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Knowledge coproduction on the impact of decisions for waterbird habitat in a changing climate
Authors: Byrd Kristin B. , Matchett Elliott , Mengelt Claudia , Wilson Tamara S. , DiPietro Deanne , Moritsch Monica , Conlisk Erin , Veloz Sam , Casazza Michael L. , Reiter Matthew E. 
Published: April 2023

AbstractScientists, resource managers, and decision makers increasingly use knowledge coproduction to guide the stewardship of future landscapes under climate change. This process was applied in the California Central Valley (USA) to solve complex conservation problems, where managed wetlands and croplands are flooded between fall and spring to support some of the largest concentrations of shorebirds and waterfowl in the world. We coproduced scenario narratives, spatially explicit flooded waterbird habitat models, data products, and new knowledge about climate adaptation potential. We documented our coproduction process, and using the coproduced models, we determined when and where management actions make a difference and when climate overrides these actions. The outcomes of this process provide lessons learned on how to cocreate usable information and how to increase climate adaptive capacity in a highly managed landscape. Actions to restore wetlands and prioritize their water supply created habitat outcomes resilient to climate change impacts particularly in March, when habitat was most limited; land protection combined with management can increase the ecosystem's resilience to climate change; and uptake and use of this information was influenced by the roles of different stakeholders, rapidly changing water policies, discrepancies in decision‐making time frames, and immediate crises of extreme drought. Although a broad stakeholder group contributed knowledge to scenario narratives and model development, to coproduce usable information, data products were tailored to a small set of decision contexts, leading to fewer stakeholder participants over time. A boundary organization convened stakeholders across a large landscape, and early adopters helped build legitimacy. Yet, broadscale use of climate adaptation knowledge depends on state and local policies, engagement with decision makers that have legislative and budgetary authority, and the capacity to fit data products to specific decision needs.
Fragmentation effects on an endangered species across a gradient from the interior to edge of its range
Authors: Valente Jonathon J. , Rivers James W. , Yang Zhiqiang , Nelson S. Kim , Northrup Joseph M. , Roby Daniel D. , Meyer Carolyn B. , Betts Matthew G. 
Published: April 2023

AbstractUnderstanding how habitat fragmentation affects individual species is complicated by challenges associated with quantifying species‐specific habitat and spatial variability in fragmentation effects within a species’ range. We aggregated a 29‐year breeding survey data set for the endangered marbled murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) from >42,000 forest sites throughout the Pacific Northwest (Oregon, Washington, and northern California) of the United States. We built a species distribution model (SDM) in which occupied sites were linked with Landsat imagery to quantify murrelet‐specific habitat and then used occupancy models to test the hypotheses that fragmentation negatively affects murrelet breeding distribution and that these effects are amplified with distance from the marine foraging habitat toward the edge of the species’ nesting range. Murrelet habitat declined in the Pacific Northwest by 20% since 1988, whereas the proportion of habitat comprising edges increased by 17%, indicating increased fragmentation. Furthermore, fragmentation of murrelet habitat at landscape scales (within 2 km of survey stations) negatively affected occupancy of potential breeding sites, and these effects were amplified near the range edge. On the coast, the odds of occupancy decreased by 37% (95% confidence interval [CI] –54 to 12) for each 10% increase in edge habitat (i.e., fragmentation), but at the range edge (88 km inland) these odds decreased by 99% (95% CI 98 to 99). Conversely, odds of murrelet occupancy increased by 31% (95% CI 14 to 52) for each 10% increase in local edge habitat (within 100 m of survey stations). Avoidance of fragmentation at broad scales but use of locally fragmented habitat with reduced quality may help explain the lack of murrelet population recovery. Further, our results emphasize that fragmentation effects can be nuanced, scale dependent, and geographically variable. Awareness of these nuances is critical for developing landscape‐level conservation strategies for species experiencing broad‐scale habitat loss and fragmentation.
Evaluating the potential of biodiversity offsets to achieve net gain
Authors: Souza Barbara Almeida , Rosa Josianne Claudia Sales , Campos Pedro Bueno R. , Sánchez Luis Enrique 
Published: April 2023

AbstractEvaluating the outcomes and tracking the trajectory of biodiversity offsets is essential to demonstrating their effectiveness as a mechanism to conciliate development and conservation. We reviewed the literature to determine the principles that should underpin biodiversity offset planning and the criteria for offset evaluation at the project level. According to the literature, the core principles of equivalence, additionality, and permanence are used as criteria to evaluate conservation outcomes of offsets. We applied the criteria to evaluate offsets of a large iron ore mining project in the Atlantic Forest in Brazil. We examined equivalence in terms of the amount of area per biodiversity value affected and fauna and flora similarity, additionality in terms of landscape connectivity, and permanence in terms of guarantees to ensure protection and restoration offsets lasting outcomes. We found an offset ratio (amount of affected area:offset area) of 1:1.8 for forests and 1:2 for grasslands. Ecological equivalence (i.e., similarity between affected and offset areas) was found for forested areas, but not for ferruginous rupestrian grasslands or for fauna. Landscape metrics showed that connectivity improved relative to the preproject situation as a result of locating restoration offsets in the largest and best‐connected forest patch. Permanence of offsets was addressed by establishing covenants and management measures, but financial guarantees to cover maintenance costs after mine closure were lacking. Offsets should be equivalent in type and size, provide conservation outcomes that would not be obtained without them (additionality), and be lasting (permanence). To monitor and evaluate offsets, it is necessary to determine how well these 3 principles are applied in the planning, implementation, and maintenance of offsets. Achieving measurable conservation outcomes from offsets is a long‐term endeavor that requires sustained management support, and is information intensive. Thus, offsets require ongoing monitoring and evaluation as well as adaptive management.
Supercritical carbon dioxide (SC‐CO2) dyeing of cellulose acetate: An opportunity for a “greener” circular textile economy
Authors: Broadbent Peter J. , Carr Chris M. , Lewis David M. , Rigout Muriel L. , Siewers Ernst J. , Shojai Kaveh Narjes 
Published: April 2023

AbstractThis article compares the dyeing of cellulose diacetate (cellulose‐based) and polyester fabrics using supercritical carbon dioxide (SC‐CO2) and aqueous media. The benefits of dyeing in SC‐CO2 were clearly demonstrated in laboratory‐based and pilot‐scale studies in terms of increased colour strength, uniformity, fastness and the absence of auxiliaries such as dispersing agents or surfactants. In addition, the “super‐levelling” nature of the SC‐CO2 medium was demonstrated in the reprocessing of polyester “waste textile” and the re‐use of the “locked‐in waste” colourant. The SC‐CO2 processing medium can be utilised to accurately colour “multiple life” polyester and cellulose acetate uniformly and to creatively tie‐dye polyester and cellulose acetate fabrics. Through SC‐CO2 fluid technology, we can envisage a viable waterless circular manufacturing and recycling/remanufacturing framework for the predominantly polyester global fibre market coupled to the sustainably sourced, biodegradable cellulose diacetate as a replacement for cotton. The key technical and commercial advantages being the use of a single solvent dye class for both polyester and the cellulose diacetate, saving on energy costs, integrated simpler processing, reduced water usage and associated efficient recycling. Further, repositioning the cellulosic fibre industry towards using sustainable forests is attractive in terms of improved land, water and environmental management.
Effectiveness of wheeled mobility skill interventions in children and young people with cerebral palsy: A systematic review
Authors: Naaris Mari , Bekteshi Saranda , Aufheimer Maria , Gerling Kathrin , Hallez Hans , Ortibus Els , Konings Marco , Monbaliu Elegast 
Published: April 2023

AbstractAimTo systematically review the effectiveness of wheeled mobility interventions in children and young people with cerebral palsy (CP).MethodA systematic literature search was performed in MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, EBSCO, PEDro, and Web of Science using database‐specific concepts such as ‘child’ and ‘wheelchair’. Studies focusing on wheeled mobility skill interventions with participants aged 6 to 21 years with CP were included.ResultsTwenty studies with 203 participants were included. The impact of wheeled mobility skill interventions was assessed on mobility skills (n = 18), activity and participation (n = 10), and quality of life (n = 3). No studies reported effects on stress, fatigue, and motivational aspects. Interventions included power wheelchair skill training (n = 12), computer‐based training (n = 5), smart wheelchair training (n = 2), and manual wheelchair training (n = 1), showing positive wheeled mobility intervention effects. Study quality based on the Methodological Index for Non‐Randomized Studies scale was 9 out of 16 and 14 out of 24 for non‐comparative and comparative studies respectively. Risk of bias was serious‐to‐critical on the Risk of Bias in Non‐Randomized Studies of Interventions.InterpretationWheeled mobility interventions showed promising beneficial effects on wheeled mobility, activity and participation, and quality of life for children and young people with CP. Future studies with structured and standardized training programmes and assessment tools are warranted to further accelerate the wheeled mobility skill acquisition process in this population.What this paper adds

Wheeled mobility interventions improve wheeled mobility skills in individuals with cerebral palsy.
The mobility skill acquisition process benefits from structured and standardized training.
Knowledge of the intervention effects on participation and quality of life is limited.
Most studies had moderate quality of evidence because of methodological limitations.
Sex‐based electroclinical differences and prognostic factors in epilepsy with eyelid myoclonia
Authors: Cerulli Irelli Emanuele , Cocchi Enrico , Ramantani Georgia , Morano Alessandra , Riva Antonella , Caraballo Roberto H. , Giuliano Loretta , Yilmaz Tülay , Panagiotakaki Eleni , Operto Francesca F. , Giraldez Beatriz Gonzalez , Balestrini Simona , Silvennoinen Katri , Casciato Sara , Comajuan Marion , Fortunato Francesco , Giallonardo Anna T. , Gamirova Rimma , Coppola Antonietta , Di Gennaro Giancarlo , Labate Angelo , Sofia Vito , Kluger Gerhard J. , Gambardella Antonio , Kasteleijn‐Nolst Trenite Dorothee , Baykan Betul , Sisodiya Sanjay M. , Arzimanoglou Alexis , Striano Pasquale , Di Bonaventura Carlo ,   the EEM Study Group
Published: April 2023

AbstractAlthough a striking female preponderance has been consistently reported in epilepsy with eyelid myoclonia (EEM), no study has specifically explored the variability of clinical presentation according to sex in this syndrome. Here, we aimed to investigate sex‐specific electroclinical differences and prognostic determinants in EEM. Data from 267 EEM patients were retrospectively analyzed by the EEM Study Group, and a dedicated multivariable logistic regression analysis was developed separately for each sex. We found that females with EEM showed a significantly higher rate of persistence of photosensitivity and eye closure sensitivity at the last visit, along with a higher prevalence of migraine with/without aura, whereas males with EEM presented a higher rate of borderline intellectual functioning/intellectual disability. In female patients, multivariable logistic regression analysis revealed age at epilepsy onset, eyelid myoclonia status epilepticus, psychiatric comorbidities, and catamenial seizures as significant predictors of drug resistance. In male patients, a history of febrile seizures was the only predictor of drug resistance. Hence, our study reveals sex‐specific differences in terms of both electroclinical features and prognostic factors. Our findings support the importance of a sex‐based personalized approach in epilepsy care and research, especially in genetic generalized epilepsies.
Insecticide resistance management strategies for public health control of mosquitoes exhibiting polygenic resistance: A comparison of sequences, rotations, and mixtures
Authors: Hobbs Neil Philip , Weetman David , Hastings Ian Michael 
Published: April 2023

AbstractMalaria control uses insecticides to kill Anopheles mosquitoes. Recent successes in malaria control are threatened by increasing levels of insecticide resistance (IR), requiring insecticide resistance management (IRM) strategies to mitigate this problem. Field trials of IRM strategies are usually prohibitively expensive with long timeframes, and mathematical modeling is often used to evaluate alternative options. Previous IRM models in the context of malaria control assumed IR to have a simple (monogenic) basis, whereas in natural populations, IR will often be a complex polygenic trait determined by multiple genetic variants. A quantitative genetics model was developed to model IR as a polygenic trait. The model allows insecticides to be deployed as sequences (continuous deployment until a defined withdrawal threshold, termed “insecticide lifespan”, as indicated by resistance diagnosis in bioassays), rotations (periodic switching of insecticides), or full‐dose mixtures (two insecticides in one formulation). These IRM strategies were compared based on their “strategy lifespan” (capped at 500 generations). Partial rank correlation and generalized linear modeling was used to identify and quantify parameters driving the evolution of resistance. Random forest models were used to identify parameters offering predictive value for decision‐making. Deploying single insecticides as sequences or rotations usually made little overall difference to their “strategy lifespan”, though rotations displayed lower mean and peak resistances. Deploying two insecticides in a full‐dose mixture formulation was found to extend the “strategy lifespan” when compared to deploying each in sequence or rotation. This pattern was observed regardless of the level of cross resistance between the insecticides or the starting level of resistance. Statistical analysis highlighted the importance of insecticide coverage, cross resistance, heritability, and fitness costs for selecting an appropriate IRM strategy. Full‐dose mixtures appear the most promising of the strategies evaluated, with the longest “strategy lifespans”. These conclusions broadly corroborate previous results from monogenic models.
A citywide TD‐learning based intelligent traffic signal control for autonomous vehicles: Performance evaluation using SUMO
Authors: Reza Selim , Ferreira Marta Campos , Machado J. J. M. , Tavares João Manuel R. S. 
Published: April 2023

AbstractAn autonomous vehicle can sense its environment and operate without human involvement. Its adequate management in an intelligent transportation system could significantly reduce traffic congestion and overall travel time in a network. Adaptive traffic signal controller (ATSC) based on multi‐agent systems using state‐action‐reward‐state‐action (SARSA ()) are well‐known state‐of‐the‐art models to manage autonomous vehicles within urban areas. However, this study found inefficient weights updating mechanisms of the conventional SARSA () models. Therefore, it proposes a Gaussian function to regulate the eligibility trace vector's decay mechanism effectively. On the other hand, an efficient understanding of the state of the traffic environment is crucial for an agent to take optimal actions. The conventional models feed the state values to the agents through the MinMax normalization technique, which sometimes shows less efficiency and robustness. So, this study suggests the MaxAbs scaled state values instead of MinMax to address the problem. Furthermore, the combination of the A‐star routing algorithm and proposed model demonstrated a good increase in performance relatively to the conventional SARSA ()‐based routing algorithms. The proposed model and the baselines were implemented in a microscopic traffic simulation environment using the SUMO package over a complex real‐world‐like ‐intersections network to evaluate their performance. The results showed a reduction of the vehicle's average total waiting time and total stops by a mean value of % and % compared to the considered baselines. Also, the A‐star combined with the proposed controller outperformed the conventional approaches by increasing the vehicle's average trip speed by %.
Talking through the tough: Identifying facilitating factors to preparation for bias and racial–ethnic discrimination conversations among families from minoritized ethnic–racial groups
Authors: Coard Stephanie Irby , Kiang Lisa , Martin Romero Michelle Y. , Gonzalez Laura M. , Stein Gabriela Livas 
Published: April 2023

AbstractParent–child conversations about race‐related issues serve a protective function for minoritized families and are needed to help children of color thrive in the United States (Hughes et al., Advances in Child Development and Behavior, 51, 2016 and 1). Despite the difficulties that parents experience in having such conversations to prepare youth to cope with discrimination (Priest et al., International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 43, 2014 and 139), parents are actively engaging in these courageous conversations with the aim of protecting their youth. In order to fully understand and support parents having these conversations, our study sought to identify conversation facilitators (i.e., strategies currently being implemented and viewed as successful and/or viewed as potentially helpful) to engage in preparation for bias and racial–ethnic discrimination conversations from the perspective of parents and youth. The current qualitative study draws upon focus group data collected from parents and youth from African American, Chinese American, Mexican American, and Indian American (South Asian) families (N = 138 individuals; 30 focus groups). Reflections were transcribed and coded by a racially and ethnically diverse research team using an inductive thematic analysis approach (Braun & Clarke, Qualitative Research in Psychology, 3, 2006 and 77). Shared and unique facilitators to engaging in preparation for bias and racial–ethnic discrimination conversations were identified across the four racial–ethnic groups. Shared facilitators broadly centered on parent–youth relationship quality, conversation characteristics, and quality, and conversation content and relevance. Unique facilitators broadly centered on communication style and needs and conversation content. Shared and unique facilitators warrant more attention to best support minoritized families. The use of findings in developing interventions to support marginalized parents, youth, and families is addressed.
Interpersonal trust, invention, and innovation across European regions
Authors: Dindaroglu Burak 
Published: April 2023

AbstractMany studies in economics and regional science claim a positive link between interpersonal trust and innovation by demonstrating a positive effect of trust on patenting. This contrasts many findings from organization level studies on trust and innovation, who report a variety of findings including inverted‐U type relations. A possible explanation is that trust exhibits different roles in invention and innovation, as the former relies on knowledge commons while the latter directly embeds commercialization and the market context. This study attempts to reconcile the two set of findings by studying indicators of invention and innovation in relation to trust at the same unit of observation, by using the regional variation in Europe. I study the relationship between interpersonal trust and patent applications (a measure of invention), trademark applications (a composite indicator) and the share of innovative sales in turnover by SMEs (a direct indicator of commercialization), across European regions. I show that trust positively affects trademark applications with an effect that is comparable to that on patent applications. However, trust exhibits an inverted‐U type relationship with innovative sales. Results collectively point to a strong role of trust in all three creative activities, including a negative effect at the higher end when the indicator is directly contingent on commercialization and sales. I also estimate the extent of spatial spillovers in the effect of trust on all three creative outcomes.
Thermodynamic properties of aluminum titanate‐mullite composite ceramics containing heat stabilizer
Authors: Huang Xuehui , Yang Xinke , Wang Xuefang 
Published: April 2023

AbstractUsing Al2O3 and TiO2 as raw materials, adding MgO as heat stabilizer and mullite as enhancer, aluminum titanate‐mullite multiphase ceramics were successfully prepared by solid phase synthesis. The effects of MgO and mullite were systematically studied on the phase composition, microstructure, thermal stability, sintering properties, and mechanical properties of aluminum titanate ceramics. The results showed that the introduction of Mg2+ can partially replace Al3+ to form MgxAl2(1‐x)Ti(1+x)O5 solid solution, improved the thermal stability of aluminum titanate ceramics, and promoted the formation and growth of grains, which reduced the sintering temperature. The crack deflections caused by mullite particles improved the mechanical properties. The filling effect of mullite particles and the formation of silica in mullite raw materials were conducive to ceramic densification. The statistics of Mg4M10 sample were as follows: the porosity was only 2.9%, the flexural strength was as high as 64.15 MPa, and the thermal expansion coefficient was 1.35 × 10−6 K−1 (RT‐700°C), encouraging the application of ceramics with high thermal mechanical properties.