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Circular Economy Maturity: How Circular are our Construction Products?
Authors: Egerter Amy , Koehler Julia , Oltean Cosmina , Hall Daniel , Thuesen Christian 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
The concept of circular economy (CE) has gained momentum in the construction industry to mitigate the effects of climate change and decouple economic growth from environmental impact. There is a growing body of research related to the circularity of specific construction materials, as well as to the entire building. However, there remains a lack of understanding at the construction product level, and this lack of transparency prevents informed decisions when choosing which products to use in projects and how those products support the CE. A maturity assessment is one methodology that can provide insights for both product decisionmakers and product suppliers. Maturity assessments are a way to evaluate the level of development or progress towards a certain goal, whether at the organization, project, or product level. This paper proposes a conceptual framework to assess construction product system circularity maturity. Through a systematic literature review, the authors analyze existing CE maturity assessments and CE indicators for construction products to develop the framework. The functional unit is defined as a construction product, which is defined as an integrated system with multiple materials (i.e. a prefabricated wall system). This research finds that while there are many CE assessment frameworks for the construction sector, these must be translated into a construction product context, which requires a tailored subset of circularity indicators and maturity levels. The paper proposes construction product maturity levels ranging from “initial” to “optimizing” for key circularity indicators at the construction product level, including, material procurement, manufacturing, product use phase, and end-of-life. This conceptual framework serves as a practical tool for decisionmakers and as an educational tool for suppliers on how to support the CE in construction.
Contract strategy discussions in the front-end of major public investment projects in Norway
Authors: Lædre Ola , Farid Parinaz , Engebø Atle 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
Since 2000, the Norwegian Ministry of Finance has implemented a state project model for large public investment projects, primarily consisting of two stages: Quality Assurance 1 (QA1) and Quality Assurance 2 (QA2). In QA1, consultants review the conceptual appraisal, including the contract strategy; in QA2, they assess the steering base. This study examines how contract strategies are addressed in the early phases of major projects under this state model, analyzing procurement approaches, contract structures, and compensation formats. The database we used contains data from 313 projects of which 229 projects had a QA2 report at the time of the study. The findings suggest that although contract structures and compensation formats are frequently discussed, procurement approaches are less scrutinized. Analysis of QA reports indicates a recurring deficiency in the depth of discussions regarding project-specific influences on contract strategy, which results in overly generic recommendations. The study underscores the need for more tailored discussions on contract strategy and the potential benefits of project-specific market surveys to enhance these strategies.
Cost and schedule performance in large government projects
Authors: Welde Morten , Engebø Atle 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
This paper uses data from 111 large government projects in Norway. We compare their final cost to the formal budget set by the parliament in their formal funding decision. We use standard statistical measures to illustrate their cost performance and whether the projects have been completed within the agreed schedule. We also examine the proportion of projects that have been fully successful from an operational perspective, that is, how many have been completed without either cost overruns or delays. The results are encouraging and better than most reported in the international research literature. On average, Norwegian government projects are completed 5% below budget. Three of four projects experience cost underrun. Schedule performance is weaker as the average completion is ten months after planned completion. Only about a third of the projects can be considered fully successful according to the performance targets for both time and cost. Despite these somewhat positive results, we warn against the implications of large projects currently under construction and which are experiencing challenges concerning costs and schedule.
Investigating on Combining System Dynamics and Machine Learning for Predicting Safety Performance in Construction Projects
Authors: Muntasir Nishat Mirza , Renolen Borkenhagen Ingrid , Sveen Olsen Jenni , Rauzy Antoine 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
This study focuses on an investigative approach to combine system dynamics and machine learning algorithms to develop an early warning system for the safety management of construction projects. As the construction industry is highly accident-prone, developing a decision-support system has always been a challenge for the research community. Therefore, 53 indicators that influence each other and the construction phase were included in the planning phase of the model. The system dynamics model was validated using extreme state and sensitivity tests, which showed reasonable trends in the number of accidents. For each simulated project, all indicator data was stored in one dataset, using two different accident rates: one for serious and one for fatal accidents. Consequently, two separate datasets were generated, one for serious accidents, which was balanced, and one for fatal accidents. Machine learning was applied to both datasets to predict safety performance. The datasets were pre-processed so that the features consisted only of data from the planning phase, with the target feature being occurrence of accident. The study revealed two key findings. First, the study showed the possibility of combining system dynamics and machine learning for safety predictions in cases where real project data is not available. Secondly, the results showed that it is possible to carry out projects with a higher risk of major accidents and provide an early warning of poor safety performance. The data set with serious accidents resulted in lower accuracy but higher recall values. However, the models struggled to identify fatal accidents as the values for the fatal accident dataset were too low. Therefore, it was discussed how other safety measurements could be more appropriate. Thus, the combination of system dynamics and machine learning has the potential to serve as a decision-support tool in construction projects and to disseminate knowledge about safety performance.
Effect of attack angle on the electromagnetic wave transmission characteristics in the hypersonic plasma sheath of a re-entry vehicle
Authors: AI 艾 Xin 昕 , NIE 聂 Qiuyue 秋月 , ZHANG 张 Zhonglin 仲麟 , CHEN 陈 Peiqi 培奇 , ZHENG 郑 Shulei 树磊 , YAN 闫 Changshi 昌时 , (魏国强) Guoqiang WEI 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
The attack angle may greatly affect the hypersonic plasma sheaths around the re-entry vehicle, thereby affecting the transmission characteristics of electromagnetic (EM) waves in the sheaths. In this paper, we propose an integrated three-dimensional (3D) model with various attack angles and realistic flying conditions of radio attenuation measurement C-II (RAM C-II) re-entry tasks for analyzing the effect of the attack angle on the transmission characteristics of EM waves in the sheaths. It is shown that the electron density and collision frequency of the sheath on the windward side can be increased by an order of magnitude with the increase of the attack angle. Meanwhile, the thickness of the sheath on the leeward side is increased where the electron density and collision frequency are reduced. The EM waves are mainly reflected on the windward plasma sheath due to the cutoff effect, and the radio-frequency (RF) blackout is mitigated if the antenna is positioned on the leeward side. Thus, by planning the trajectory properly and installing the antenna accordingly during the re-entry, it is possible to provide an approach for mitigation of the RF blackout problem to an extent.
Rice transcription factor DPF regulates stress-induced biosynthesis of diterpenoid phytoalexins
Authors: Ishikawa Kazuki , Yamamura Chihiro , Miyamoto Koji , Kanda Yasukazu , Inoue Haruhiko , Okada Kazunori , Kamakura Takashi , Mori Masaki 
Published: September 2024

ABSTRACT
Diterpenoid Phytoalexin Factor (DPF) is a key transcription factor involved in diterpenoid phytoalexin (DP) biosynthesis under non-stressed conditions in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Using clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated protein 9, DPF knockout rice lines were generated. Treatments with abiotic stresses (copper chloride, ultraviolet light, and jasmonic acid) and biotic stress (blast fungus infection) to the knockout lines revealed that the DPF positively regulates stress-induced DP biosynthesis.
Bilateral connections from the amygdala to extrastriate visual cortex in the marmoset monkey
Authors: Teymornejad Sadaf , Majka Piotr , Worthy Katrina H , Atapour Nafiseh , Rosa Marcello G P 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
It is known that the primate amygdala forms projections to many areas of the ipsilateral cortex, but the extent to which it forms connections with the contralateral visual cortex remains less understood. Based on retrograde tracer injections in marmoset monkeys, we report that the amygdala forms widespread projections to the ipsilateral extrastriate cortex, including V1 and areas in both the dorsal (MT, V4T, V3a, 19M, and PG/PFG) and the ventral (VLP and TEO) streams. In addition, contralateral projections were found to target each of the extrastriate areas, but not V1. In both hemispheres, the tracer-labeled neurons were exclusively located in the basolateral nuclear complex. The number of labeled neurons in the contralateral amygdala was small relative to the ipsilateral connection (1.2% to 5.8%). The percentage of contralateral connections increased progressively with hierarchical level. An injection in the corpus callosum demonstrated that at least some of the amygdalo–cortical connections cross through this fiber tract, in addition to the previously documented path through the anterior commissure. Our results expand knowledge of the amygdalofugal projections to the extrastriate cortex, while also revealing pathways through which visual stimuli conveying affective content can directly influence early stages of neural processing in the contralateral visual field.
Comparing simultaneous hybrid ablation with stand-alone thoracoscopic surgical ablation for the treatment of non-paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: a prospective randomized controlled trial
Authors: Zheng Zhe , Yao Yan , Li Haojie , Yu Chunyu , Zheng Lihui , Ding Ligang , Wu Lingmin , Chen Sipeng , Lin Hengqiang , Meng Ying 
Published: September 2024

Abstract

Aims
Advanced atrial fibrillation (AF) is currently a dilemma for electrophysiologists when choosing a minimally invasive treatment strategy. Previous studies have demonstrated the outcome of either catheter ablation or thoracoscopic surgical ablation (SA) is unsatisfactory in these patients. Whether hybrid ablation (HA) could improve outcomes in these patients is unknown. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical efficacy of HA for the treatment of advanced AF.

Methods and results
A randomized controlled trial was designed to enrol patients with persistent AF (PerAF) and enlarged left atrium or long-standing persistent AF (LSPAF) who were randomized to HA or thoracoscopic SA at a 1:1 ratio. The primary endpoint was freedom from any recurrence of AF off antiarrhythmic drugs (AADs) 12 months after operation. The primary endpoint was monitored by 7-day electrocardiogram monitoring devices. One hundred patients were enrolled. The mean age was 58.5 ± 7.6 years, and the mean left atrial diameter (LAD) was 50.1 ± 6.1 mm. At 12 months, freedom from AF off AADs was recorded in 71.4% (35/49) of patients in HA group and 45.8% (22/48) in SA group [odds ratio 2.955, 95% confidence interval (1.275–6.848), P = 0.014]. HA significantly reduced patients’ AF burden (30.2% in SA group and 14.8% in HA group, P = 0.048) and the LAD (mean differences: −5.53 ± 4.97 mm in HA group and −3.27 ± 5.20 mm in SA group, P = 0.037) at 12 months after operation.

Conclusion
In patients with PerAF and enlarged left atrium or LSPAF, HA achieved better freedom from AF after 1 year of follow-up compared with thoracoscopic SA.
Phytosanitary cold treatment of cherry tomatoes infested with Bactrocera dorsalis, Zeugodacus cucurbitae, and Zeugodacus tau (Diptera: Tephritidae)
Authors: Regmi Prakriti , Lin Kao-Wei , Chuang Yi-Yuan , Yeh Wen-Bin 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
Fruit flies attack numerous crops, including cherry tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme). The potential presence of the immature stages of fruit fly species inside tomatoes during export hinders their international market access. Therefore, phytosanitary treatment must be performed before export to prevent fruit fly species from entering countries where they are not naturally found. We developed a phytosanitary cold disinfestation treatment protocol to eliminate oriental fruit fly (Bactrocera dorsalis Hendel), melon fly (Zeugodacus cucurbitae Coquillett), and pumpkin fruit fly (Zeugodacus tau Walker) concealed inside cherry tomatoes without causing critical damage to the fruit. We determined that the third instar of Z. cucurbitae exhibited the highest cold tolerance among the various development stages of the three fruit fly species. Thus, we performed a small-scale disinfestation test on Z. cucurbitae in two cultivars of tomato. We achieved complete disinfestation after 15 days of cold treatment at 1°C–1.5°C. The confirmatory test revealed the elimination of more than 80,000 treated third instar of Z. cucurbitae in each tomato variety. The developed phytosanitary cold treatment allows the tomatoes to retain their commercial value. This study provides a standard phytosanitary cold treatment protocol for cherry tomatoes, ensuring the disinfestation of fruit flies before their export to international markets.
(Mis)Adapting Domestic Law to Meet New International Environmental and Trade Rules: How Peru Changed Its Environmental and Land Use Rights Laws in Response to the European Union Deforestation Regulation
Authors: Peña Alegría Pablo Guillermo 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
International and domestic laws are being enacted or adjusted to implement climate goals, such as to fight deforestation—a key source of carbon emissions in tropical countries like Peru. These laws are increasingly connecting trade and the environment and becoming more intertwined at the national and international levels. This analysis reviews Peru’s recent change of its domestic environmental and land tenure laws partially in response to the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) as one recent example of the complexities involved in this interaction. Promoters of this legislative change in Peru frame it as a necessary alignment with the EUDR, but environmentalists argue that it is an excuse to weaken domestic forest protection rules, contrary to the intentions of the EUDR. This case study shows the importance of understanding the specific context of each of the countries targeted by new international zero-deforestation rules and highlights the tensions these new policies can encourage.
Contagious Vibrations: Sympathetic Resonance as a Model for Disease Transmission in the Writings of Ficino, Fracastoro, and Cardano
Authors: Chiu Remi 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
Contagious diseases were among the most vexing problems in ancient theories of health, which could not easily account for how a corruption of one person’s humors could cause a similar corruption in another’s. One useful explanatory concept for Renaissance doctors tackling this theoretical gap was the phenomenon of resonance or “sympathetic vibration” — where one stationary string begins to vibrate spontaneously when a similarly tuned string is plucked nearby — as both resonance and contagion involved some mysterious, insensible action at a distance between an agent and a patient. Tracing the writings of Marsilio Ficino, Girolamo Fracastoro, and Girolamo Cardano, this essay explores the relationships between the writers’ accounts of sympathetic vibrations and their contagion theories. It argues that different conceptions of the acoustic phenomenon — either as a manifestation of a Neo-Platonic World-Soul that underpinned the universe or else as a physical effect — revealed the writers’ cosmological views that, in turn, informed their accounts of the human body and disease.
Development of lactic acid production from coffee grounds hydrolysate by fermentation with Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus
Authors: Wysocki Łukasz , Adamczuk Patrycja , Bardadyn Paula , Gabor Anna , Jelonek Karolina , Kudelska Monika , Kukuć Maksymilian , Piasek Adrianna , Pietras Marta , Słomka Monika , Trojan Zoja , Tybulczuk Wiktoria , Sobiepanek Anna , Żylińska-Urban Joanna , Cieśla Joanna 
Published: September 2024

Abstract

Spent coffee grounds (SCG) are commercial waste that are still rich in numerous valuable ingredients and can be further processed into useful products such as coffee oil, antioxidant extract, lactic acid, and lignin. The challenge and innovation is to develop the SCG processing technology, maximizing the use of raw material and minimizing the use of other resources within the sequential process. The presented research is focused on the aspect of biotechnological production of lactic acid from SCG by using the Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus strain isolated from the environment. Thanks to the optimization of the processes of acid hydrolysis, neutralization, enzymatic hydrolysis of SCG, and fermentation, the obtained concentration of lactic acid was increased after 72 hr of culture from the initial 4.60 g/l to 48.6 g/l. In addition, the whole process has been improved, taking into account the dependence on other processes within the complete SCG biorefinery, economy, energy, and waste aspects. Costly enzymatic hydrolysis was completely eliminated, and it was proven that supplementation of SCG hydrolysate with expensive yeast extract can be replaced by cheap waste from the agri-food industry.

One-Sentence Summary
A process for efficient lactic acid production from spent coffee grounds using the Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus strain was developed and optimized, including nutrient solution preparation, supplementation and fermentation.
Eccentric signatures of stellar-mass binary black holes with circumbinary discs in LISA
Authors: Romero-Shaw Isobel M , Goorachurn Samir , Siwek Magdalena , Moore Christopher J 
Published: September 2024

ABSTRACT
Stellar-mass binary black holes may have circumbinary discs if formed through common-envelope evolution or within gaseous environments. Discs can drive binaries into wider and more eccentric orbits, while gravitational waves harden and circularize them. We combine cutting-edge evolution prescriptions for disc-driven binaries with well-known equations for gravitational-wave-driven evolution, and study the evolution of stellar-mass binary black holes. We find that binaries are driven by their disc to an equilibrium eccentricity, $0.2\lesssim e_\mathrm{eq}~\lesssim 0.5$, that dominates their evolution. Once they transition to the GW-dominated regime their eccentricity decreases rapidly; we find that stellar-mass binary black holes with long-lived discs will likely be observed in LISA with detectable eccentricities ${\sim} 10^{-2}$ at 0.01 Hz, with the precise value closely correlating with the binary’s initial mass ratio. This may lead stellar-mass binary black holes with CBDs observed in LISA to be confused with dynamically-formed binary black holes.
Reused Protein Segments Linked to Functional Dynamics
Authors: Kutlu Yiğit , Axel Gabriel , Kolodny Rachel , Ben-Tal Nir , Haliloglu Turkan 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
Protein space is characterized by extensive recurrence, or “reuse,” of parts, suggesting that new proteins and domains can evolve by mixing-and-matching of existing segments. From an evolutionary perspective, for a given combination to persist, the protein segments should presumably not only match geometrically but also dynamically communicate with each other to allow concerted motions that are key to function. Evidence from protein space supports the premise that domains indeed combine in this manner; we explore whether a similar phenomenon can be observed at the sub-domain level. To this end, we use Gaussian Network Models (GNMs) to calculate the so-called soft modes, or low-frequency modes of motion for a dataset of 150 protein domains. Modes of motion can be used to decompose a domain into segments of consecutive amino acids that we call “dynamic elements”, each of which belongs to one of two parts that move in opposite senses. We find that, in many cases, the dynamic elements, detected based on GNM analysis, correspond to established “themes”: Sub-domain-level segments that have been shown to recur in protein space, and which were detected in previous research using sequence similarity alone (i.e. completely independently of the GNM analysis). This statistically significant correlation hints at the importance of dynamics in evolution. Overall, the results are consistent with an evolutionary scenario where proteins have emerged from themes that need to match each other both geometrically and dynamically, e.g. to facilitate allosteric regulation.
YELLOW, SERRATED LEAF is essential for cotyledon vein patterning in Arabidopsis
Authors: Wang Yetao , Zheng Yutong , Shi Yafei , Jiang Deyuan , Kuang Qi , Ke Xiangsheng , Li Ming , Wang Yukun , Yue Xiaohong , Lu Qin , Hou Xin 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
Venation develops complex patterns within the leaves of angiosperms, and the mechanism of leaf vein patterning remains poorly understood. Here, we report a spontaneous mutant that exhibits yellow serrated leaves and defective cotyledon vein patterning. We mapped and cloned the relevant gene YELLOW, SERRATED LEAF (YSL), a previously unreported gene in plants. YSL interacts with VH1-interacting kinase (VIK), a protein that functions in cotyledon venation development. VIK is a vascular-specific adaptor protein kinase that interacts with another vascular developmental protein, VASCULAR HIGHWAY1 (VH1)/BRASSINOSTEROID INSENSITIVE 1-LIKE 2 (BRL2), which is a receptor-like kinase of the BRASSINOSTEROID INSENSITIVE 1 (BRI1) family. Mutation of YSL affects the auxin response and the expression of auxin-related genes in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). Our results reveal that YSL affects cotyledon vein patterning by interacting with VIK in Arabidopsis.