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Quantitative analysis of three‐dimensional reconstruction data to guide the selection of methods for laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy
Authors: Zhou Hai‐Tao , Peng Cheng‐Bin , Han Yue , Lu Cai‐De , Zheng Si‐Ming 
Published: October 2020

AbstractBackground/PurposeTo explore the risk factors of splenic vessel preservation in laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy (LDP) and to guide with the appropriate selection of surgical methods through three‐dimensional (3D) reconstruction.MethodsPatients suffering from benign or low‐grade malignant tumors of pancreatic body and tail having undergone LDP in Ningbo Medical Center Lihuili Hospital from January 2014 to September 2019 were selected for quantitative analysis of the anatomical data of patients’ pancreas, tumors, splenic vessels and spleens by 3D reconstruction. According to the final surgical methods, the patients were divided into the laparoscopic spleen‐preserving distal pancreatectomy with splenic vessel preservation (lap‐SVP) group and the non‐lap‐SVP group. Clinical data of the two groups were compared to assess the risk factors for surgical failure of lap‐SVP and logistic regression model was applied to predict the choice of surgical methods.ResultsA total of 218 patients were included in the study, including 144 in the lap‐SVP group and 74 in the non‐lap‐SVP group. Multivariate analysis confirms that large tumor volume, large contact area between the pancreas to be resected and the splenic vein, and large maximum ratio of the circumference of the splenic vessel embedded in the pancreas to be resected to the circumference of the splenic vessel are independent risk factors for surgical failure of lap‐SVP (OR > 1, P < .05). The prediction accuracy of lap‐SVP operation by the logistic regression reaches up to 80.9%.Conclusions3D reconstruction can provide essential basis for the surgical method selection of laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy.
Northeastward propagation of nocturnal precipitation over the Sichuan Basin
Authors: Li Juan , Li Yueqing , Zhao Tianliang , Schiemann Reinhard , Muetzelfeldt Mark , Jiang Xingwen 
Published: October 2020

AbstractThe Sichuan Basin (SCB) is located to the east of the Tibetan Plateau (TP) and features nocturnal precipitation. This study explores spatial variation of nocturnal precipitation during the warm season over the SCB using high spatiotemporal resolution merged precipitation products from 2008 to 2017. It is found that there is a prominent northeastward timing delay of precipitation peak over the SCB, that is, the diurnal peak of precipitation occurs in the midnight over the southwestern SCB whereas in the early morning over the northeastern SCB. This time delay is partly ascribed to a northeastward propagation of precipitation over the SCB, account for about 40% and 25% of the diurnal variation of precipitation over the central and northeastern SCB, respectively. Precipitation first occurs over the southwestern edge of the SCB at about 1900–2000 LST, and then propagates northeastward steered by the large‐scale mid‐tropospheric southwesterly airflow, which is consistent with the northeastward propagation of the large moisture convergence. The precipitation reaches the northeastern SCB in the early morning. The diurnal variation of 850‐hPa wind has strong easterly wind deviations in the early evening over the southwestern SCB, which favours for an initiation of precipitation by orographic lift of air. The diurnal variation of difference in equivalent potential temperature between 500 hPa and 850 hPa has a maximum negative deviation in the early evening over the southwestern SCB, which enhances the instability and therefore favours an initiation of precipitation. The Yunnan‐Guizhou Plateau (YGP) may play an important role in the initiation of precipitation over the southwestern SCB in the early evening.
Using MACBETH for the performance expression of a mixed‐use ecopark
Authors: Le Tellier Mathilde , Berrah Lamia , Clivillé Vincent , Audy Jean‐François , Stutz Benoit , Barnabé Simon 
Published: October 2020

AbstractThe deployment, control, and continuous improvement of a sustainable industrial park are complex and cross‐sector endeavours involving many different aspects. Generally, control of a sustainable industrial park comprises a range of actions that are undertaken to achieve its sustainability that is deployed into fundamental objectives. Achieving these objectives requires the definition, recurring redefinition, and continuous control of an action plan. The decision maker in charge of the industrial park needs pieces of information on the impact of the action plan before and during its execution. The performance expressions (also called utilities), are evolving during the execution of the action plan and rely on multiple criteria since a sustainable industrial park is a complex system with numerous objectives. In this paper, an innovative use of multi‐criteria decision analysis is presented. MACBETH is used to express the evolution of the performance of a sustainable industrial park, either for the purpose of prediction or verification. A case study is presented with the expression of the performance of a Canadian sustainable industrial park.
Tea Drinking Alleviates Diabetic Symptoms via Upregulating Renal Water Reabsorption Proteins and Downregulating Renal Gluconeogenic Enzymes in db/db Mice
Authors: Zhao Guangshan , Wu Ximing , Wang Wenping , Yang Chung S. , Zhang Jinsong 
Published: October 2020

AbstractScope: Tea, made from the plant Camellia sinensis, is known to have anti‐diabetes effects and different mechanisms of action are proposed. Kidney is a vital organ in managing water reabsorption and glucose metabolism, and is greatly influenced by diabetes. The present study investigates the effects of tea administration on water reabsorption and gluconeogenesis in the kidney of diabetic mice.Methods and results: Db/db mice are given tea infusion as drinking fluid when they begin to exhibit hyperglycemia. It is found that green tea or black tea infusion potently elevates renal proteins vital for water reabsorption, including protein kinase C‐α, aquaporin 2, and urea transporter‐A1, as well as increases trafficking of these proteins to apical plasma membrane where they exert water reabsorption function. The treatment also downregulates renal gluconeogenic enzymes, including glucose‐6‐phosphatase‐α and phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase. Associated with these biochemical changes are the rectified polyuria, polydipsia, polyphagia, and hyperglycemia, all symptoms of diabetes.Conclusions: For the first time, the present study demonstrates that tea has robust effects in enhancing kidney water reabsorption proteins and downregulating gluconeogenic enzymes in db/db mice. It remains to be investigated whether such beneficial effects of tea occur in humans.
Multimodal MRI synthesis using unified generative adversarial networks
Authors: Dai Xianjin , Lei Yang , Fu Yabo , Curran Walter J. , Liu Tian , Mao Hui , Yang Xiaofeng 
Published: October 2020

PurposeComplementary information obtained from multiple contrasts of tissue facilitates physicians assessing, diagnosing and planning treatment of a variety of diseases. However, acquiring multiple contrasts magnetic resonance images (MRI) for every patient using multiple pulse sequences is time‐consuming and expensive, where, medical image synthesis has been demonstrated as an effective alternative. The purpose of this study is to develop a unified framework for multimodal MR image synthesis.MethodsA unified generative adversarial network consisting of only a single generator and a single discriminator was developed to learn the mappings among images of four different modalities. The generator took an image and its modality label as inputs and learned to synthesize the image in the target modality, while the discriminator was trained to distinguish between real and synthesized images and classify them to their corresponding modalities. The network was trained and tested using multimodal brain MRI consisting of four different contrasts which are T1‐weighted (T1), T1‐weighted and contrast‐enhanced (T1c), T2‐weighted (T2), and fluid‐attenuated inversion recovery (Flair). Quantitative assessments of our proposed method were made through computing normalized mean absolute error (NMAE), peak signal‐to‐noise ratio (PSNR), structural similarity index measurement (SSIM), visual information fidelity (VIF), and naturalness image quality evaluator (NIQE).ResultsThe proposed model was trained and tested on a cohort of 274 glioma patients with well‐aligned multi‐types of MRI scans. After the model was trained, tests were conducted by using each of T1, T1c, T2, Flair as a single input modality to generate its respective rest modalities. Our proposed method shows high accuracy and robustness for image synthesis with arbitrary MRI modality that is available in the database as input. For example, with T1 as input modality, the NMAEs for the generated T1c, T2, Flair respectively are 0.034 ± 0.005, 0.041 ± 0.006, and 0.041 ± 0.006, the PSNRs respectively are 32.353 ± 2.525 dB, 30.016 ± 2.577 dB, and 29.091 ± 2.795 dB, the SSIMs are 0.974 ± 0.059, 0.969 ± 0.059, and 0.959 ± 0.059, the VIF are 0.750 ± 0.087, 0.706 ± 0.097, and 0.654 ± 0.062, and NIQE are 1.396 ± 0.401, 1.511 ± 0.460, and 1.259 ± 0.358, respectively.ConclusionsWe proposed a novel multimodal MR image synthesis method based on a unified generative adversarial network. The network takes an image and its modality label as inputs and synthesizes multimodal images in a single forward pass. The results demonstrate that the proposed method is able to accurately synthesize multimodal MR images from a single MR image.
A new offer of NTRU cryptosystem with two new key pairs
Authors: Sever Mehmet , Özdemir Ahmet Şükrü 
Published: October 2020

AbstractIn this study, it is aimed to contribute to the NTRU cryptologic system to increase the number of operations of taking module by taking a polynomial module, to increase the number of secret key by adding an isomorphism and also to increase the number of public key by choosing an irreducible polynomial. Since it is calculated module by suitably partitioning a chosen message polynomial, and since it is used properties of module being an algebraic structure in a phase of an operation and a decryption by adding to the system prime number module and prime polynomial module, this title is thought fit.
Refractive Imaging of Air Shock Above Microscale Defects in Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate (PETN) Films
Authors: Peguero Julio C. , Forrest Eric C. , Knepper Robert , Hargather Michael J. , Tappan Alexander S. , Marquez Michael P. , Vasiliauskas Jonathan G. , Rupper Stephen G. 
Published: October 2020

AbstractPhysical vapor deposition (PVD) of high explosives can produce energetic samples with unique microstructure and morphology compared to traditional powder processing techniques, but challenges may exist in fabricating explosive films without defects. Deposition conditions and substrate material may promote microcracking and other defects in the explosive films. In this study, we investigate effects of engineered microscale defects (gaps) on detonation propagation and failure for pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN) films using ultra‐high‐speed refractive imaging and hydrocode modelling. Observations of the air shock above the gap reveal significant instabilities during gap crossing and re‐ignition.
Are economic thresholds for IPM decisions the same for low LAI soybean cultivars in Brazil?
Authors: Hayashida Rafael , Godoy Claúdia V , Hoback William W , de Freitas Bueno Adeney 
Published: October 2020

AbstractBACKGROUNDEconomic thresholds (ETs) are well‐established for defoliation of soybean, Glycine max, and have been updated for many of the newer cultivars; however, there is increasing grower adoption of cultivars with a reduced leaf area index (LAI). It is of theoretical and practical interest to determine low LAI cultivar tolerance to defoliation. We conducted experiments during two consecutive crop seasons (2017/2018 and 2018/2019) using three soybean cultivars (NS 5959 IPRO, NS 5445 IPRO, and DON MARIO 5.8i) and three defoliation levels (0%, 16.7%, and 33.3%) to evaluate the tolerance of reduced LAI soybean cultivars under different defoliation levels.RESULTSWe observed differences among cultivar's LAI during plant development during both years. Soybean LAI was reduced with increasing defoliation intensity. Tested continuous defoliation levels from plant development stages of V2 to R6 reduced the weight of 1000 seeds and yield but did not impact oil or protein content.CONCLUSIONSDespite our findings that current ET for defoliators in soybean (30% defoliation during vegetative stage and 15% defoliation during reproductive stage) are valid, it is important to consider that continuous defoliation injury impacts the capacity of the plant to respond to injury and must be further evaluated for ET refinement in future research. © 2020 Society of Chemical Industry
A triple exponentially weighted moving average control chart for monitoring time between events
Authors: Alevizakos Vasileios , Chatterjee Kashinath , Koukouvinos Christos 
Published: October 2020

AbstractTime between events (TBE) charts are used in high‐yield processes where the rate of occurrences is very low. In the current article, we propose a triple exponentially weighted moving average control chart to monitor TBE (regarded as triple exponentially weighted moving average TEWMA‐TBE chart) modeled by a gamma distribution. One‐ and two‐sided schemes of the proposed chart are designed and compared with the double EWMA DEWMA‐TBE and EWMA‐TBE charts. It is shown that the lower‐ and two‐sided TEWMA‐TBE charts outperform its competitors, especially for small to moderate downward shifts, while the upper‐sided TEWMA‐TBE chart has very good detection ability for small shifts. We also study the robustness of the proposed chart when the true distribution is a Weibull or a lognormal and it is found that the TEWMA‐TBE chart has better robustness properties than its competitors, especially for small shifts. Two illustrative examples from airplane accidents and earthquakes are also provided to display the application of the proposed chart.
Remaining useful life prediction via long‐short time memory neural network with novel partial least squares and genetic algorithm
Authors: Yang Ke , Wang Yong‐jian , Yao Yu‐nan , Fan Shi‐dong 
Published: October 2020

AbstractAdvancements in information technology have made various industrial equipment increasingly sophisticated in recent years. The remaining useful life (RUL) of equipment plays a crucial important role in the industrial process. It is difficult to establish a functional RUL model as it requires the fusion of time‐series data across different scales. This paper proposes a long‐short term memory neural network, which integrates a novel partial least square based on a genetic algorithm (GAPLS‐LSTM). The parameters are first analyzed by PLS to obtain the parameter fusion function of the health index (HI). The GA then searches the optimal coefficients of the function; the expected HI values can be calculated with the fusion function. Finally, the RUL of the equipment is predicted with the LSTM method. The proposed GAPLS‐LSTM was applied to RUL prediction of a marine auxiliary engine to validate it by comparison against GAPLS‐BP and GAPLS‐RNN methods. The results show that the proposed method is capable of effective RUL prediction.
Time‐of‐flight secondary ion mass spectrometry and X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy study of 2‐phenylimidazole on brass
Authors: Finšgar Matjaž 
Published: October 2020

RationaleThis work presents the first surface analysis investigation of 2‐phenylimidazole (PhI) as a corrosion inhibitor for brass in a 3 wt.% NaCl solution using time‐of‐flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF‐SIMS) and X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS).MethodsA time‐of‐flight secondary ion mass spectrometer was used to describe the elemental and molecular specific signals on the brass surface. Gas cluster/monoatomic ion beam depth profiling and two‐dimensional (2D) imaging showed the surface properties of the PhI surface layer. In addition, detailed XPS was used to describe the element‐specific signals on the brass surface. Furthermore, principal component analysis demonstrated the distribution of the different phases of the surface. Finally, the applicability of PhI in hot corrosion studies was suggested by a thermal stability experiment.ResultsTOF‐SIMS measurements showed an intense positive‐ion TOF‐SIMS signal for protonated PhI, i.e. C9H9N2+ at m/z 145.07. Moreover, there was an intense negative‐ion TOF‐SIMS signal for deprotonated PhI, i.e. C9H7N2¯ at m/z 143.06. Gas cluster ion beam sputtering associated with the analysis of the XPS‐excited Cu L3M4,5M4,5 revealed a connection between Cu(I) and PhI to form organometallic complexes.ConclusionsThe formation of the organometallic complexes with Cu and Zn metal atoms/ions was identified using TOF‐SIMS in positive and negative polarity mode: PhI–Cu, PhI–Cu2, PhI–Zn, and PhI–Zn2 complexes were present on the brass surface. The TOF‐SIMS measurements were supported by XPS measurements.
Uniform bounded input bounded output stability of fractional‐order delay nonlinear systems with input
Authors: Almeida R. , Hristova S. , Dashkovskiy S. 
Published: October 2020

SummaryThe bounded input bounded output (BIBO) stability for a nonlinear Caputo fractional system with time‐varying bounded delay and nonlinear output is studied. Utilizing the Razumikhin method, Lyapunov functions and appropriate fractional derivatives of Lyapunov functions some new bounded input bounded output stability criteria are derived. Also, explicit and independent on the initial time bounds of the output are provided. Uniform BIBO stability and uniform BIBO stability with input threshold are studied. A numerical simulation is carried out to show the system's dynamic response, and demonstrate the effectiveness of our theoretical results.
1D/2D Heterostructures as Ultrathin Catalysts for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
Authors: Lu Zhixing , Liang Dan , Ping Xiaofan , Xing Lei , Wang Zechao , Wu Liyuan , Lu Pengfei , Jiao Liying 
Published: October 2020

Abstract2D MoS2 has emerged as a promising alternative to Pt‐based catalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) due to its low cost and earth abundance. However, insufficient active sites of basal plane and poor conductivity become the foremost factors restricting the catalytic performance of MoS2. Here, a facile strategy is presented to enhance the HER performance of MoS2 by converting its 2D structure into 1D/2D heterostructures of Mo6Te6/MoS2(1−x)Te2x by the in situ tellurization. As‐prepared 1D/2D heterostructures exhibit excellent HER performance with the Tafel slope of ≈56 mV dec−1 (only one‐third of that for pristine MoS2). The enhanced HER catalytic activity is attributed to more Te/S vacancies introduced by tellurization, which serve as the active sites as suggested by theoretical calculations. Besides, the formation of highly conductive well‐aligned quasi‐1D Mo6Te6 nanobelts facilitate charge transport in HER. Previous work provides a facile approach to construct mixed dimensional materials, and opens up a new avenue to the properties modulation of 2D transition metal chalcogenides.
A multigenotype maize silk expression atlas reveals how exposure‐related stresses are mitigated following emergence from husk leaves
Authors: McNinch Colton , Chen Keting , Dennison Tesia , Lopez Miriam , Yandeau‐Nelson Marna D. , Lauter Nick 
Published: October 2020

AbstractThe extraordinarily long stigmatic silks of corn (Zea mays L.) are critical for grain production but the biology of their growth and emergence from husk leaves has remained underexplored. Accordingly, gene expression was assayed for inbreds ‘B73’ and ‘Mo17’ across five contiguous silk sections. Half of the maize genes (∼20,000) are expressed in silks, mostly in spatiotemporally dynamic patterns. In particular, emergence triggers strong differential expression of ∼1,500 genes collectively enriched for gene ontology terms associated with abiotic and biotic stress responses, hormone signaling, cell–cell communication, and defense metabolism. Further, a meta‐analysis of published maize transcriptomic studies on seedling stress showed that silk emergence elicits an upregulated transcriptomic response that overlaps strongly with both abiotic and biotic stress responses. Although the two inbreds revealed similar silk transcriptomic programs overall, genotypic expression differences were observed for 5,643 B73–Mo17 syntenic gene pairs and collectively account for >50% of genome‐wide expression variance. Coexpression clusters, including many based on genotypic divergence, were identified and interrogated via ontology‐term enrichment analyses to generate biological hypotheses for future research. Ultimately, dissecting how gene expression changes along the length of silks and between husk‐encased and emerged states offers testable models for silk development and plant response to environmental stresses.
Recent development of nanomedicine for the treatment of bacterial biofilm infections
Authors: Xiu Weijun , Shan Jingyang , Yang Kaili , Xiao Hang , Yuwen Lihui , Wang Lianhui 
Published: October 2020

AbstractBacterial biofilm related infections are ever growing issues for global medical community. Traditional antibiotic therapy is usually ineffective for treating them because the bacteria inside biofilms have evolved with multiple mechanisms to evade antibiotic challenge. Hence, effective therapeutic strategy with novel antibiofilm mode of action is highly desired. In this context, nanomedicine has drawn great attentions and has been proven promising to prevent and eliminate bacterial biofilms. In this review, we focus on the recent advance of nanotechnology‐based strategies and nanoagents for combating bacterial biofilm infections. First, typical antibiofilm nanotechnologies utilized different chemical, physical, and biological properties of nanomaterials are discussed. Second, smart nanoagents that can responsive to biofilm microenvironment, including pH, H2O2, and enzymes, are shown. Third, some promising antibiofilm approaches, such as theranostics, biofilm structure destruction, and quorum sensing inhibition, are also demonstrated. Finally, we conclude the current antibiofilm nanotechnologies and discuss the challenges and future directions in this field.
Reading Audiobooks
Authors: Have Iben , Pedersen Birgitte Stougaard 
Published: October 2020

AbstractThe development of digital media technologies like the MP3 file and the smartphone has changed the status of the audiobook from being a by-product of the printed book to being a mass medium in its own right. This chapter takes a context and user perspective on audiobooks and asks the fundamental question: to what extent can one say that one ‘reads’ an audiobook? Based on the Danish author Helle Helle’s novel Ned til hundene (Down to the Dogs, 2008), the authors discuss how the audiobook experience as a whole can be analysed regarding ‘technological framing’, ‘reading situations’ and ‘the performing voice’. They also investigate audiobook reading in relation to the experience of time and depth.
The Emergence of Written Language: From Numeracy to Literacy
Authors: Pae Hye K. 
Published: October 2020

Abstract
This chapter reviews how written signs first emerged and developed into systematic writing systems. The first sign system appeared to fulfill accounting purposes for the preservation of private properties in antiquity. Initial written signs, including plain tallies, complex tokens, and tokens in clay envelopes, are reviewed. Written signs before the emergence of the Greek alphabet, such as cuneiforms and hieroglyphs, are also reviewed. As agricultural culture and urbanization took place, writing systems became more multifaceted and systematized. The characteristics of true alphabets are discussed. For a comparison purpose, the Chinese writing system is briefly mentioned. The chapter ends with a discussion of the transition from numeracy to literacy.