bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Changes in the Vegetation, Soil Seed Bank and Soil Properties at Bait Sites in a Protected Area of the Central European Lower Montane Zone
Authors: Rusvai Katalin , Wichmann Barnabás , Saláta Dénes , Grónás Viktor , Skutai Julianna , Czóbel Szilárd
Published: October 2022

Feeding places for shooting wild boar (so-called bait sites) are spreading in some regions and they have a growing impact on natural ecosystems. Bait sites were investigated to detect the changes in vegetation, the soil seed bank and soil nutrients. The study area is situated in the Mátra Landscape Protection Area, representing a typical oak forest in the Central European lower montane zone (in Hungary). Two types of bait sites were selected: forests and clearings. A vegetation survey, a soil seed bank experiment and a soil analysis were conducted. The degree of degradation of vegetation was similar at the various bait sites, but only the abundance of weeds was higher in the clearings. The density of weed seeds in the soil varied regardless of type, clearly showing the effects of artificial seed sources. The number of weed species was, however, significantly higher in the clearings. The degree of Jaccard-similarity between the vegetation and the seed bank was the highest in the clearings. The dominance of long-term persistent seeds did not differ among bait sites, indicating frequent disturbances at these sites. The amount of soil nutrients was significantly (more than 10 times) higher in the clearings and this, along with their greater openness, may be responsible for the higher number of weed species in their seed banks. The vegetation and the soil of the clearings proved to be more degraded, mainly due to their habitat characteristics, but the seed bank was similarly infected in the less weedy forests; thus, all bait sites may equally be the focal points of a possible invasion. It means new challenges for the management, considering that climate change and the intensive logging and hunting activities can strengthen the effects of bait sites.
An Energy Efficient Local Popularity Based Cooperative Caching for Mobile Information Centric Networks
Authors: Iqbal Javed , Abideen Zain ul , Ali Nadia , Khan Saddam Hussain , Rahim Azizur , Zahir Ali , Mohsan Syed Agha Hassnain , Alsharif Mohammed H.
Published: October 2022

The usage of social media applications such as Youtube, Facebook, and other applications is rapidly increasing with each passing day. These applications are used for uploading informational content such as images, videos, and voices, which results in exponential traffic overhead. Due to these overheads (high bandwidth consumption), the service providers fail to provide high-speed and low latency internet to users around the globe. The current internet cannot cope with such high data traffic due to its fixed infrastructure (host centric-network) degrading the network performance. A new internet paradigm known as Information Centric Networks (ICN) was introduced based on content-oriented addressing. The concept of ICN is to entertain the request locally by neighbor nodes without accessing the source, which will help offload the network’s data traffic. ICN can mitigate traffic overhead and meet future Internet requirements. In this work, we propose a novel decentralized placement scheme named self-organized cooperative caching (SOCC) for mobile ICN to improve the overall network performance through efficient bandwidth utilization and less traffic overhead. The proposed scheme outperforms the state-of-the-art schemes in terms of energy consumption by 55%, average latency, and cache hit rate by a minimum of 35%.
Research on the Comparative Advantage and Complementarity of China–Ghana Agricultural Product Trade
Authors: Edjah Benjamin , Wu Jianping , Tian Jinjin
Published: October 2022

As trade partners, China in East Asia and Ghana in Africa both play a major role in the China–Africa economic and trade cooperation and have strengthened their bilateral trade. The trade cooperation between China and Ghana has progressed, and there currently exists a large agricultural product trade between the two countries. China has become one of Ghana’s largest trading partners in recent decades, and bilateral cooperation has become stronger. This paper analyses the comparative advantage and complementarity of trade in agricultural products between China and Ghana in terms of twenty major agricultural products from 2016 to 2020, based on the revealed comparative advantage index, trade complementarity index, and their status quo. The results showed that the trade volume of China–Ghana agricultural products has continuously increased, and China is currently in a surplus state, but their total agriculture trade volume proportions had been decreasing. From the perspective of comparative advantage and complementarity, the results showed that the comparative advantage and complementarity coexist, but their comparative advantage is more obvious showing strong competitiveness. The result further shows that the comparative advantage of Ghana was stronger than that of China and the complementarity of China’s exports and Ghana’s imports of agricultural products has not been fully exploited; likewise, the complementarity of China’s imports and Ghana’s exports of agricultural products has not been fully exploited since 2018, and there is a large potential for further cooperation and development. Finally, based on the current situation and our analysis of agricultural trade between China and Ghana, suggestions were put forward to seek new and continuous development opportunities for agricultural trade cooperation between the two countries.
Life Cycle Assessment of Management Scenarios for Dredged Sediments: Environmental Impacts Caused during Landfilling and Soil Conditioning
Authors: Ferrans Laura , Nilsson Alexander , Schmieder Frank , Pal Divya , Rahmati-Abkenar Mahboubeh , Marques Marcia , Hogland William
Published: October 2022

The management of dredged sediments is a challenging issue since it involves the interconnection of complex economic, social, technical and environmental aspects. The EU LIFE SURE project aimed to apply a more sustainable dredging technique to Malmfjärden Bay in Kalmar/Sweden (a shallow urban water body with a high content of nutrients) and, additionally, it involved beneficial uses for the dredged material, in line with the circular economy concept. To achieve this, a life cycle assessment (LCA) study was carried out to assess the potential environmental impacts associated with two scenarios: sediment landfilling (S1) and soil conditioning (S2). This LCA study also aimed to evaluate and compare the costs related to each scenario. S1 contemplated the construction and operation of the landfill for 100 years, including the collection and discharge of leachate and biogas. S2 included the use of sediments in soils and the avoidance of producing and using fertilisers. Results showed that (S2) soil conditioning (total impact: −6.4 PE) was the scenario with fewer environmental impacts and the best economic evaluation. The S2 scenario was mainly related to the positive environmental savings produced by reducing fertiliser consumption (which also avoided purchase costs). However, S2 was also linked to potential negative effects associated with eutrophication and toxicity categories of impacts due to the possible spread of nutrients and pollutants in terrestrial and aquatic environments. In order to mitigate this problem, the sediments could be pre-treated to reduce their risk of pollution. Moreover, the main impact of the landfilling scenario (S1, total impact: 1.6 PE) was the emission of global warming-contributing gases during the operation of the facility. Implementing the soil conditioning scenario was therefore recommended, in line with the aim of the LIFE SURE project. Finally, it was recommended that LCA studies should be applied more often in the future when selecting beneficial uses for dredged sediments. The decision-making process is facilitated when the positive and negative impacts produced by each handling option are considered.
Flood Disaster Risk Assessment Based on DEA Model in Southeast Asia along “The Belt and Road”
Authors: Wang Xuming , Yu Xianrui , Yu Xiaobing
Published: October 2022

The “Belt and Road” initiative proposed by China has received much attention from the international community. Natural disasters along the route have posed considerable challenges to the “Belt and Road” economic construction. Southeast Asia, as the main thoroughfare of the Maritime Silk Road, always suffers from floods. It is necessary to evaluate flood risk to enhance disaster emergency management. Based on the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) model, inputs consist of four factors: the number of deaths, victims, frequency of occurrence, and economic losses caused by meteorological disasters. To study the vulnerability to flood disasters in Southeast Asian countries, the four factors caused by flood disasters were taken as outputs, respectively. The relative efficiency values of Laos, Malaysia and Cambodia exceed 0.8. They are most vulnerable to floods. The following four countries, Thailand, Myanmar, Indonesia, and the Philippines, are also vulnerable to flood disasters. The vulnerability of Vietnam is relatively lower than the others. In brief, the risk of flood disasters in Southeast Asia is high. Risk assessment for Southeast Asia is essential to ensure the implementation of the “Belt and Road” initiative.
Adoption of Blockchain Technology for Enhanced Traceability of Livestock-Based Products
Authors: Kampan Khwanchol , Tsusaka Takuji W. , Anal Anil Kumar
Published: October 2022

Blockchain has become a modern technology that can enhance the traceability of products and services, which is particularly relevant to agri-food supply chains. This paper reviews studies on blockchain technology applications to the agri-food supply chain system and food industry, and discusses potential adaptation of blockchain technology for livestock-based products with a focus on the ASEAN Region and Thailand. A comprehensive method for reviewing the literature was adopted, and this paper encompasses stakeholders along the supply chain of livestock-based products to understand the prospect of applying blockchain technology to the sector. It was found that while blockchain technology is potentially sustainable and worthy of applications, there remain various limitations and complications toward adoption, such as the low awareness among stakeholders, the weak sector-wide coordination, and the lack of capacity in primary suppliers. Potential benefits and implications of blockchain technology for the food industry have yet to be widely understood, especially in the ASEAN. These findings would call for coordinated support from both the governments and the private sector, especially to raise awareness of the technology, reinforce sector-wide coordination, and develop skills required for adoption.
Assessing and Developing Circular Deep Renovation Interventions towards Decarbonisation: The Italian Pilot Case of “Corte Palazzo” in Argelato
Authors: Mazzoli Cecilia , Corticelli Rachele , Dragonetti Lorna , Ferrante Annarita , Van Oorschot Johannes , Ritzen Michiel
Published: October 2022

Decarbonisation in the construction sector, consisting of a process based on the abandonment of fossil resources and the achievement of greater resource efficiency, is increasing in both new construction and renovation. The concept of circularity is seen as a strategy to reach this goal. The direct environmental impact of building designs can be quantitatively evaluated by assessing total mass, embodied energy, and embodied CO2 in combination with circularity criteria, such as design for disassembly, materials and product origin, as well as recovering potential. This paper presents a method for easily assessing these parameters, thus obtaining a Building Circularity Indicator. To validate the method, its application in a pilot case of a manor villa located in Argelato (Bologna, Italy) is provided in the framework of the European Horizon 2020 project “DRIVE 0—Driving decarbonization of the EU building stock by enhancing a consumer-centred and locally based circular renovation process”. The deep renovation intervention developed is aimed at increasing energy performance by pursuing a circular approach that has rarely been tackled in protected heritage. Furthermore, the benefits of a circular versus a linear strategy are demonstrated through an LCA as well as LCC analyses assessing the environmental and economic impact of the intervention. The research results validate the proposed method as a tool to support operators in the construction sector.
Social Reporting Impact on Non-Profit Stakeholder Satisfaction and Trust during the COVID-19 Pandemic in an Emerging Market
Authors: Nemțeanu Sefora-Marcela , Dabija Dan-Cristian , Gazzola Patrizia , Vătămănescu Elena-Mădălina
Published: October 2022

Attracting resources to achieve established goals makes social reporting necessary in relation to an organization’s stakeholders, and reports on the social impact of resource use and activities have an essential role in increasing stakeholder satisfaction and trust. The COVID-19 pandemic emphasized the importance of sustainable development goals and transparent social reporting for different categories of stakeholders. This paper aims to identify the social reporting dimensions that influence the satisfaction and trust of the primary stakeholders of non-profit organizations in an emerging market (Romania), i.e., managers, employees, members, volunteers, donors, and collaborators. The results reveal the positive influence COVID-19 reporting had on stakeholder satisfaction. The lack of formal reporting has a weak yet statistically significant negative influence on stakeholder satisfaction, thus positively influencing the perceived need for external and internal auditing. Stakeholder trust in an organization is strongly and positively influenced by satisfaction with the organizational activity and internal auditing and is negatively influenced by a lack of formal reporting.
Improving ESG Scores with Sustainability Concepts
Authors: Clément Alexandre , Robinot Élisabeth , Trespeuch Léo
Published: October 2022

ESG (environment, social, and governance) scores are becoming mainstream proxies for evaluating sustainability in organizations. In past years, scholars and managers used ESG scores to express the sustainable development of an organization and other types of sustainability. Meanwhile, increasing literature has shown that ESG scores do not measure sustainability in terms of sustainable development. The main reason ESG scores fail to measure sustainability adequately is that ESG scores are not designed to measure sustainability concepts, such as temporality, impact, resources management, and interconnectivity. Furthermore, ESG scores apply materiality concepts, but what they measure is not always quantifiable, and most agencies that produce ESG scores lack transparency. This research reviewed the challenges and issues associated with ESG scores regarding sustainability representation. Then, based on the sustainability literature, different themes and concepts that would add more sustainability consideration to an ideal ESG score are presented. Since ESG scores are increasingly popular, this paper presents concepts and ideas that would help ESG score agencies include more sustainability principles in their methodologies while redefining the expectations of scholars using them.
Current Trends in Interprofessional Shared Decision-Making Programmes in Health Professions Education: A Scoping Review
Authors: Sultan Lama , Alsaywid Basim , De Jong Nynke , De Nooijer Jascha
Published: October 2022

Background: Shared decision-making (SDM) is considered a patient-centred approach that requires interprofessional collaboration among healthcare professionals. Teaching interprofessional shared decision-making (IP-SDM) to students preparing for clinical practice facilitates the accomplishment of collaboration. Objective: This review seeks to provide an overview of current IP-SDM educational interventions with respect to their theoretical frameworks, delivery, and outcomes in healthcare. Methods: A scoping review was undertaken using PRISMA. Electronic databases, including OVID-MEDLINE, PubMed, OVID- EMBASE, ERIC, EBSCO-CINAHL, Cochrane Trails, APA PsycINFO, NTLTD, and MedNar, were searched for articles published between 2000 and 2020 on IP-SDM education and evaluation. Grey literature was searched for additional articles. Quality assessment and data extraction were independently completed by two reviewers, piloted on a random sample of specific articles, and revised iteratively. Results: A total of 63 articles met the inclusion criteria. The topics included various SDM models (26 articles) and educational frameworks and learning theories (20 articles). However, more than half of the studies did not report a theoretical framework. Students involved in the studies were postgraduates (22 articles) or undergraduates (18 articles), and 11 articles included both. The teaching incorporated active educational methods, including evaluation frameworks (18 articles) and Kirkpatrick’s model (6 articles). The mean educational intervention duration was approximately 4 months. Most articles did not include summative or formative assessments. The outcomes assessed most often included collaboration and communication, clinical practice and outcome, patients’ preferences, and decision-making skills. Conclusions: Overall, these articles demonstrate interest in teaching IP-SDM knowledge, skills, and attitudes in health professions education. However, the identified educational interventions were heterogeneous in health professionals’ involvement, intervention duration, educational frameworks, SDM models, and evaluation frameworks. Practice implications: We need more homogeneity in both theoretical frameworks and validated measures to assess IP-SDM.
Procedure for an Effective Quick and Targeted Distribution of Product to Final Beneficiaries by a Social Food Bank
Authors: Juanpera Marc , Fernández-Novell Judit M. , Soler-Noguera Albert , De los Santos Maria Antonia , Carpintero Daniel , Ferrer-Martí Laia , Pastor Rafael
Published: October 2022

Humanitarian food banks throughout Europe periodically deliver baskets of food products to vulnerable families. These entities occasionally receive large, unexpected quantities of perishable products, sometimes very specific (e.g., gluten-free, vegan), to be distributed urgently. The highly random nature of these arrivals has hindered their study in literature. The purpose of this work is to define a procedure for an effective, quick and targeted distribution to beneficiaries, of large quantities of sometimes very specific perishable products. The research methodology starts with an in-depth on-site analysis of a real food bank, interviews with managers and beneficiaries, and definition of the procedure requirements. Next, the procedure is designed, defining how to select the appropriate beneficiaries for the targeted distribution, using free and common-use tools to announce the product distribution and allow the collection request by interested beneficiaries. It is technically easy to use, taking into account that food banks’ workforce is composed mainly of volunteers, with a high turnover. Training material is prepared for volunteers and beneficiaries to overcome the digital gap. The procedure is validated with the network of small food banks El Rebost, from Terrassa (Spain): 129 lots of food products have been successfully delivered to targeted beneficiaries.
Analysis of the Vulnerability of Agriculture to Climate and Anthropogenic Impacts in the Beni Mellal-Khénifra Region, Morocco
Authors: Eddoughri Fatine , Lkammarte Fatima Zohra , El Jarroudi Moussa , Lahlali Rachid , Karmaoui Ahmed , Yacoubi Khebiza Mohammed , Messouli Mohammed
Published: October 2022

Climate change (CC) is a significant concern for many climate-sensitive socio-economic sectors, such as agriculture and food production. The current study aimed at analyzing the current vulnerability of the Moroccan agricultural sector to CC and anthropogenic impact and identifying the relevant vulnerability factors in the Beni Mellal-Khénifra region. In this regard, a multidisciplinary approach was used to assess the vulnerability. To do this, an index based on five components was designed, including climate, plant production, animal production, geography, and anthropogenic aspects. The numerical model has benefited from data retrieved from three recognized indices such as Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI), and Vegetation Condition Index (VCI), and from the reported data of the agricultural, environmental, and socio-economic governmental departments. The results showed that there was a significant vulnerability of all the five components to CC. Particularly, the province of Azilal was the most vulnerable, followed by Khénifra, Fquih Ben Salah, and Beni Mellal, while Khouribga was the least vulnerable. These components might help to determine the mechanisms and priority sectors, the most vulnerable to CC and anthropogenic effects, to take urgent measures. These may guide decision makers to carry out effective actions, namely, the amounts to be spent to mitigate this vulnerability. It will also make it possible to know where, when, and how the adaptation should take place.
Early Detection of Bacterial Blight in Hyperspectral Images Based on Random Forest and Adaptive Coherence Estimator
Authors: Wu Yuqiang , Cao Yifei , Zhai Zhaoyu
Published: October 2022

Rice disease detection is of great significance to rice disease management. It is difficult to identify the rice leaves with different colors in different disease periods by RGB image and without aided eyes. Traditional equipment and methods are relatively inefficient in meeting the needs of current disease detection. The accurate and efficient detection the infected areas from hyperspectral images has become a primary concern in current research. However, current spectral target detection research pays less attention to the time and computing resources consumed by detection. A disease detection method based on random forest (RF) and adaptive coherence estimator (ACE) is proposed here. Firstly, based on the spectral differences between diseased and healthy leaves, 18 characteristic spectral wavelengths with the highest importance were selected by an RF algorithm, and the spectral images of those characteristic wavelengths were synthesized. Then, the ACE model was established for the disease recognition of full wavelength spectral images, characteristic wavelength spectral images, and RGB images. At the same time, three other familiar target detection methods were selected as the control experiments. The detection results showed a similarity between the detection performance of the four detection methods for full wavelength spectral image and characteristic wavelength spectral image. This detection performance was higher than that of the RGB image, indicating that characteristic wavelength spectral image can replace full wavelength spectral image for disease detection. The detection performance of the ACE algorithm was better than other algorithms. The detection accuracy of 18 characteristic wavelengths was 97.41%. Compared with the hyperspectral full wavelength image detection results, the accuracy decreased by 1.12%, and the detection time decreased by 2/3, which greatly reduced the detection time. Based on these results, the target detection method combining the RF algorithm and the ACE algorithm can effectively and accurately detect rice bacterial blight disease, which provides a new method for automatic detection of plant disease in the field.
Analysis and Control of Chaos in the Boost Converter with ZAD, FPIC, and TDAS
Authors: Trujillo Simeón Casanova , Candelo-Becerra John E. , Hoyos Fredy E.
Published: October 2022

This paper presents an analysis and control of chaos in the boost converter controlled with zero average dynamics, fixed-point induced control, and time-delayed autosynchronization techniques. First, the existence of chaos is demonstrated numerically when positive Lyapunov exponents are found in the controlled system, for a range from k1=−0.26 to k1=0.4387, when k2=0.5. Additionally, chaos is also found for a range from k1=−0.435 to k1=0.26, when k2=−0.5. Subsequently, fixed-point-induced control and time-delayed autosynchronization techniques are used to control the chaos. The results show that both techniques are useful to control the chaos in the boost converter. Furthermore, the fixed-point-induced control technique allows better regulation than the time-delayed autosynchronization technique. Moreover, when only the fixed-point induced control technique is used on the boost converter with a time delay, the results were not good enough to stabilize orbits. The stability is validated by calculating the Lyapunov exponents.
Electrochemical Bromofunctionalization of Alkenes and Alkynes—To Sustainability and Beyond
Authors: Gombos Lilla G. , Waldvogel Siegfried R.
Published: October 2022

The electrochemical generation of highly reactive and hazardous bromine under controlled conditions as well as the reduction of surplus oxidizers and reagent waste has placed electrochemical synthesis in a highlighted position. In particular, the electrochemical dibromination and bromofunctionalization of alkenes and alkynes have received significant attention, as the forming of synthetically important derivatives can be generated from bench-stable and safe bromide sources under “green” conditions. Readily available and non-corrosive bromide salts have been utilized with a dual role as both a reagent and supporting electrolyte. However, this trend seems to change with the preparation of organobromine species. In this review, the electrochemical dibromination and bromofunctionalization of alkenes and alkynes was addressed in terms of their bromine sources and sustainability.
Note about Passive Continuous Variable Quantum Key Distribution over Turbulent Atmospheric Channel
Authors: Mao Yun , Zhu Yiwu , Wang Yijun , Guo Ying
Published: October 2022

Continuous variable quantum key distribution (CVQKD) has been implemented over the atmospheric channels over free space. However, atmospheric turbulence weakens the quality of the transmitting quantum signals and hence decreases the secret key rate of the system. Here, we suggest an atmospheric turbulence channel model that involves atmospheric turbulence bubbles and demonstrates the implementation feasibility of passive CVQKD with spectrum resources in the terahertz band over the atmospheric turbulence channel. We achieve the channel transmittance characterized by the refractive index and the wavefront distortions. Moreover, an adaptive optics (AO) unit is used for performance improvement while considering the effect of the thermal noise and excess noise on the atmospheric turbulence bubble-modeled channel. Numerical simulations show that the AO-involved detection scheme can result in reductions in excess noise when being faced with the floating clouds and mist in atmospheric turbulence, which results in performance improvements in terms of secret key rate, which confirms the utility of the high-rate and long-distance CVQKD in terahertz (THz) for practical implementations.
Study of a High-Power Medium Frequency Transformer Using Amorphous Magnetic Material
Authors: Zhang Shichong , Chen Dezhi , Bai Baodong
Published: October 2022

A shell-type medium frequency transformer (MFT) using amorphous alloy material is designed for high-power electronic applications. The optimal area product design method is adopted to design an MFT, which maximizes the high efficiency and power density, minimizes the loss and volume, and meets the limitations of insulation and temperature rise. Then, a 20 kVA/10 kHz MFT is designed. To ensure the rationality of the MFT design, the magnetic properties of the amorphous alloy material are measured, and finite element simulations are carried out based on measured magnetic properties. The magnetic flux density, loss, and temperature rise of the designed MFT are analyzed. Finally, a 20 kVA/10 kHz MFT prototype is fabricated, and experimental tests are carried out. The loss and temperature rise of the MFT prototype are within reason, which verifies the effectiveness of the proposed scheme.
Interval Observers for Discrete-Time Linear Systems with Uncertainties
Authors: Sergiyenko Oleg , Zhirabok Alexey , Ibraheem Ibraheem Kasim , Zuev Alexander , Filaretov Vladimir , Azar Ahmad Taher , Hameed Ibrahim A.
Published: October 2022

In this paper, we consider the problem involved when designing the interval observer for the system described by a linear discrete-time model under external disturbances and measurement noises. To solve this problem, we used the reduced order model of the initial system, which is insensitive or has minimal sensitivity to the disturbances. The relations involved in designing the interval observer, which has minimal dimensions and estimates the prescribed linear function of the original system state vector, were obtained. The theoretical results were illustrated by a practical example.
Design and Robustness Evaluation of Valley Topological Elastic Wave Propagation in a Thin Plate with Phononic Structure
Authors: Kataoka Motoki , Misawa Masaaki , Tsuruta Kenji
Published: October 2022

Based on the concept of band topology in phonon dispersion, we designed a topological phononic crystal in a thin plate for developing an efficient elastic waveguide. Despite that various topological phononic structures have been actively proposed, a quantitative design strategy of the phononic band and its robustness assessment in an elastic regime are still missing, hampering the realization of topological acoustic devices. We adopted a snowflake-like structure for the crystal unit cell and determined the optimal structure that exhibited the topological phase transition of the planar phononic crystal by changing the unit cell structure. The bandgap width could be adjusted by varying the length of the snow-side branch, and a topological phase transition occurred in the unit cell structure with threefold rotational symmetry. Elastic waveguides based on edge modes appearing at interfaces between crystals with different band topologies were designed, and their transmission efficiencies were evaluated numerically and experimentally. The results demonstrate the robustness of the elastic wave propagation in thin plates. Moreover, we experimentally estimated the backscattering length, which measures the robustness of the topologically protected propagating states against structural inhomogeneities. The results quantitatively indicated that degradation of the immunization against the backscattering occurs predominantly at the corners in the waveguides, indicating that the edge mode observed is a relatively weak topological state.
Method of an Asymptotic Analysis of the Nonlinear Monotonic Stability of the Oscillation at the Problem of Damping of the Angle of Attack of a Symmetric Spacecraft
Authors: Lyubimov Vladislav V.
Published: October 2022

One of the current directions in the development of the modern theory of oscillations is the elaboration of effective methods for analyzing the stability of solutions of dynamical systems. The aim of the work is to develop a new asymptotic method for studying the nonlinear monotonic stability of the amplitude of plane oscillations in a dynamic system of equations with one fast phase. The method is based on the use of the method of variation of an arbitrary constant, the averaging method, and the classical method of mathematical research of the function of one independent variable. It is assumed that the resulting approximate analytical function is defined and twice continuously differentiable on the entire considered interval of change of the independent variable. It describes the nonlinear and monotonic evolution of the oscillation amplitude on the entire considered interval of change of the independent variable. In the paper, this method is applied to the problem of nonlinear monotonic aerodynamic damping of the amplitude of oscillations of the angle of attack during the descent of a symmetric spacecraft in the atmosphere of Mars. The method presented in this paper made it possible to find all characteristic cases of nonlinear monotonic stability and instability of the oscillation amplitude of the angle of attack. In addition, one should speak of a symmetrical quantity of different cases of stability and instability, located on different sides of the zero value of the first average derivative of the angle of attack.
Unsteady Electro-Hydrodynamic Stagnating Point Flow of Hybridized Nanofluid via a Convectively Heated Enlarging (Dwindling) Surface with Velocity Slippage and Heat Generation
Authors: Khan Abbas , Jamshed Wasim , Eid Mohamed R. , Pasha Amjad Ali , Tag El Din El Sayed M. , Khalifa Hamiden Abd El-Wahed , Alharbi Samaher Khalaf
Published: October 2022

In (Al2O3-Cu/H2O) hybridized nanofluid (HYNF) is an unsteady electro-hydrodynamic stagnation point flow. A stretchable (shrinkable) surface that was convectively heated was studied in the past. In addition to the traditional nonslip surface, the heat generating (absorbing) and the velocity slippage constraints are deliberated in this research. An obtained nonlinear scheme is resolved by the homotopy analysis method. Governing parameters are the electric field parameters, that is, the dimensionless parameters including the magnetic parameter, Prandtl quantity, heat generating factor, Eckert quantity, and unsteady factor. We discuss in detail the effects of these variables on the movement of problems and thermal transmission characteristics. Increasing the values of the magneto and electric force parameters increased the temperature. Increasing the Prandtl number lowered the temperature. For the Eckert parameter, an increase in temperature was recognized. The symmetric form of the geometry model displayed improved the fluid flow by the same amount both above and below the stagnation streamline, while it decreased the flow pressure by the same level. The more heat source uses to increase the temperature of the HYNF over the entire area, the more heat is supplied to the plate, but with a heat sink, the opposite effect is observed.
Novel Distance-Measures-Based Extended TOPSIS Method under Linguistic Linear Diophantine Fuzzy Information
Authors: Kamacı Hüseyin , Marinkovic Dragan , Petchimuthu Subramanian , Riaz Muhammad , Ashraf Shahzaib
Published: October 2022

The advantages of the intuitionistic fuzzy set, Pythagorean fuzzy set, and q-rung orthopair fuzzy set are all carried over into the linear Diophantine fuzzy set by extending the restrictions on the grades. Linear Diophantine fuzzy sets offer a wide range of practical applications because the reference parameters allow evaluation andto express their judgments about membership and nonmembership degrees in a variety of ways. Linguistic-valued information cannot be described by linear Diophantine fuzzy numbers since precise numbers are used in linear Diophantine fuzzy systems. In this paper, we first present the novel idea of a linguistic linear Diophantine fuzzy set, which is the hybrid structure of the linear Diophantine fuzzy set and the linguistic term set. Furthermore, some basic operational rules with novel distance measures, namely, Hamming, Euclidean, and Chebyshev distance measures, are established. Based on the newly defined concept of distance measure, an extended TOPSIS technique is presented to tackle the linguistic uncertainty in real-world decision support problems. A numerical example is illustrated to support the applicability of the proposed methodology and to analyze symmetry of the optimal decision. A comparison analysis is constructed to show the symmetry, validity, and effectiveness of the proposed method over the existing decision support techniques.
Superconductivity in Hierarchical 3D Nanostructured Pb–In Alloys
Authors: Shevchun Artem F. , Strukova Galina K. , Shmyt’ko Ivan M. , Strukov Gennady V. , Vitkalov Sergey A. , Yakovlev Dmitry S. , Nazhestkin Ivan A. , Shovkun Dmitry V.
Published: October 2022

The superconducting properties of hierarchical nanostructured samples of Pb–In alloys have been studied by the measurement of dynamic susceptibility χ(T) temperature dependence. Symmetric samples with different shapes and sizes were formed on a brass metallic net by cathode-metal electrodeposition with a programmed pulsing current. Two different kinds of χ(T) dependence were observed in synthesized structures. The first kind was a broad superconductive transition without energy dissipation with a very weak response to the external magnetic field. The second kind was, conversely, an abrupt transition signifying an energy dissipation with a significant field response. This behavior depends on the ratio between a superconducting domain size (defined by the London penetration depth λ) and a crystallite size. In these cases, one or several superconducting domains are present in a sample. This result paves the way to controlling a superconducting domain size in materials with the parameters of a pulsed current.
Dynamic Research on Three-Player Evolutionary Game in Waste Product Recycling Supply Chain System
Authors: Xie Bo , An Keyu , Cheng Yingying
Published: October 2022

Recycling channel construction plays an important role in the development of closed-loop supply chains. In particular, the emergence of online recycling channels has made up for the shortcomings of traditional recycling channels with poor information and limited markets. This paper constructs an evolutionary game model to investigate the cooperation between manufacturers and e-commerce platforms with government intervention or not. The result shows that whether an enterprise actively participates in the cooperative recycling depends on the actual cost of establishing the cooperative recycling system. Additionally, the government support and supervision will affect the actual cost of cooperation. When the actual cost of establishing a collaborative recovery system is very large, under the influence of government interventions, there will be two kinds of evolutionary results for enterprises, either with cooperation or not at the same time. On the contrary, when the actual cost is small or medium, both manufacturers and the platforms will choose to cooperate. Thus, government participation in a cooperative recovery system is the best strategic option.
Effects of Polystyrene Diet on the Growth and Development of Tenebrio molitor
Authors: Wang Xiaosu , Tang Tianle
Published: October 2022

In recent years, the role of Tenebrio molitor in degrading polystyrene foam through its gut microbes has become the focus of research. However, little literature has reported the effect of feeding on polystyrene foam on the growth and development of Tenebrio molitor. In this study, we investigated the impacts of different polystyrene by evaluating the vital signs of Tenebrio molitor fed in the intestines and excrement fluids using RNA-Seq t.echnology and then verifying the transcriptome sequencing findings using qRT-PCR technology. The average weight of Tenebrio molitor larvae in the wheat bran group increased significantly. Tenebrio molitor larvae in the PS group, on the other hand, didn’t grow as much and had a much lower average weight than those in the wheat bran group. Compared to the bran group, the excrement of Tenebrio molitor fed only on polystyrene foam was flaky and coarse, increased nitrogen and phosphorus atomic concentration ratios by about 50%, decreased potassium atomic concentration ratios by 63%, with the enterocytes and circular muscle of Tenebrio molitor falling as well. Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes enrichment indicated that the differential genes were mainly related to metabolic pathways. There was an agreement between qRT-PCR and RNA-Seq analyses for the growth and development genes chitinase, heat shock protein 70, and cytochrome P450. Only feeding polystyrene foam shall lead to the growth and development retardation of Tenebrio molitor.
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Authors: Panjideh Hossein , Niesler Nicole , Weng Alexander , Fuchs Hendrik
Published: October 2022

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Amino Acid Substitution within Seven-Octapeptide Repeat Insertions in the Prion Protein Gene Associated with Short-Term Course
Authors: Chen Zhongyun , Nan Haitian , Kong Yu , Chu Min , Liu Li , Zhang Jing , Wang Lin , Wu Liyong
Published: October 2022

The majority of seven-octapeptide repeat insertion (7-OPRI) carriers exhibit relatively early onset and a slowly progressive course. We have presented three cases of 7-OPRI, including two that are rapidly progressing, and compared the clinical and ancillary characteristics of the short-term and long-term disease course, as well as factors that influence disease course. The clinical and ancillary features of three new 7-OPRI patients in a Chinese pedigree were analyzed. Global data on 7-OPRI cases were then collected by reviewing the literature, and the cases were grouped according to clinical duration as per the WHO sCJD criteria, with a two-year cut-off. A Chinese pedigree has a glycine-to-glutamate substitution within the 7-OPRI insertion, which enhances the hydrophilicity of the prion protein. Two cases in this pedigree had a short disease course (consistent with the typical clinical and ancillary features of sCJD). In addition, the members of this pedigree had a later onset (p < 0.001) and shorter disease course (p < 0.001) compared to previously reported 7-OPRI cases with 129 cis-M and a similar age of onset and disease course to that of cases with 129 cis-V. The 7-OPRI cases with a shorter clinical course (n = 4) had a later onset (p = 0.021), higher rate of hyperintensity on MRI (p = 0.029) and higher frequency of 129 cis-V (p = 0.066) compared to those with a longer clinical course (n = 13). The clinical presentation of 7-OPRI is significantly heterogeneous. Codon 129 cis-V and amino acid substitution within repeat insertions are possible contributors to the short-term disease course of 7-OPRI.
Extending the Host Range of Fusarium Poae Virus 1 from Fusarium poae to other Fusarium Species in the Field
Authors: Song Xiushi , Sun Yidan , Gao Jing , Gu Kaixin , Hou Yiping , Wang Jianxin , Zhou Mingguo
Published: October 2022

Fusarium poae virus 1 (FpV1, a betapartitivirus) is one of the mycoviruses which is discovered earlier. Due to the vegetative incompatibility barrier that often exists between different species or strains of filamentous fungi, FpV1 has been thought to be limited to its host, F. poae, as a non-hypovirulence mycovirus in the past 20 years in the field. Here, a novel strain of FpV1 (FpV1-Fa) with two dsRNA segments (2157-and 2080-nt) was consistently identified in F. asiaticum isolates in the field. FpV1-Fa induced abnormal morphology and hypovirulence of F. asiaticum, along with a high viral load. FpV1-Fa was detected only from the F. asiaticum and F. tricinctum strains at a FpV1-Fa sampling site (119.014289, 33.8261), while the other strains from other sites were not identified FpV1-Fa. A horizontal transmission experiment showed that FpV1-Fa can transfer from F. asiaticum to F. poae and F. tricinctum, but not to F. graminearum. The selection analysis of FpV1-Fa revealed RdRP and CP were under strong purifying selection, and the C-terminal side of RdRP was under positive selection. In these regions, 9 amino acid mutations in RdRP and 21 mutations in CP appeared to cause the variation of host range and virulence in FpV1-Fa.
Pathological Studies on Hantaan Virus-Infected Mice Simulating Severe Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome
Authors: Wei Zhouoxing , Shimizu Kenta , Sarii Rakiiya S. , Muthusinghe Devinda S. , Lokupathirage Sithumini M. W. , Nio-Kobayashi Junko , Yoshimatsu Kumiko
Published: October 2022

Hantaan virus is the causative agent of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS). The Hantaan virus strain, Korean hemorrhagic fever virus clone-5 (KHF5), causes weight loss and renal hemorrhage in laboratory mice. Clone-4 (KHF4), which has a single E417K amino acid change in its glycoprotein, is an avirulent variant. In this study, KHF4 and KHF5 were compared to evaluate pathological differences in mice in vitro and in vivo. The characteristics of the two glycoproteins were not significantly different in vitro. However, the virulent KHF5 strain targeted the lungs and caused pneumonia and edema in vivo. Both strains induced high infectivity levels in the liver and caused hepatitis; however, petechial hemorrhage and glycogen storage reduction were observed in KHF5-infected mice alone. Renal hemorrhage was observed using viral antigens in the tubular region of KHF5-infected mice. In addition, an increase in white blood cell levels and neutrophilia were found in KHF5-infected mice. Microarray analysis of liver cells showed that CD8+ T cell activation, acute-phase protein production, and neutrophil activation was induced by KHF5 infection. KHF5 infectivity was significantly increased in vivo and the histological and clinicopathological findings were similar to those in patients with HFRS.
Phylogeography and Biological Characterizations of H12 Influenza A Viruses
Authors: Wan Zhimin , Kan Qiuqi , He Dongchang , Zhao Zhehong , Gong Jianxi , Jiang Wenjie , Tang Ting , Li Yafeng , Xie Quan , Li Tuofan , Shao Hongxia , Qin Aijian , Ye Jianqiang
Published: October 2022

Influenza A virus (IAV) is widespread in wild bird reservoirs. Sixteen hemagglutinin subtypes are associated with wild waterfowl hosts; some subtypes are isolated infrequently, one of which is H12 IAV. In this study, we detected three H12 IAVs from Anascrecca and Anas formosa in Poyang Lake, China, in 2018, one of which was isolated. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that the genome sequences of the three H12 viruses belonged to the Eurasian lineage, except for PA genes and one NP gene, which belonged to the North American lineage. The growth kinetics showed that the H12 isolate grew better in A549 than MDCK cells. Moreover, although the H12 isolate cannot efficiently replicate in BALB/c mice, it can bind to both α-2,6 sialic acid (SA) and α-2,SA-linked receptors. In addition, we examined the phylodynamics of H12 viruses by Bayesian phylogeographic analysis. The results show that two major transmission routes of H12 IAVs were from Asia to Oceania and from Europe to South America, and Anas and Arenaria genera were the major hosts of the viral transmission. Our findings help us better understand the evolution of H12 IAV and highlight the need for the continued surveillance of IAVs circulating in wild birds.