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Inline wireless mobile sensors and fog nodes placement for leakage detection in water distribution systems
Authors: Hu Chengyu , Shu Xin , Yan Xuesong , Zeng Deze , Gong Wenyin , Wang Lei 
Published: August 2018

SummaryBurst or leakage in drinkable water distribution system has occurred frequently in recent years, causing severe damages, economic loss, and long‐lasting society impact. A viable solution is to use agile inline mobile sensors to detect and so as to mitigate the burst or leakage. Distinguishing from online fixed sensors, mobile sensors can swim freely along the piles in water distribution network, thus giving a more precise detection. To combat the low power, low computation, and low communication capability of mobile sensors, the newly emerged fog computing provides a promising means to gather and preprocess the sensing data. In practice, due to the budget limitation, we can deploy a limited number of sensors and fog nodes in the system. This introduces a challenging problem on how to deploy them in the system, ie, sensor and fog node placement. We first formulate mobile sensor placement (MSP) as a path cover problem and prove it as NP‐complete, and then we propose a customized genetic algorithm and a mixed greedy algorithm to solve MSP and fog node placement, respectively. The correctness and efficiency of the proposed algorithm are illustrated by a comprehensive experiment. Moreover, some critical factors, eg, sensor battery lifetime and movement pattern, are all extensively investigated and the results show the coverage ratio is sensitive to these factors.
Practices of energy use management and sustainable performance in Brazilian mineral industries
Authors: Perlin Ana Paula , Gomes Clandia Maffini , Kneipp Jordana Marques , Motke Francies Diego 
Published: August 2018

AbstractEnergy is an essential asset for the existence of industrial activities, however, the absence of energy use management may lead to numerous environmental, economic, and social impacts. Thus, industries, which are major consumers of energy, play an essential role in seeking to preserve the energy system. This study aimed at analyzing the practices of energy use management and their relation to sustainable performance in the industries within the Brazilian mineral sector. The practices of energy use management were measured using the model proposed by Liu et al. (2012, Journal of Cleaner Production, 26, 79–89). After that, evidence of sustainable performance was identified based on performance indicators developed by the Global Reporting Initiative (2006, 2010, 2014). The study is characterized as quantitative, and it was conducted through a survey of industries linked to the Brazilian Mining Association. Through our results, we verified that the practices related to energy use management existent in the companies that we studied are subjected to periodic verification of the impacts caused by company activities on the environment, and that attention to energy use provides an incentive to daily practices of energy saving. On the other hand, the practices of energy use management are still little disseminated among these companies, as is certification to the International Organisation for Standardization's (ISO) Energy Management Systems framework, ISO 50001. In general, through the analyses that we performed, we can verify the existence of positive associations between the factors related to the practices of energy use management and to corporate sustainable performance.
London's weather and the everyday: two centuries of newspaper reports
Authors: Hulme Mike , Burgess Nicholas 
Published: August 2018

AbstractThis study surveys 200 years of London's weather and its public reporting in newspapers to reveal some of the recurring modes of reporting and linguistic styles that are used to describe and make sense of the human experience of weather. These modes include: the cultural anxieties prompted by ‘unusual weather’, the visual dramas of ‘great storms’, the weather as culpable, and the bench‐marking of extreme weather. Even as the broader processes and patterns of our climate are changing, at the level of the everyday the human and cultural experience of weather remains remarkably familiar.
Kaizen in Practice
Authors: Sugimoto Seiji 
Published: August 2018

AbstractKaizen is a continuous activity to fill the gap between the current and ideal states. Japanese manufactures imported many management technologies from the US to reduce Muda, which were transformed to Kaizen technologies such as QC circle activities. Toyota Production System (TPS), which is directly opposite to mass production and mass consumption systems, is quite different. It has had a significant impact on Kaizen. In general, improvements using management technologies are considered Kaizen. However, to improve quality and equipment efficiency, Kaizen is often combined with inherent technologies. Kaizen stresses achieving results while enhancing workers’ motivation and problem-solving abilities. To sustain Kaizen activities in developing countries, it is necessary to establish a mechanism to share the results of Kaizen among workers and the company.
Testing AdS6/CFT5 in Type IIB with stringy operators
Authors: Bergman Oren , Rodríguez-Gómez Diego , Uhlemann Christoph F. 
Published: August 2018

AbstractWe provide further evidence that the recently constructed warped AdS6solutions in Type IIB supergravity are dual to 5d SCFTs that correspond to (p, q) 5-brane webs with large numbers of like-charged external 5-branes. We study a number of specific examples, including theTNtheory, and identify the bulk states dual to a class of operators with$$ \mathcal{O} $$O(N) scaling dimensions in terms of strings and string-webs embedded in the solutions.
Where is the Origin of the Last Normal Branch from Feeding Artery of Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations?
Authors: Maruno Miyuki , Kiyosue Hiro , Hongo Norio , Matsumoto Shunro , Mori Hiromu 
Published: August 2018

Abstract

Purpose
Reperfusion via pulmonary-to-pulmonary arterial anastomoses is known as one type of recurrence of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVMs) after embolization. It is important to occlude the fistulous portion beyond the origin of the last normal branch from feeding artery of PAVMs to prevent recurrence. In this study, we evaluate the origin of the last normal branch by CT as well as its visibility on pulmonary arteriography (PAG).

Materials and Methods
We reviewed forty patients with 77 PAVMs who underwent coil embolization between October 2007 and December 2017. All patients underwent MDCT before embolization. Axial and MPR CT lung images were reviewed with special interests in the origin of the last normal branch from feeding artery of PAVMs. The origin was classified into three portions, including sac, junction (portion just proximal to the sac) and proximal feeder (more than 5 mm proximal to the sac). We also evaluated whether PAG can depict the normal branches detected by MDCT.

Results
MDCT showed that the last normal branch originated from sac in 30 PAVMs (39.0%), junction in 39 (50.6%), and proximal feeder in 8 (10.4%).On selective PAG, the last normal branch could be visualized in 30 PAVMs (39.0%), although it could not be visualized due to high-flow shunt in the other 47 PAVMs.

Conclusions
Selective PAG frequently fails to demonstrate the last normal branch from feeding artery of PAVMs, which often originates from the sac. Pretherapeutic evaluation of CT images of the last normal branch is important to prevent reperfusion of PAVMs.

Level of Evidence
Level 3, local non-random sample.
Statistical test for detecting overdispersion in offspring number based on kinship information
Authors: Akita Tetsuya 
Published: August 2018

AbstractIn this paper, we develop a theory of a new statistic that tests overdispersion in offspring number on the basis of exactly known kinship relationships. The statistic utilizes the sample size and the number of kinship pairs found in a sample, specially the number of mother–offspring (MO) and maternal–half‐sibling (MHS) pairs. Given a sufficiently large sample size, the statistic proposed in this paper approximately follows a standard‐normal distribution under non‐overdispersed conditions (Poisson's variance). We found that (1) the value of the statistic ( or ) reasonably indicates whether reproduction is overdispersed at the 5% significance level; (2) the power of the statistic is determined primarily by the balance between the degree of overdispersion and the sample size; (3) in many cases, if the number of kinship pairs can be approximated by a normal distribution, false‐positive and false‐negative situations can be avoided. The proposed method can detect moderate‐weak levels of overdispersion that produce few MHS pairs in a sample because the effect of the population size (which determines the number of detected MHS pairs) is canceled by the detection of the number of MO pairs. Once the kinship determination procedure is established, this indirect measurement will be readily applicable to species even with weak overdispersion, expanding the available opportunities for understanding how overdispersion in offspring number affects ecological processes.
Review and Case Studies of Midthigh Femoral Central Venous Catheter Placement
Authors: Ostroff Matthew , Moureau Nancy , Ismail Mourad 
Published: August 2018

Abstract
Background: Bedside vascular access options have been limited to the short peripheral intravenous, midline catheter, peripherally inserted central catheter, and central venous catheter (CVC) insertion sites such as the jugular, subclavian, and femoral vein. Many patients with limited options for upper extremity, subclavicular, supraclavicular, and cervical limitations have traditionally received a femoral CVC in the inguinal region. This insertion site is considered a high risk for infection because of its location in the inguinal region and associated difficulties with maintaining the dressing integrity. An alternative location was selected for the insertion of a femoral vein central venous catheter in the midthigh to reduce the risk of infection.
Methods: After a multiple-year implementation process, midthigh femoral (MTF) insertions were performed on a select group of patients. The case studies that are included in this report outline the indications, procedures, and other pertinent aspects of the MTF placement. Patients at this institution with contraindications to upper extremity and thoracic catheter insertion received a MTF vein CVC in place of a traditional common femoral vein catheter insertion in the inguinal area. All procedural consents include permission for photography of procedure sites.
Results: All but a single patient completed their therapy without complication; 1 intentional dislodgement by a patient was recorded. There were no MTF catheter-related bloodstream infections and 2 confirmed central line associated bloodstream infections (n = 2 of 100) with the second noted as probable contaminated specimen. Outcomes reflected no procedural complications (eg, expanding hematoma or femoral nerve injury or any other femoral artery or vein injuries) and 1 nonocclusive deep vein thrombosis (n = 1 of 100).
Conclusions: The MTF CVC provides an alternative to traditional common femoral vein catheter placement for nonemergent patients with upper extremity and thoracic contraindications to central line placement.
Message and Environment: a framework for nudges and choice architecture
Authors: CONGIU LUCA , MOSCATI IVAN 
Published: August 2018

AbstractWe argue that the diverse components of a choice architecture can be classified into two main dimensions – Message and Environment – and that the distinction between them is useful in order to better understand how nudges work. In the first part of this paper, we define what we mean by nudge, explain what Message and Environment are, argue that the distinction between them is conceptually robust and show that it is also orthogonal to other distinctions advanced in the nudge literature. In the second part, we review some common types of nudges and show they target either Message or Environment or both dimensions of the choice architecture. We then apply the Message–Environment framework to discuss some features of Amazon's website and, finally, we indicate how the proposed framework could help a choice architect to design a new choice architecture.
Effects of pea with barley and less-processed maize on glycaemic control in diabetic dogs
Authors: Teixeira Fabio A. , Machado Daniela P. , Jeremias Juliana T. , Queiroz Mariana R. , Pontieri Cristiana F. F. , Brunetto Marcio A. 
Published: August 2018

AbstractThe source of starch may interfere with glycaemic control in dogs, but few studies have evaluated these aspects in diabetic dogs. This study compared the effects of two isonutrient diets with different starch sources, peas and barley (PB)v. maize (Mi), on diabetic dogs. The Mi diet was processed in order to generate a lower starch gelatinisation index. In all, fifteen adult diabetic dogs without other conditions were included. The animals were fed two dry extruded rations with moderate levels of fat and starch and high levels of protein and fibre using a random, double-blind cross-over design. Glycaemic curves over 48 h were developed via continuous glucose monitoring after 60 d on each diet and with the same neutral protamine Hagedorn (NPH) insulin dosage. The following were compared: fasting, mean, maximum and minimum blood glucose, maximum and minimum glycaemia difference, glycaemic increment, area under the glycaemic curve, area under the glycaemic increment curve and serum fructosamine concentration. Pairedttests or Wilcoxon signed-rank tests were used to compare the amount of food and nutrients ingested and the dietary effects on glycaemic variables between the diets. Dogs fed the PB diet presented a lower average mean interstitial glucose (P=0·01), longer mean hypoglycaemic time (P<0·01), shorter mean hyperglycaemic time (P<0·01) and smaller difference between maximum and minimum blood glucose levels (P=0·03). Thus, the processing applied to the Mi diet was not sufficient to achieve the same effects of PB on glycaemic control in diabetic dogs.
Geological evolution of the Chalk Group in the northern Dutch North Sea: inversion, sedimentation and redeposition
Authors: VAN DER VOET EVA , HEIJNEN LEONORA , REIJMER JOHN J. G. 
Published: August 2018

AbstractIn contrast to the Norwegian and Danish sectors, where significant hydrocarbon reserves were found in chalk reservoirs, limited studies exist analysing the chalk evolution in the Dutch part of the North Sea. To provide a better understanding of this evolution, a tectono-sedimentary study of the Late Cretaceous to Early Palaeogene Chalk Group in the northern Dutch North Sea was performed, facilitated by a relatively new 3D seismic survey. Integrating seismic and biostratigraphic well data, seven chronostratigraphic units were mapped, allowing a reconstruction of intra-chalk geological events.The southwestward thickening of the Turonian sequence is interpreted to result from tilting, and the absence of Coniacian and Santonian sediments in the western part of the study area is probably the result of non-deposition. Seismic truncations show evidence of a widespread inversion phase, the timing of which differs between the structural elements. It started at the end of the Campanian followed by a second pulse during the Maastrichtian, a new finding not reported before. After subsidence during the Maastrichtian and Danian, renewed inversion and erosion occurred at the end of the Danian. Halokinesis processes resulted in thickness variations of chalk units of different ages.In summary, variations in sedimentation patterns in the northern Dutch North Sea relate to the Sub-Hercynian inversion phase during the Campanian and Maastrichtian, the Laramide inversion phase at the end of the Danian, and halokinesis processes. Additionally, the Late Cretaceous sea floor was characterized by erosion through contour bottom currents at different scales and resedimentation by slope failures.
Temperature as a key factor for successful inoculation of soybean with Bradyrhizobium spp. under cool growing conditions in Belgium
Authors: Pannecoucque J. , Goormachtigh S. , Ceusters J. , Debode J. , Van Waes C. , Van Waes J. 
Published: August 2018

AbstractBacterial inoculation of soybean seeds to improve biological nitrogen fixation is a well-known practice to achieve higher seed and protein yield with reduced fertilization. The optimal inoculation strategy in temperate regions is unknown because soybeans are rarely cultivated under colder growing conditions. The aim of the present work was to determine the most suitable inoculation strategy for soybean cultivation in Belgium. Field trials were set up with four Bradyrhizobium inoculants (HiStick, Force 48, Biodoz and Optimize) at two locations over 2 years (2014–2015) and compared with a non-inoculated control treatment. In addition, HiStick was tested at three doses and Optimize at two time periods prior to sowing. Under Belgian conditions, all inoculants were effective in establishing rhizobial symbiosis, resulting in increased yield, protein content, protein yield and thousand-grain weight compared with the non-inoculated control. A single dose of HiStick was sufficient to establish symbiosis. Pre-inoculation with Optimize 2 weeks before sowing gave an intermediate performance for most parameters between the non-inoculated control treatment and inoculation with Optimize 24 h prior to sowing. Among the four products tested, Biodoz seemed the best product for inoculation under cool growing conditions. Based on the atpD gene, the bacterial strain of Biodoz showed complete similarity with Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens, while strains of other products were identified as Bradyrhizobium japonicum. In vitro growing capacity of the Biodoz strain at 8 °C was higher compared with the other strains. Better cold adaptation of the Biodoz strain might be a possible explanation for the better performance of Biodoz in Belgium.
New onset of depression in aging women and men: contributions of social, psychological, behavioral, and somatic predictors in the community
Authors: Beutel Manfred E. , Brähler Elmar , Wiltink Joerg , Kerahrodi Jasmin Ghaemi , Burghardt Juliane , Michal Matthias , Schulz Andreas , Wild Phillipp S. , Münzel Thomas , Schmidtmann Irene , Lackner Karl J. , Pfeiffer Norbert , Borta Andreas , Tibubos Ana N. 
Published: August 2018

AbstractBackgroundBased on the vulnerability–stress model, we aimed to (1) determine new onset of depression in individuals who had not shown evidence of depression at baseline (5 years earlier) and (2) identify social, psychological, behavioral, and somatic predictors.MethodsLongitudinal data ofN= 10 036 participants (40–79 years) were evaluated who had no evidence of depression at baseline based on Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), no history of depression, or intake of antidepressants. Multivariate logistic regression models were used to predict the onset of depression.ResultsPrevalence of new cases of depression was 4.4%. Higher rates of women (5.1%) than men (3.8%) were due to their excess incidence &lt;60 years of age. Regression analyses revealed significant social, psychological, behavioral, and somatic predictors: loneliness [odds ratio (OR) 2.01; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.48–2.71], generalized anxiety (OR 2.65; 1.79–3.85), social phobia (OR 1.87; 1.34–2.57), panic (OR 1.67; 1.01–2.64), type D personality (OR 1.85; 1.47–2.32), smoking (OR 1.35; 1.05–1.71), and comorbid cancer (OR 1.58; 1.09–2.24). Protective factors were age (OR 0.88; 0.83–0.93) and social support (OR 0.93; 0.90–0.95). Stratified by sex, cancer was predictive for women; for men smoking and life events. Entered additionally, the PHQ-9 baseline score was strongly predictive (OR 1.40; 1.34–1.47), generalized anxiety became only marginally, and panic was no longer predictive. Other predictors remained significant, albeit weaker.ConclusionsPsychobiological vulnerability, stress, and illness-related factors were predictive of new onset of depression, whereas social support was protective. Baseline subclinical depression was an additional risk weakening the relationship between anxiety and depression by taking their overlap into account. Vulnerability factors differed between men and women.
A New Empirical Model of the Subauroral Polarization Stream
Authors: Kunduri B. S. R. , Baker J. B. H. , Ruohoniemi J. M. , Nishitani N. , Oksavik K. , Erickson P. J. , Coster A. J. , Shepherd S. G. , Bristow W. A. , Miller E. S. 
Published: August 2018

AbstractRegions of persistent westward directed flows are often observed equatorward of the auroral oval in the dusk‐midnight sector. In general, the midnight narrow flows are termed as subauroral ion drifts and the duskside broader flows are termed subauroral polarization streams (SAPS). SAPS/subauroral ion drift electric fields play an important role in controlling the dynamics of the midlatitude ionosphere. In this paper we analyze longitudinally extended observations of SAPS measured by midlatitude Super Dual Auroral Radar Network (SuperDARN) radars under varied geomagnetic conditions. We find that SAPS speeds exhibit a strong dependence on geomagnetic activity, with flows exceeding 1,500 m/s during geomagnetic storms and dropping to 100 m/s during periods of geomagnetic quiet. Moreover, SAPS flows turn increasingly poleward when moving from the midnight sector toward dusk and this effect is more pronounced during disturbed geomagnetic conditions. The variations in SAPS speeds with magnetic local time (MLT) are also found to be strongly dependent on geomagnetic conditions. Specifically, SAPS speeds increase quasilinearly with MLT during disturbed geomagnetic conditions, whereas during relatively quiet geomagnetic conditions there is no discernible trend. This behavior suggests the possibility of different mechanisms influencing SAPS during geomagnetically quiet conditions. Average cross‐SAPS potentials increase with geomagnetic activity and typically vary between 15 and 45 kV. Finally, a new empirical model of SAPS potentials has been developed parameterized by Asy‐H index, MLT, and magnetic latitude.
Variability of Suspended Particle Properties Using Optical Measurements Within the Columbia River Estuary
Authors: Tao Jing , Hill Paul S. , Boss Emmanuel S. , Milligan Timothy G. 
Published: August 2018

AbstractOptical properties are used to understand the spatial and temporal variability of particle properties and distribution within the Columbia River Estuary, especially in the salinity transition zone and in the estuarine turbidity maximum region. Observations of optical properties in the Columbia River Estuary are consistent with the established model that the river water brings more organic, smaller particles into the estuary, where they flocculate and settle into the salt wedge seaward of the density front. Large tidal currents resuspend mineral‐rich, larger aggregates from the seabed, which accumulate at the density front. Optical proxies for particle size (beam attenuation exponent γ and backscattering exponent γbb) are compared to conventional measurements. The γ and γbb are different to the expected trend with Sauter mean diameter Ds of suspended particles from low‐ to medium‐salinity waters (LMW). Ds increases in the LMW as does the γ derived from a WET Labs ac‐9, which indicates that the particle population dominating the ac‐9 is decreasing in size. The most likely explanation is that flocculation acting at LMW transfers mass preferentially from medium‐sized particles to large‐sized particles that are out of the size range to which the ac‐9 is most sensitive; γbb shows no trend in the LMW. Since γbb is a proxy of proportion of fine particles versus large flocs, the variation of γbb may be insensitive to changes in the medium‐sized particles. The overall results demonstrate that γbb is a reliable proxy for changes in particle size in a stratified environment.