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NEW AND MAINTAINED GENERA IN THE CONIFER FAMILIES PODOCARPACEAE AND PINACEAE

The taxonomic status of various genera of Coniferac in the Podocarpaceae and Pinaceae is considered. The genera Nageia End! , Afrocarpus (Buchh. & Gray) C. N. Page, stat. nov. (Podocarpaceae), Cathaya Chun & Kuang and Hesperopeuce Lemmon (Pinaceae) are maintained, whilst new genera proposed are Sundacarpus (Buchh. & Gray) C. N. Page, stat. nov. and Retrophyllum C. N. Page, gen. nov. (Podocarpaceae) and Nothotsuga Ilu ex C. N. Page, gen. nov. (Pinaceae). The hybrid formula at generic level x Hesperotsuga C. N. Page, nothogen. nov. is proposed for hybrids of intergeneric status between Hesperopeuce Lemmon and Tsuga Carr. , typified by Hesperopeuce mertensiana (Bong.) Rydb. x Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg. Inter-generic affinities of the groups in question are discussed. I n t r o d u c t io n Recent general accounts of conifer species (e.g. Gaussen, 1966-67, 1974; Callen, 1976; Mitchell, 1972; Silba, 1984, 1986; Krussmann, 1985; Rushforth, 1987) or of species of major conifer genera (e.g. Ostenfeld & Larsen, 1930; Little, 1952, Critchfield & Little, 1966; Mirov, 1967; Liu, 1971, 1982; Whitmore, 1980; Silba, 1981; Farjon, 1984; dc Laubenfels, 1985) show that specific delimitations in many major groups of Coniferae are relatively well defined, to which only a few new species have been added in recent years (e.g. Bailey, 1970, 1987; Page & Rushforth, 1980; Grierson, Long & Page, 1980; de Laubenfels & Silba, 1987). Despite the relatively complete knowledge of species descriptions in conifers, much less is known about interrelationships between species. Further, apart from the particularly valuable major contributions of Florin (e.g. Florin, 1931, 1951, 1963), there have been rather few taxonomic studies in conifers directed mainly towards problems at generic level. Thus the generic status especially of some of the smaller and more geographically obscure taxa has remained more uncertain, and knowledge of their generic interrelationships rather little explored. The following account results from attempts to consider the possible affinities and taxonomic status that should be accorded to some of the smaller taxa in the Podocarpaceae and Pinaceae, from the standpoint of the Coniferae as a whole, making changes where necessary to try to achieve evolutionarily more natural generic groupings. These proposals support and validate the nomenclature adopted else­ where (Page, in press). P o d o c a r p a c e a e Taxonomic activity in the last quarter-century or so has done much to recognize separate generic entities within the largely tropical conifer family Podocarpaceae (e.g. Buchholz & Gray, 1948; Garden & Johnson, 1950; Gray & Buchholz, 1951; Gray, 1953; Florin, 1958, 1963; Hair & Beuzenberg, 1958; Gaussen, 1970, 1974; de Laubenfels, 1969, 1978a, 1985, 1987; Quinn, 1982) and a number of small genera (e.g. Microstrobos, Prumnopitys, Acmopyle, Dacrycarpus, Falcatifolium,
Polarimetric Helmholtz Stereopsis Supplementary Material

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Regulating emotions and learning motivation in higher education students

This study has a two-fold objective: First, to adapt and validate the Emotions and Motivation Self-Regulation Questionnaire (EMSR-Q) with university students in Colombia, and secondly, to verify whether the relationship model between emotional and motivational self-regulation and academic performance coincides with what was initially proposed by the questionnaire’s authors. A total of 644 higher education students participated in the study. To test the questionnaire’s structural validity and generalizability across cultures and educational levels, confirmatory factor and cross validation analyses were carried out. Besides, to test its predictive validity, a multiple linear regression analysis was carried out. Results showed that the data fit the model well, that the scales of the questionnaire have adequate reliability, and that negative selfregulation of stress and avoidance-oriented self-regulation related negatively and significantly to academic performance. The results support the emotion and motivation self-regulation model proposed by the authors.
A comparative study of AI systems for epileptic seizure recognition based on EEG or ECG

The majority of studies for automatic epileptic seizure (ictal) detection are based on electroencephalogram (EEG) data, but electrocardiogram (ECG) presents a simpler and more wearable alternative for long-term ambulatory monitoring. To assess the performance of EEG and ECG signals, AI systems offer a promising way forward for developing high performing models in securing both a reasonable sensitivity and specificity. There are crucial needs for these AI systems to be developed with more clinical relevance and inference generalization. In this work, we implement an ECG-specific convolutional neural network (CNN) model with residual layers and an EEG-specific convolutional long short-term memory (ConvLSTM) model. We trained, validated, and tested these models on a publicly accessible Temple University Hospital (TUH) dataset for reproducibility and performed a non-patient-specific inference-only test on patient EEG and ECG data of The Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPAH) in Sydney, Australia. We selected 31 adult patients to balance groups with the following seizure types: generalized, frontal, frontotemporal, temporal, parietal, and unspecific focal epilepsy. Our tests on both EEG and ECG of these patients achieve an AUC score of 0.75. Our results show ECG outperforms EEG with an average improvement of 0.21 and 0.11 AUC score in patients with frontal and parietal focal seizures, respectively.Clinical relevance—Prior research has demonstrated the value of using ECG for seizure documentation. It is believed that specific epileptic foci (seizure origin) may involve network inputs to the autonomic nervous system. Our result indicates that ECG could outperform EEG for individuals with specific seizure origin, particularly in the frontal and parietal lobes.
CPW‐fed sqaure ring slot antenna with circular polarization radiation for WiMAX/WLAN applications

The design of a small size 50 × 50 mm2 coplanar waveguide‐fed square ring slot antenna is studied. To attain circular polarization (CP) radiation with broad 3‐dB axial ratio (AR) bandwidth that can cover the worldwide interoperability for microwave access 2.3 GHz (2305–2320 MHz, 2345–2360 MHz) and wireless local area network 2.4 GHz (2400–2480 MHz) bands, a novel technique of extending a C‐shaped branch from the vertical monopole is proposed. Good impedance matching and CP performance was achieved by further extending a vertical tuning strip from the C‐shaped branch. From the measured results, 10‐dB impedance bandwidth and 3‐dB AR bandwidth of 63.89% and 7.93% were achieved. Furthermore, stable gain variation of approximately 2.7 dBic and radiation efficiency of more than 85% were also exhibited across the bands of interest. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 57:886–891, 2015
Biological, physical and chemical synthesis of silver nanoparticles and their non-toxic bio-chemical application: A brief review

Nanotechnology is gaining popularity, because of its wide use in every field. Nanotechnology is continuously improving medical advancements. Nanoparticles can be engineered for their biocompatibility, size, shape and selectivity. Silver Nanoparticles have been extensively used by researchers because of their unique and wide properties such as size, shape, electrical properties and antimicrobial. Due to these properties silver nanoparticles have been used almost in every field from engineering to chemical and biological. Just like their properties, silver nanoparticles can be synthesize by various method including physical (Gamma Irradiation, Laser ablation and electron irradiation, microwave processing), chemical (chemical reduction and photochemical method) and biological. Due to the less toxicity, the use of silver Nanoparticles in life sciences has been increasing. The aim of the following review is to discuss the various methods of silver nanoparticle synthesis and their non-toxic application in the field of life sciences for the treatment of various diseases including Antibiotic resistance challenge and a tool for cancer therapy. The life sciences field will benefit from a mechanistic understanding of SNP therapeutic activities, which will aid in the development of individualized treatment and healthcare techniques for the benefit of the human population.
MISSION STATEMENT ACCOMPLISHED: PROMISES AND CHALLENGES IN USING E-PARTICIPATION FOR MISSION STATEMENT DEVELOPMENT

Mission statements are written declarations that summarize and communicate an organization’s core values and strategies and present managerial tools that can be used to motivate employees by creating a common self-understanding of an organization. With politics aiming to become ever more inclusive and participative ranging from the local to the global level, new technologies and findings about possibilities of self-determined, collaborative work from the field of e-participation emerge, which can be transferred onto organizational participation. We therefore present a procedure for incorporating e-participation approaches in mission statement creation processes to make place for more collaborative and open processes. This paper presents an eight-step nominal group process for the participative online creation of a mission statement. The process was tested and evaluated within three consecutive studies that surrounded different stages of a mission statement development, which relied on an existing e-participation platform. Our core findings show that (1) the participants of this initiative considered the use of e-participation to be helpful for mission statement creation and generally support the proposed process structure, (2) the platform’s suitability for developing mission statements was reviewed critically, making suggestions for important criteria of digital mission statement creation tools that should be met, and (3) participants could identify themselves with the final mission statement more strongly because of their own participation in the development process. While observing overall support for the suggested mission statement creation procedure, we build on the results of our studies to make suggestions for the design of e-participation platforms that will make them even more suitable for mission statement development.
Paper No P07: Saliency‐Based Backlight Regulation Method for LCD Display

This paper presents a backlight unit (BLU) control method of the liquid crystal display devices for improving the quality of visually important regions in a scene. The proposed method dims and boosts the levels of the BLU blocks according to the saliency map and pixel distribution of input images. Simulation results indicate that users can feel improved visual quality without the increase of power consumption.
A Mixture of Experts in Associative Generalization

After learning that one stimulus predicts an outcome (e.g., an aqua-colored rectangle leads to shock) and a very similar stimulus predicts no outcome (e.g., a slightly greener rectangle leads to no shock), some participants generalize the predictive relationship on the basis of physical similarity to the predictive stimulus, while others generalize on the basis of the relational difference between the two stimuli (e.g., “higher likelihood of shock for bluer stimuli”). To date, these individual differences in generalization rules have remained unexplored in associative learning. Here, we present evidence that a given individual simultaneously entertains belief in both “similarity” and “relational” rules, and generalizes using a mixture of these strategies. Using a “mixture of experts” modelling framework constrained by participants self-reported rule beliefs, we show that considering multiple rules predicts generalization gradients better than a single rule, and that generalization behavior is better described as switching between, rather than averaging over, different rules.
Japan's Approach for Car to Truck Compatibility in Head-On Collisions

This paper presents Japan's approach for car-to-truck compatibility in head-on collisions. Front Underrun Protection Devices (FUPDs) regulated by ECE-R93 are effective in preventing car underrun in head-on collisions with trucks. The Japan Automobile Research Institute (JARI) has studied accident analyses and crash tests involving FUPDs at the request of MLIT and the Japanese Automotive Manufacturers Association (JAMA). It is predicted that passenger car driver fatalities can be decreased by about 45% (36 people/year) by equipping heavy trucks with FUPDs. In 2002, meetings to formulate the FUPD regulation were initiated, with members of the government (MLIT), industries (JAMA, JABIA), and institutes (JARI). One agenda item for the meeting was whether to admit cement-mixers and tipper trucks as an application exclusions. The off-road driving performance of cement-mixers and tipper trucks would decrease if they were equipped with FUPDs provided under ECE-R93. However, it is necessary to equip tipper trucks with FUPDs since the trucks are often driven on urban roads. As a result of these discussions, the authors have eased the FUPD height for tipper trucks from 400 to 450mm, the height at which the height at which minimum off-road driving performance is united with a decrease in aggressiveness. Even with an FUPD height of 450mm, car driver fatalities can be reduced by 28%. The regulations for FUPDs was introduced into Japan in January, 2007.
On Design of Security Risk Management Framework for Permissioned Blockchain Applications

—As permissioned blockchain becomes a common foundation of blockchainbased applications for current organizations, related stakeholders of the applications need the means to assess the security risks of the applications. To address this issue, this study proposes a security risk management framework for permissioned blockchain applications. The framework divides itself into different implementation stacks and provides guidelines to control the security risks of the permissioned blockchain application. According to the best of our knowledge, this study is the ﬁrst research that provides a means to evaluate and control the security risks of permissioned blockchain applications from a holistic point of view. If users can trust the applications that adopted this framework, this study can hopefully contribute to the adoption of permissioned blockchain technologies.
Vaccine effectiveness of Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca to prevent severe COVID-19 in Costa Rica by September and October 2021: A nationwide, observational study of hospitalisations prevalence.

Objective To estimate the dose-dependent effectiveness of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines to prevent severe illness in real-world conditions of Costa Rica, after the Delta variant became dominant. Design Observational study; secondary analysis of hospitalisation prevalence. Setting Nationwide adult population, Costa Rica. Participants All 3.67 million adults residents in Costa Rica by mid-2021. Public aggregated data of 5978 hospital records from 14th September to 20th October, 2021 and 6.1 million vaccination doses administered. Interventions Vaccination with Pfizer-BioNTech (78%) and Oxford-AstraZeneca (22%). Main outcome measures Prevalence of COVID-19-related hospitalisations Results Vaccine effectiveness to prevent hospitalisation (VEH) was estimated as 93.4% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 93.0 to 93.9) for complete vaccination and 76.7% (CI: 75.0 to 78.3) for single-dose vaccination among adults of all ages. VEH was lower and more uncertain among older adults aged 58 years and above: 92% (CI: 91% to 93%) for those who had received full vaccination and 64% (CI: 58% to 69%) for those who had received partial vaccination. Single-dose VEH declined over time during the study period, especially in the older age group. Estimates were sensitive to possible errors in the population count used to determine the residual number of unvaccinated people in groups with high vaccine coverage. Conclusion The Costa Rican vaccination programme that administered Pfizer and Oxford vaccines are highly effective to prevent COVID-19-related hospitalisations after the Delta variant had become dominant. Moreover, a single dose is reasonably effective, justifying the continuation of the national policy of postponing the application for the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine to accelerate the vaccination and increase the number of people being vaccinated. Timely monitoring of vaccine effectiveness is important to detect eventual failures and motivate the public based on information that the vaccinations are effective.
Field Testing of a Decision Support Tool for Acute Appendicitis using an Online Randomized Experimental Design

Background: Mounting evidence from randomized controlled trials have shown that antibiotics can be a safe and effective treatment for appendicitis. Patients and surgeons must work together to choose the optimal treatment approach for each patient based on their own preferences and values. We developed a novel decision support tool (DST) to facilitate shared decision making for appendicitis. The effect of this DST on decisional outcomes remains unknown. Methods: We conducted an online randomized field test in at-risk individuals comparing the DST to a standard infographic as a control. Individuals were randomized 3:1 to the DST (intervention) or infographic (control). The primary outcome was the total decisional conflict scale (DCS) score measured before and after exposure to the DST. Secondary outcomes included between-group DCS scores, and between group comparisons of the acceptability of DST or infographic. Results: 180 individuals were included in the study after quality control checks. Total DCS scores decreased significantly after viewing the DST (59.0 to 14.6, p<0.001) representing movement from a state of high to low decisional conflict. Individuals exposed to the DST reported significantly higher acceptability ratings (3.7 vs. 3.3, p<0.001) and had more individuals who would completely agreed that they would be willing to try antibiotics (45% vs. 21%, p=0.008). Conclusions: The novel appendicitis DST significantly decreased decisional conflict in this online randomized field test. Users rated the tool as highly acceptable and expressed increased willingness to consider antibiotics as a treatment approach after viewing it.
Research on the Influence of Cultural Distance and Board Capital on the FDI Model of Beijing’s Cultural and Creative Enterprises

Taking the cultural and creative industries becoming more and more mature in the world and China as the environmental background, and taking Beijing’s cultural and creative enterprises as the research object, this paper analyzes and summarizes the characteristics of their FDI model decision-making from the perspective of cultural distance and board capital. The results show that the six dimensions of cultural distance and the board capital factors have different degrees of influence on the FDI pattern of cultural and creative enterprises.
Regulation of water flow in the soil-root domain. New tools and methods

Water flow in the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum is controlled by a handful of key features. On the plant side, the leaf stomatal conductance controls the total amount of water transpired while the root hydraulic properties defines the distribution of uptake sites in the soil domain. On the soil side, the soil hydraulic properties and the 3D distribution of water define the quantity of water available to the plant. The explicit integration of these factors is required to decrypt their quantitative influence in the uptake process at the plant scale. In this work, different tools were developed to facilitate the observation and analysis of water flows in the SPAC. Firstly, a new root image analysis software, SmartRoot, was created to enable a quantitative analysis of root system architecture. Secondly, the creation of an experimental platform made possible the parallel monitoring of soil water content and root architecture of 20 plants. Finally, the implementation of a new functional-structural plant model, PlaNet-Maize, allowed the simulation of water flow regulation at the plant level with a resolution down to the organ. Using these new tools, the quantitative influence of several root features on the water uptake processes was evaluated. Firstly, deep-rooted plants were shown to ensure a better distribution of the water content decrease in the soil profile. Secondly, the regulation of root axial and radial hydraulic properties were shown to ensure a fine regulation of the flow in response to changes in the soil environment. In conclusion, the successful development of new tools and methods allowed a more detailed analysis of the influence of several plant features in the water uptake process.
Impact persistence of stock market risks in commodity markets: Evidence from China

The risk spillover among financial markets has been noticeably investigated in a burgeoning number of literature. Given those doctrines, we scrutinize the impact persistence of volatility spillover and illiquidity spillover of Chinese commodity markets in this paper. Based on the sample from 2010 to 2020, we reveal that there is a cross-market spillover of volatility and illiquidity in China and also, interactions between volatility and illiquidity in different financial markets are pronounced. More importantly, we demonstrate that different commodity markets have different responsiveness to stock market shocks, which embeds their market characteristics. Specifically, we discover that the majority of the traders in gold market might be hedger and therefore gold market is more sensitive to stock market illiquidity shock and thus the shock impact in persistent. On the other hand, agricultural markets like corn and soybean markets might be dominated by investors and thus those markets respond to the stock market volatility shocks and the shock impact in persistent over 10 periods given the first period of risk shock happening. In fact, different Chinese commodity markets’ responsiveness towards Chinese stock market risk shocks indicates the stock market risk impact persistence in Chinese commodity markets. This result can help policymakers to understand the policy propagation effect according to this risk spillover channel and risk impact persistence mechanism in China.