Beijing Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Capital Medical University, from April 2019 to January 2020, for a prospective, randomized, open-labelled comparing study. They were numbered one by one according to the order of recruitement and randomly divided into two groups, group 1 included 50 patients, orlistat plus DRSP/EE; group 2 included 25 patients treated with DRSP/EE alone. Both groups got the same comprehensive intervention in terms of individualized, standardized managment and monitoring of life-style like diet and exercise. The changes of anthropometric indices, sexual hormones, hepatorenal function parameters before and after three months of treatment in the two groups were compared . Results: After three months of treatment, body weight, waist circumference (WC), hip circumference (HC) and BMI of both groups were significantly decreased (P < 0.05). The decrease of body weight, WC, HC and BMI in group 1 was significantly greater than those in group 2 (P < 0.05). Free testosterone and sex hormone–binding globulin in both groups were significantly changed (P < 0.05). There was no significant difference in the hepatorenal function parameters between the two groups after three months treatment (P > 0.05). Conclusion: To our knowledge our study is the first to investigate the effects of orlistat combined with DRSP/EE in overweight or obese PCOS patients comparing with the effect of using DRSP/EE alone. Orlistat combined with DRSP/EE was better than use DRSP/EE alone in getting weight loss, which provides an evidence for the choice of rational drug use in clinical practice.