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Optimizing targeting of pinyon-juniper management for sagebrush birds of conservation concern while avoiding imperiled pinyon jay
Authors: Reinhardt Jason R. , Tack Jason D. , Maestas Jeremy D. , Naugle David E. , Falkowski Michael J. , Doherty Kevin E. 
Published: July 2022

AbstractContemporary restoration and management of sagebrush-dominated (Artemisiaspp.) ecosystems across the intermountain west of the United States increasingly involves the removal of expanding conifer, particularly juniper (Juniperusspp.) and pinyon pine (Pinus edulis, P. monophylla). The impetus behind much of this management has been the demonstrated population benefits of sagebrush restoration via conifer removal to greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus), a species of conservation concern. One of the challenges with scaling up from a focal-species approach to a community-level perspective, however, is balancing the habitat requirements of different species, some of which may overlap with sage-grouse and others which may have competing habitat needs. Here, we use a systematic conservation planning approach to compute spatial optimizations which prioritize areas for conifer removal across the sage-grouse range while incorporating woodland and sagebrush songbirds into decision-making. Three of the songbirds considered here, Brewer’s sparrow (Spizella breweri), green-tailed towhee (Pipilo chlorurus), and sage thrasher (Poocetes gramineus), are sagebrush-obligates, while another is a woodland-obligate, the pinyon jay (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus). We find that the inclusion of sagebrush-obligates expands the model-selected area of consideration for conifer management, likely because habitat overlap between sagebrush-obligates is imperfect. The inclusion of pinyon jay, a woodland-obligate, resulted in substantial shifts in the distribution of model-selected priority areas for conifer removal – particularly away from pinyon jay strongholds in Nevada and east-central California. Finally, we compared the conifer optimizations created here with estimates of ongoing conifer removal efforts across the intermountain west and find that a small proportion (13-18%) of management efforts had occurred on areas predicted as being important for pinyon jay, suggesting that much of the ongoing work is already successfully avoiding critical pinyon jay habitat areas.
Optimizing immunostaining of archival fish samples to enhance museum collection potential
Authors: Kwan Garfield T. , Frable Benjamin W. , Thompson Andrew R. , Tresguerres Martin 
Published: July 2022

AbstractImmunohistochemistry (IHC) is a powerful biochemical technique that uses antibodies to specifically label and visualize proteins of interests within biological samples. However, fluid-preserved specimens within natural history collection often use fixatives and protocols that induce high background signal (autofluorescence), which hampers IHC as it produces low signal-to-noise ratio. Here, we explored techniques to reduce autofluorescence using sodium borohydride (SBH), citrate buffer, and their combination on fish tissue preserved with paraformaldehyde, formalin, ethanol, and glutaraldehyde. We found SBH was the most effective quenching technique, and applied this pretreatment to the gill or skin of 10 different archival fishes – including specimens that had been preserved in formalin or ethanol for up to 65 and 37 years, respectively. The enzyme Na+/K+-ATPase (NKA) was successfully immunostained and imaged using confocal fluorescence microscopy, allowing for the identification and characterization of NKA-rich ionocytes essential for fish ionic and acid-base homeostasis. Altogether, our SBH-based method facilitates the use of IHC on archival samples, and unlocks the historical record on fish biological responses to environmental factors (such as climate change) using specimens from natural history collections that were preserved decades to centuries ago.HighlightsSodium borohydride pretreatment reduced aldehyde-induced autofluorescenceSuccessfully immunostained archival samples of various fixative and fixation timeLarval fish that was formalin-fixed for 63-65 years was successfully immunostained
Fiber-Specific Structural Properties Relate to Reading Skills in Children and Adolescents
Authors: Meisler Steven Lee , Gabrieli John D.E. 
Published: July 2022

AbstractRecent studies suggest that the cross-sectional relationship between reading skills and white matter microstructure, as indexed by fractional anisotropy, is not as robust as previously thought. Fixel-based analyses yield fiber-specific micro- and macrostructural measures, overcoming several shortcomings of the traditional diffusion tensor model. We ran a whole-brain analysis investigating whether the product of fiber density and cross-section (FDC) related to single-word reading skills in a large, open, quality-controlled data set of 983 children and adolescents ages 6-18. We also compared FDC between participants with (n= 102) and without (n= 570) reading disabilities. We found that FDC positively related to reading skills throughout the brain, especially in left temporoparietal and cerebellar white matter, but did not differ between reading proficiency groups. Exploratory analyses revealed that among metrics from other diffusion models - DTI, DKI, and NODDI - only the orientation dispersion and neurite density indexes from NODDI were associated (inversely) with reading skills. The present findings further support the importance of left-hemisphere dorsal temporoparietal white matter tracts in reading. Additionally, these results suggest future DWI studies of reading and dyslexia should be designed to benefit from advanced diffusion models, include cerebellar coverage, and consider continuous analyses that account for individual differences in reading skill.
Ferrous iron uptake via IRT1/ZIP evolved at least twice in green plants
Authors: Rodrigues Wenderson Felipe Costa , Lisboa Ayrton Breno P. , Lima Joni Esrom , Ricachenevsky Felipe Klein , Del-Bem Luiz-Eduardo 
Published: July 2022

AbstractIron (Fe) is an essential micronutrient for virtually all living beings, being practically irreplaceable because of its unique electrochemical properties that enable or facilitate a series of biochemical processes, including photosynthesis. Although Fe is abundant on Earth, it is generally found in the poorly soluble form Fe3+. Most extant plants have established Fe absorption strategies that involve Fe uptake in the soluble form Fe2+. The model angiosperm Arabidopsis thaliana, for example, captures Fe through a mechanism that lowers the pH through proton pumping to the rhizosphere to increase Fe3+ solubility, which is then reduced by a plasma membrane-bound reductase and transported into the cell by the ZIP family protein IRT1. ZIP proteins are transmembrane transporters of a variety of divalent metals such as Fe2+, Zn2+, Mn2+ and Cd2+. In this work, we investigate the evolution of functional homologs of IRT1/ZIP in the supergroup of photosynthetic eukaryotes Archaeplastida (Viridiplantae + Rhodophyta + Glaucophyta) using a dataset of 41 high-quality genomes of diverse lineages. Our analyses suggest that Fe is acquired through deeply divergent ZIP proteins in land plants and chlorophyte green algae, indicating that Fe2+ uptake by ZIP family proteins evolved at least twice independently during green plant evolution. Sequence and structural analyses indicate that the archetypical IRT proteins from angiosperms likely emerged in streptophyte algae before the origin of land plants and might be an important player in green plant terrestrialization, a process that involved the evolution of Fe acquisition in terrestrial subaerial settings.
Years of Life Lost in the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic, March 2020 to October 2021
Authors: Czeisler Mark É. , Czeisler Charles A. 
Published: July 2022

AbstractBackgroundGiven a downward age shift in COVID-19-involved deaths observed during the COVID-19 pandemic, we sought to estimate years of life lost (YLL) associated with leading causes of US death during the first 20 months of the pandemic.FindingsDespite 4796 fewer COVID-19 deaths in Jan-Oct 2021 than in Mar-Dec 2020, the number of YLL due to COVID-19 increased by 1,159,761, from 4,474,186 to 5,633,947 (a 25.9% increase). YLL per COVID-19 death increased from 12.8 in 2020 to 16.3 in 2021, a 27.7% increase. YLL per death did not change by more than 2.3% for any other cause.InterpretationIncreased YLL per COVID-19 death in 2021 result from younger-age COVID-19 mortality, contributing to a marked increase in YLL from this preventable cause of death at a later stage of the pandemic despite advancements in vaccines in treatments.
Leveraging the Elastic Deformability of Polydimethylsiloxane Microfluidic Channels for Efficient Intracellular Delivery
Authors: Alhmoud Hashim , Alkhaled Mohammed , Kaynak Batuhan E. , Hanay M. Selim 
Published: July 2022

AbstractWith the rapid development of microfluidic based cell therapeutics systems, the need arises for compact, modular, and microfluidics-compatible intracellular delivery platforms with small footprints and minimal operational requirements. Physical deformation of cells passing through a constriction in a microfluidic channel has been shown to create transient membrane perturbations that allow passive diffusion of materials from the outside to the interior of the cell. This mechanical approach to intracellular delivery is simple to implement and fits the criteria outlined above. However, available microfluidic platforms that operate through this mechanism are traditionally constructed from rigid channels with fixed dimensions that suffer from irreversible clogging and incompatibility with larger size distributions of cells. Here we report a flexible and elastically deformable microfluidic channel, and we leverage this elasticity to dynamically generate temporary constrictions with any given size within the channel width parameters. Additionally, clogging is prevented by increasing the size of the constriction to allow clogs to pass. By tuning the size of the constriction appropriately, we show the successful delivery of GFP-coding plasmids to the interior of three mammalian cell lines and fluorescent gold nanoparticles to HEK293 FT cells all while maintaining a high cell viability rate. This development will no doubt lead to miniaturized intracellular delivery microfluidic components that can be easily integrated into larger lab-on-a-chip systems in future cell modification devices.
Investigating the live streaming sales from the perspective of the ecosystem: the structures, processes and value flow
Authors: Xue Jin , Liu Matthew Tingchi 
Published: July 2022

PurposeLive streaming sales (LSS) is an emerging and flourishing practice in the retail industry. While its implementation has been pervasively attempted, there is a lack of systematic and academic exploration of the practice. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the LSS ecosystem and its development through a literature review and an industry analysis. Moreover, by pinpointing the pitfalls in current practices, this paper presents the practical implications of LSS and provides recommendations and directions for future academic exploration.Design/methodology/approachThe aim of the present study was to investigate the developing trajectory, exclusive elements (such as multi-channel networks (MCNs) and live streamers) and other critical components of the LSS ecosystem using a mixed-methods approach that comprises content analysis of newspaper articles and press releases, literature view and industry analysis.FindingsThe results of the analyses indicate the presence of several nonfungible modular components in the LSS ecosystem, including upstream suppliers, MCNs, live streamers and platforms. It was also found that inequalities and hierarchies are inherent to the LSS ecosystem as it currently exists: low-end participants in the LSS industry and small- and medium-sized enterprise owners, who constitute the majority of LSS practitioners, cannot reach the break-even point via LSS hosted by top-level live streamers or others (low-level live streamers, employees, etc.).Originality/valueThis article discusses the LSS ecosystem based on the nature of the nonfungible modules within it. In addition, it discusses the modules (roles) and relationships among them based on the theory of ecosystem developed by previous studies. Furthermore, drawing from an analysis of the pitfalls in the LSS ecosystem, this article highlights strategies for two critical e-commerce processes: 1) choosing which type of LSS to apply based on the factors of brands, products and consumers and 2) integrating LSS to optimize post-sale service and appeal to the sustainability of development.
Video compression based on zig-zag 3D DCT and run-length encoding for multimedia communication systems
Authors: Chutke Sravanthi , N.M. Nandhitha , Lendale Praveen Kumar 
Published: July 2022

Purpose
With the advent of technology, a huge amount of data is being transmitted and received through the internet. Large bandwidth and storage are required for the exchange of data and storage, respectively. Hence, compression of the data which is to be transmitted over the channel is unavoidable. The main purpose of the proposed system is to use the bandwidth effectively. The videos are compressed at the transmitter’s end and reconstructed at the receiver’s end. Compression techniques even help for smaller storage requirements.

Design/methodology/approach
The paper proposes a novel compression technique for three-dimensional (3D) videos using a zig-zag 3D discrete cosine transform. The method operates a 3D discrete cosine transform on the videos, followed by a zig-zag scanning process. Finally, to convert the data into a single bit stream for transmission, a run-length encoding technique is used. The videos are reconstructed by using the inverse 3D discrete cosine transform, inverse zig-zag scanning (quantization) and inverse run length coding techniques. The proposed method is simple and reduces the complexity of the convolutional techniques.

Findings
Coding reduction, code word reduction, peak signal to noise ratio (PSNR), mean square error, compression percent and compression ratio values are calculated, and the dominance of the proposed method over the convolutional methods is seen.

Originality/value
With zig-zag quantization and run length encoding using 3D discrete cosine transform for 3D video compression, gives compression up to 90% with a PSNR of 41.98 dB. The proposed method can be used in multimedia applications where bandwidth, storage and data expenses are the major issues.
Impact of Hoshin Kanri on lean management: a case study in the food retail industry
Authors: Cortés Rodríguez Rafael , Gutierrez Leopoldo , Fuentes-Fuentes María del Mar 
Published: July 2022

PurposeThis study aims to describe how the Hoshin Kanri (HK) strategic methodology facilitates implementation of lean management (LM), achieving greater integration of the strategic and operational levels, resulting in higher performance level.Design/methodology/approachThe authors conducted an in-depth case study of a top-10 Spanish food retail company with experience in HK and LM. First, the authors conducted 17 semi-structured interviews with the management team. Second, the authors analyzed all minutes from meetings of the key management entities for HK monitoring over a period of 3 years (2016–2019). Third, the authors evaluated the reports and key scorecards for the same period. Finally, authors visited the operating facilities and attended multiple team management meetings.FindingsThis study demonstrates that deploying HK creates the strategic ecosystem for operations management that facilitates successful implementation of LM. By sharing common cultural concepts, both methodologies generate faster transformation of the organization and thus push it towards its strategic objectives with more determination and better performance.Originality/valueThe lack of strategic alignment is one of the most important reasons for LM failure. Although HK is a strategic methodology that facilitates this alignment, a gap exists in the literature on the benefits of HK for implementation of continuous improvement initiatives such as LM. Our research shows how HK enables a participative connection between the strategic and operational areas of the firm that reinforces the fundamental elements of LM. Employee involvement, widespread use of plan-do-check-act (PDCA) methodology and multidisciplinary work (among other effects) make HK a key element for successful implementation of LM.
Analysis of vernacular houses in southern Vietnam, and potential applications of the learned lessons to contemporary urban street houses
Authors: Na Le Thi Hong , Park Jin-Ho , Jeon Yangsook , Jung Sejung 
Published: July 2022

PurposeThis study examines spatial layouts and sustainable features of vernacular houses in southern Vietnam to apply the lessons learned to the development of a contemporary housing design. This study proposes hypothetical low-rise street-house models popular in contemporary urban Vietnam by applying the spatial and ecological lessons learned from the analysis.Design/methodology/approachIn total, 23 well-preserved vernacular houses in Dong Hoa Hiep – an 18th century village in the Tien Giang Province – were chosen for a 2-month, on-site investigation. During the field survey, the houses were measured to fabricate scale drawings for detailed analysis, and photographs were taken.FindingsAn in-depth evaluation highlighted unique characteristics of spatial compositions, sustainable features, and architectural components that contribute to climate adaptive strategies.Research limitations/implicationsAlthough numerous potential arrangements of the models are possible, a few examples are illustrated to validate that the assembly could help achieve a dynamic streetscape for street houses.Social implicationsFrom this perspective, vernacular houses in Vietnam are a rich architectural resource and a significant cultural heritage, because these houses have adopted sustainable design strategies suitable for the local climate and culture to ensure comfort and well-being for a long time. Perhaps, sustainable lessons drawn from Vietnam's indigenous houses are a prerequisite to developing contemporary housing in the country.Originality/valueEmploying the lessons learned from vernacular houses, this study developed three sustainable prototypical designs for the development of contemporary street houses in densely populated cities in Vietnam.
Thermal airflow sensor design and temperature compensation research based on the thermostatic method
Authors: Tong Xin , Hao Baoer , Chen Zhi , Liu Haiyang , Xuan Chuanzhong 
Published: July 2022

Purpose
This paper aims to solve the typical thermal airflow sensor's high power consumption and integration difficulties, based on the FS5 thermal element and constant temperature measurement method, a flow sensor is developed with high measurement accuracy, low power consumption, small size, low cost and easy system integration.

Design/methodology/approach
A small wind tunnel was used to test and assess the sensor's measurement range, reaction time, stability, repeatability, measurement accuracy and multi-temperature calibration was performed in the temperature range of −10°C to 30°C. The effect of ambient temperature on the sensor's measurement data is investigated, and the coefficient correction method of power function was investigated to implement the sensor's software temperature compensation function.

Findings
The results show that the sensor is stable and repeatable, the output voltage has a power function relationship with the airflow rate, the flow rate measurement range is 0–18 m/s, the response time is less than 3 s, the measurement accuracy at high flow rates is within 0.4 m/s and the temperature-corrected airflow rate measurement error is less than 5%. Setting the temperature calibration interval to 2°C and 5°C has the same temperature compensation effect, reducing the sensor's calibration effort significantly.

Originality/value
This paper demonstrates that a thermostatic method is used to construct a thermal wind speed sensor that delivers accurate measurements in the wind speed measuring range of 0–18 m/s under test conditions. In addition, the sensor's performance is evaluated, and calibration tests for a wide range of temperatures are done. Finally, based on the power function correction method, a temperature compensation algorithm is proposed.
Early treatment of white‐nose syndrome is necessary to stop population decline
Authors: Grider John , Thogmartin Wayne E. , Grant Evan H. Campbell , Bernard Riley F. , Russell Robin E. 
Published: July 2022

Abstract

Since its introduction to North America, white‐nose syndrome has been associated with declines greater than 90% in several bat species, prompting the development of treatments to reduce disease‐related mortality. As treatment application is scaled up, predicting responses at the population level will help in the development of management plans.

We develop a model allowing for the implementation of multiple treatment scenarios in bat populations at risk of severe mortality from white‐nose syndrome. Our model allows for variation in over 10 parameters, including effectiveness of treatment, treatment‐related disturbance, number of individuals treated, number of hibernacula treated, herd immunity and movement among hibernacula. Additionally, the model allows treatments to be applied to individuals, the hibernaculum or a combination of the two. We simulated treatments for populations of 1000, 10,000 and 100,000 individuals, with the distribution of individuals within hibernacula based on field surveys of Myotis lucifugus.

When treatments are applied to individuals, we found that treatment success was most influenced by the number of bats effectively treated, the magnitude of disturbance and the year of first treatment relative to initial mortality. For treatments applied to hibernacula, we found year of first treatment relative to initial mortality, magnitude of disturbance and effectiveness of treatment to be the best predictors of success.

Treatments have the potential to mitigate white‐nose syndrome‐related mortality, but application of treatments after initial mass mortality seems to be of limited benefit. Unknowns surrounding influential treatment parameters, such as disturbance to hibernating bats, created substantial variation across outcomes and highlight the importance of obtaining field estimates of parameters associated with treatments.

Synthesis and applications: While treatment applications can increase survival from white‐nose syndrome, their potential is strongly diminished when not applied before or during the early epidemic stages. Once the disease is established, increasing survival and reproduction through methods other than disease treatments could be a better option. In the United States, most areas yet to reach the late epidemic or established stage are in the west where bats do not aggregate in large colonies and treating a substantial number of individuals will be difficult.