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A visual-olfactory multisensory fusion spike neural network for early fire/smoke detection
Authors: Dai Xinyu , Huo Dexuan , Gao Zhanyuan , Zhang Jilin , Chen Hong 
Published: July 2023

Abstract
The integration and interaction of multisensory information has notably augmented the cognitive capacity of living organisms in their perception of the complex and varied world around them. In recent times, machine learning theory, particularly in image recognition, has progressed tremendously and has demonstrated immense potential in a multitude of practical scenes. Here, we report a biomimetic multisensory spike neural network (SNN) for early fire/smoke detection, which combines visual and olfactory perception for the first time. Inspired by the remarkable ability of insects to process information using their highly evolved vision and olfactory capabilities, we propose a network which extracts and utilizes both image and air features for early fire/smoke detection in complex scenes. We have built a comprehensive dataset sampled from multiple fire and smoke scenes, recording image and air data from several locations. The proposed multisensory SNN boasts a recognition accuracy of 95.21% for fire/smoke detection, while remaining highly hardware friendly and, enabling on-chip learning on hardware, and showing considerable potential in biological interpretability. The biomimetic multisensory algorithm provides a promising avenue for early fire/smoke detection, with important implications for enhancing safety and minimizing risk in a variety of complex scenes.
Fabrication of Fluorescent PMMA-Carbon Nanodots Optical Films and their Feasibility in Improving Solar Cells Efficiency using Low-Cost Sustainable Materials
Authors: Soares Marco César Prado , Cacioppo Michele , Amato Francesco , Cabral Thiago D. , Carreño Marcelo N. P. , Pereyra Inés , Ramos Carlos A. S. , Cid Manuel , Goveia Gilson S. , Chubaci José F. D. , Fujiwara Eric , Bartoli Julio R. 
Published: July 2023

Abstract
Nitrogen-doped carbon nanodots synthesized from L-arginine and ethylenediamine (NCNDs); citric acid-derived carbon nanodots with carboxylic surface groups (α-CDs); and Silica-Cdots hybrids produced through coupling α-CDs to SiO2 nanoparticles were used for the fabrication of fluorescent PMMA-CDs optical films. PMMA naturally emits luminescence when irradiated by 300-320 nm and the nanoparticles occlusion allows the conversion of a broader UV bandwidth to the visible: emissions around 450 nm are observed for excitations from 330-360 nm. Since this photoluminescence could increase the efficiency of solar energy concentrators and generators, photovoltaic cells were coated with films obtained with the blue-emitting NCNDs for a proof-of-concept of increasing the cells’ efficiencies with such materials. At our preliminary experiments, even using a setup with low contact of the optical polymer film on silicon surface, a promising increase from 4.24% to 4.72% cell efficiency was observed, showing the feasibility and potential for application of these environmentally friendly materials.
Biocontrol agents establishment and their impact on rhizosphere microbiome and induced grapevine defenses is highly soil-dependent
Authors: Leal Catarina , Eichmeier Ales , Štůsková Kateřina , Armengol Josep , Bujanda Rebeca , Fontaine Florence , Trotel-Aziz Patricia , Gramaje David 
Published: July 2023

Abstract
Without effective chemical treatments, there is an increased interest on biological control of plant diseases. Trichoderma and Bacillus species have shown biocontrol potential against several grapevine diseases. However, few studies have investigated the impact of introducing beneficial microorganisms in rhizosphere, on the indigenous soil existent microbiome. In this study, we conducted a greenhouse-based experiment to explore the effect of the two most well characterized BCAs in grapevine, Trichoderma atroviride SC1 (Ta SC1) and Bacillus subtilis PTA-271 (Bs PTA-271), on the grapevine rhizosphere bacterial and fungal microbiome, and on plant defense expression, using high-throughput amplicon sequencing, and quantitative real-time PCR, respectively. Additionally, we quantified both Ta SC1 and Bs PTA-271 in rhizosphere overtime using droplet digital PCR. Our results demonstrated that, the fungal microbiome is more affected by factors such as soil type, BCA treatment, and sampling time than bacterial microbiome. Specifically, Ta SC1 application produced a negative impact on fungal diversity, while applications of BCAs did not affect bacterial diversity. Interestingly, the survival and establishment of both BCAs showed opposite trends depending on the soil type, indicating that the physicochemical properties of soils have a role on BCA establishment. Fungal co-occurrence networks were less complex than bacterial networks, but highly impacted by Ta SC1 application. Soils treated with Ta SC1, presented more complex and stable co-occurrence networks, with a higher number of positive correlations. Induced grapevine defenses also differed according to the soil, being more affected by BCA inoculation on sandy soil. The findings of this research emphasize the complex relationships among microorganisms in the rhizosphere, and highlight the significance of taking into account various factors like soil type, sampling time, and BCA treatment, and their influence on the structure and dynamics of microbial communities.
Qinghai Lake in metagenomics Study on soil microbial diversity in Gangcha County
Authors: Dong Zhiqiang , Xu Xuewei , Wang Xia , Dong Nannan , Li Lingling , Chen Kelong , Cheng Cheng , Mao Yahui 
Published: July 2023

Abstract
The Qinghai Lake Basin, situated in the northeastern part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, is recognized as the "Third Pole" of the world. It serves as a pivotal aquatic ecosystem for upholding the ecological security of the northeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, thereby carrying substantial significance for the conservation of this region's ecology. Poa alpigena Lindm, a prevalent and dominant grass species across the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, plays a crucial role in soil and water conservation within the Qinghai Lake Basin. Soil microorganisms actively engage in root-soil interactions, exerting paramount influence on plant growth, health, and adaptability. In this study, we investigated the rhizosphere and non-rhizosphere soils of Poa tableland in the Gangcha region of Qinghai Lake. We examined the impact of Poa tableland on the composition and structure of soil microbial communities, while analyzing the diversity and disparities of microorganisms in these two soil types.The findings of this study indicate that the non-rhizosphere soil in the Gangcha region exhibits significantly higher microbial abundance and diversity compared to the rhizosphere soil. However, the proportions of dominant microorganisms show minimal variation between the two soil types. It is evident that the root system of Poa grass exerts a strong selective influence on the microbial assemblages in the soil environment. Analysis of KEGG metabolic pathways reveals notable enrichment of pathways related to photosynthesis and energy synthesis in the rhizosphere microbiota, whereas pathways associated with gene expression display significant enrichment in the non-rhizosphere soil microbiota. Moreover, the examination of dominant microorganisms across all soil samples reveals the presence of mutual inhibition or promotion relationships among different microbial taxa.
What matters for The Bitcoin Price and Volatility during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Social Media based- Evidence
Authors: Mgadmi Nidhal 
Published: July 2023

Abstract
In this paper, we try to examine the relationship between the Bitcoin price, social media metrics and the intensity of Covid-19 pandemic. We also attempt to investigate the behavior of Bitcoin volatility during such pandemic. For this end, we use the error correction model, Co-integration processing tool and vector error correction model to detect potential transmission mechanisms among different variables and the dynamic coupling between them. We also apply the GARCH-type models to better apprehend the behavior of Bitcoin volatility. Our results clearly display the short- and long term evidences of the relationshipbetween the Bitcoin price, severity of the Covid-19 health crisis and social media metrics. Moreover, there is strong evidence related to the information content of social media during turbulent phases. We also report some distinctive and salient features of Bitcoin volatility. The information spillover from pandemic-related news to the Bitcoin prices is well-documented. Using the Covid-19 deaths and confirmed cases can be considered as measure of pandemic severity. As well, the information transmission mechanism is well-documented through social media which seems to have an added value during the stressful periods. Such analysis could have insightful implications for investors in crypto-currency market.
Causes of Internal Migration and Its Impact on Poverty: A Case Study from Kurigram District in Bangladesh
Authors: Salam Md. Abdus , Kiron Md. Asduzzaman 
Published: July 2023

Abstract
This study conducted mainly based on primary data, among them 300 respondents’ data were collected from interviewed, 100 were collected from migrants’ family members and 82 were from their kinships. Internal migration plays an important role in reduction of poverty. In Bangladesh this rate is widespread. Some studies have been published based on secondary data about internal migration. The proper result of internal migration based on published data is ambiguous. So, this study fulfils this gap using primary data. The study conducts some important finding such as the causes of internal migration and impact of internal migration on poverty. It also identifies the theoretical justification of migration theory. The study found that living standards of the respondents after migration is better than their living standards of before migration. This paper also conducted that socio economic and socio demographic factors plays an important role in the decision of internal migration.
Exploring the Varied Manifestations of Structural Violence in the Lives of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Their Parents: A Qualitative Longitudinal Study in Kurdistan, Iran
Authors: Khougar Ansar , Ahmadi Paria Baba , Ranjbar Hadi , Ahadi Mahsa , Ahadi Parisa 
Published: July 2023

Abstract
Background
The terminology and definition of "Autism Spectrum Disorder" can inadvertently shift focus away from exploring the disregarded dimensions associated with autism that are both subtle and impactful. These dimensions are closely connected to social structures, policies, and power dynamics and they silently impact the well-being of individuals within the autism spectrum. This research aims to explore these overlooked aspects using a theoretical framework called "structural violence."
Methods
A qualitative longitudinal approach was chosen to capture the intricacy and depth of participants' experiences in this research. The study was conducted in Kurdistan, Iran. A purposive sampling method was employed to select the participants, with eleven parents (four fathers and seven mothers) taking part. The study data comprised 29 interviews conducted with these 11 parents over a span of 30 months. Thematic analysis was utilized for data analysis. To enhance the scientific rigor of this research, four criteria, including Guba and Lincoln's principles, were implemented to ensure methodological accuracy.
Results
The research findings highlight four primary forms through which structural violence impacts children with ASD and their families: access to healthcare, geographic disparities, awareness and stigma, and poverty and financial burden. Additionally, the study identified 11 subthemes related to structural violence in the context of autism and families.
Conclusions
We illustrated how structural forces create barriers to accessing adequate healthcare services, exacerbate discrimination based on ethnicity and geography, perpetuate stigma, and contribute to poverty and the inability to meet basic needs. These factors not only worsen health issues but also deepen existing disparities in healthcare access and outcomes for children with ASD and families. we emphasizes the urgent need for systemic changes to address these issues. It is essential to promote public awareness, provide better access to health and support services, and address economic and political factors that contribute to these inequalities.
Privacy-preserving Image Retrieval Based on Additive Secret Sharing in Cloud Environment
Authors: Zhang Bo , Xu Yanyan , Yan Yuejing , Wang Zhiheng 
Published: July 2023

Abstract
With the growth of cloud computing, an increasing number of resource-constrained data owners tend to store their images on the cloud, and cloud servers provide image retrieval services for users. However, this poses significant privacy leakage risks. Privacy-preserving image retrieval can prevent privacy leakage during retrieval, but existing schemes have the problem of low search accuracy. Additionally, existing solutions usually utilize a single cloud server to provide retrieval services, which suffer from problems such as a single point of failure and a greater risk of privacy leakage. This is because the cloud server is honest but curious, and it may peek at users' data out of curiosity or interest.With the proliferation of cloud service providers, image retrieval services can be supported collaboratively by multiple cloud servers. However, complex encryption techniques and frequent interactions between servers significantly degrade the performance of the overall search process.This paper proposes a lightweight three-party computation (3-PC) image retrieval strategy based on additive secret sharing in a cloud environment.Specifically, the data owner extracts the features of images using a pre-trained CNN model and constructs an index for the features using the K-means hierarchical index tree. After splitting and outsourcing the images, CNN model, and index tree to three cloud servers, the data owner remains offline. The three cloud servers process the user's query request and utilize a secure computation protocol based on secret sharing. This protocol ensures that the parameters of the neural network and the extracted query image features are hidden from the cloud servers and other attackers. Additionally, a secure feature similarity computation and distance ranking protocol is designed to avoid privacy leakage during the search process.Security analysis and experimental results demonstrate the security and retrieval performance of the scheme.
Impact of Irrigating Vegetables With Water From a Stream Receiving Leachate From an As2o3 Polluted Cattle Dip Site in Zimbabwe.
Authors: Zaranyika Mark Fungayi , Viriri Tapiwa , Musiiwa Douglas 
Published: July 2023

Abstract
The levels of arsenic (As) and other carcinogenic elements (Be, Cd, Cr, Co and Ni), and toxic elements (Hg and Pb) in vegetables grown in riverbank gardens irrigated with water from a stream receiving leachate from a polluted site around a cattle dip historically based on AS2O3 as dip chemical, were determined using ICP-MS. Furthermore, the distribution and concentration of these metals in the garden soils and stream water were also measured, and a correlational analysis carried out. The data presented shows that the levels of As at 9±0.14 to 22±0.1 µg/kg, 3.15±0.0.07 to 12.1±0.28 µg/L, and 9.7±0.14 to 39.37 µg/kg, as well as other carcinogenic and/or toxic elements (Be, Cd, Cr, Co, Ni, Hg and Pb), fall within the permissible limits set by the WHO/FAO for food, irrigation water and soil respectively. However, the levels of Co in vegetable samples, and those of Ni and Pb in the river water, were above the set permissible limits. In addition, correlation data showed that irrigating the garden soils with the stream water had little or no effect on the concentration of AS in the garden soils and the vegetable grown in the garden soils, but resulted in a slight increase in the concentration of Co in the garden soils as well as the vegetables. Other possible sources of pollution of the garden soils by AS, other than the stream water used for irrigation, are discussed.
Effect of saline perfusion before catheter removal in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia treated with GreenLight laser photoselective vaporization of the prostate
Authors: Han Jiaxi , Luo Fei , Li Jian , Zheng Di , Zhang Na , Zhou Xiaoyi , Zhang Dong 
Published: July 2023

Abstract
Purpose: To investigate the effect of saline perfusion before catheter removal in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) treated with GreenLight laser photoselective vaporization of the prostate (PVP).
Materials and Methods: Patients (n=200) with BPH treated with PVP were divided into perfusion (n=100) and control (n=100) groups. For the perfusion group, saline (200 mLor the maximum capacity tolerated) was irrigated into the bladder after standardized external urethral disinfection, and the catheter was removed. Catheter removal was routinely performed in the control group. Perioperative adverse events and clinical outcomes were compared between the groups.
Results: Patients in the perfusion group exhibited a shorter waiting time [3 (0–4) vs. 15 (8.75–26) min; P < 0.001] and better satisfaction grade [24 (21.75–26) vs. 23 (20–25); P=0.016] of first urination than those in the control group. The perfusion group exhibited lower anxiety levels regarding first urination than the control group [1 (1–2) vs. 1.5 (1–2), respectively; P=0.012]. Urinalysis revealed that the perfusion group had significantly lower white blood cell (WBC) count than the control group on the day [25.5(8–37.75) vs. 43.5(24.0–64.75); P<0.001] and 2 weeks [20.5(11–27) vs 31.0(20–42); P<0.001] after catheter removal. No significant differences in treatment-related adverse events were observed [(perfusion (n=15), control (n=20)].
Conclusion: Saline perfusion before catheter removal in patients with BPH treated with PVP could shorten the waiting time for first urination, improve patient anxiety and satisfaction, and reduce postoperative urinary WBC levels.
Tissue-specific differences in Ca 2+ sensitivity of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore. Experiments in rat liver and heart
Authors: Ricardez-García Carolina , Reyes-Becerril Mauricio , Mosqueda-Martínez Edson , Castañeda-Támez Paulina , Méndez-Romero Ofelia , Ruiz-Ramírez Angélica , Uribe-Carvajal Salvador 
Published: July 2023

Abstract
Opening of the inner mitochondrial membrane (IMM) permeability transition pore (PTP) dissipates ion gradients and the transmembrane electric potential (ΔΨ) across IMM, releasing excess Ca2+ from the mitochondrial matrix. Immediate closure of PTP must follow to prevent outer membrane disruption, loss of cytochrome c and eventual apoptosis. Flickering, defined as the rapid alternative opening/closing of PTP, has been reported in heart, which undergoes frequent, large variations in Ca2+. In contrast, in tissues that undergo depolarization events less often, such as the liver, PTP would not need to be as dynamic and thus these tissues would not be as resistant to stress. To evaluate this idea, it was decided to follow the reversibility of the permeability transition (PT) in isolated murine mitochondria from two different tissues: the very dynamic heart, and the liver, which suffers depolarizations less frequently. It was observed that in heart mitochondria PT remained reversible for longer periods and at higher Ca2+ loads than in liver mitochondria. In all cases, Ca2+ uptake was inhibited by ruthenium red and PT was delayed by Cyclosporine A. Characterization of this phenomenon included measuring the rate of oxygen consumption, organelle swelling and Ca2+ uptake and retention. Results strongly suggest that there are tissue-specific differences in PTP physiology, as it resists many more Ca2+ additions before opening in a highly active organ such as the heart than in an organ that seldom suffers Ca2+ loading, such as the liver.
Targeting TREM2 to disrupt the mitochondrial lipid and iron metabolism in cisplatin-resistant gastric cancer cells
Authors: Wang Rui , Guo Quanquan , Ma Meimei , Shi Xiaohong 
Published: July 2023

Abstract
Cancer cells compete with tumor associated macrophages for iron, especially for drug resistant tumor cells. But how drug resistant tumor cells compete with immunosuppressive macrophages in tumor microenvironment is unclear. Here, we identified the triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM-2) as a signaling hub that orchestrates lipid and iron metabolism, and immune evasion. TREM-2 was expressed only on cisplatin resistant gastric cancer cell lines, but not on normal gastric epithelial cells and gastric cancer cells. Suppressing TREM2 reversed the drug resistance in vitro and slowed down tumor growth in vivo. Mechanically, TREM2 facilitated TFR1-mediated iron endocytosis to fuel the mitochondria for integrated membrane potential and ATP output. Furthermore, TREM2 knockdown lead to STING upregulation and promote the downstream cytokines IL6, IL-1β secretion. Collectively, our study identified TREM2 as a signaling hub that orchestrates lipid and iron metabolism and immune evasion in cisplatin resistant cells, and explains the complicated metabolic and immune signature for tumor drug resistance.
The association of CpG island DNA methylation in the promoter region, genetic polymorphism of ALAS1 with anti-tuberculosis drug-induced liver injury
Authors: Tang Shaowen , Hao Zhuolu , Chen Xinyu , Jian Hongkai , He Xiaomin , Lu Lihuan , Zhang Meiling , Pan Hongqiu , Yi Honggang 
Published: July 2023

Abstract
Anti-tuberculosis drug-induced liver injury (AT-DILI) may be related to the accumulation of hepatotoxin protoporphyrin IX, while aminolevulinate synthase 1 (ALAS1) is the key rate-limiting enzyme. The study aimed to investigate the association of CpG island methylation, genetic polymorphism of ALAS1 with the risk of AT-DILI. Based on 1:1 matched case-control study with 150 AT-DILI cases and 150 controls, patients with methylation status were at a high risk of AT-DILI (OR = 1.784, 95%CI: 1.098–2.899, P = 0.019), and patients carrying the CT genotype of rs352169 had an increased risk of AT-DILI (OR = 1.719, 95%CI: 1.019–2.901, P = 0.043). Furthermore, patients with CT + TT genotype and methylation status had a higher risk of AT-DILI than those with CC genotype and unmethylation status (OR = 3.348, 95%CI: 1.407–7.964, P = 0.006). So, the methylation status and rs352169 polymorphism in ALAS1 may be associated with the susceptibility to AT-DILI. Moreover, there may be a synergistic effect between methylation and polymorphism in the occurrence of AT-DILI.