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Kirchhoff index and complexity of linear Möbius and cylinder octagonal‐quadrilateral networks with respect to Laplacians
Authors: Fang Lu‐Lu , Liu Jia‐Bao , Zheng Qian , Peng Xin‐Bei 
Published: November 2022

AbstractLet represent a linear octagonal‐quadrilateral network, consisting of n eight‐member rings and n four‐member rings. Such a graph contains a unique pair of opposite edges. The Möbius graph Qn(8, 4) is constructed by reverse identifying these opposite edges, whereas the cylinder graph Qn′(8, 4) identifies the opposite edges in the natural manner. In this paper, the explicit formulas for the Kirchhoff index and complexity of Qn(8, 4) and Qn′(8, 4) are deduced from Laplacian characteristic polynomials using to decomposition theorem and Vieta's theorem. A consequence is the surprising fact that the Kirchhoff index of Qn(8, 4) (resp. Qn′(8, 4)) is approximately a third (resp. half) of its Wiener index as .
Distributed adaptive practical formation tracking for multi‐agent systems with actuator faults
Authors: Wu Yanming , Li Junlin , Liu Lei , Wu Chenchen 
Published: November 2022

AbstractThis paper mainly studies the practical fault tolerant formation tracking for multi‐agent systems under directed topology. The objective is to achieve the desired formation in the spatial positions and track the reference signal generated by one and multiple leaders. Considering that the real state information is unavailable, the distributed observer is proposed using the relative information of neighborhood agents, where the observer gain calculation is not constrained by the number of agents. With the adaptive updating mechanism, two effective distributed fault‐tolerant formation tracking protocols are proposed and the feasible condition of time‐varying formation is introduced. Furthermore, based on the proposed control protocol, the formation tracking errors and other signals converge to bounded region around the origin. Towards the end, three simulations are considered to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed techniques.
Cooler, bigger; warmer, smaller: Fine‐scale thermal heterogeneity maps age class and species distribution in behaviourally thermoregulating salmonids
Authors: Morgan Alexander M. , O'Sullivan Antóin M. 
Published: November 2022

AbstractBehavioural thermoregulation is a survival strategy that occurs in response to an exceedance of thermal stress‐inducing thresholds. When salmonids experience exceedance of these thresholds, they seek regions of colder water, known as thermal refuges. During an extreme temperature event of summer 2021 (main stem ~31.5°C) a large aggregation of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar—all age classes) and brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis—>20 cm) was observed on the Little Southwest Miramichi River in New Brunswick, Canada. Using a drone‐mounted thermal infrared (TIR) sensor, fine‐scale TIR imagery of the occupied refuge was acquired. Polarized glasses were worn by an onshore observer to make visual observations. Constructing maps from these data we examined the spatial distribution of fish, and the corresponding temperature of the areas they occupied. Salmonids were found to be distributed by age class and species, with the distribution driven by the mosaic of temperatures in the refuge. Young of the year (YOY), 1+, 2+ and adult Atlantic salmon occupied areas with average temperatures ~30.1, 28.8, 25.7 and 21.9°C, respectively; whilst mature brook trout occupied areas ~21.8°C. Noteworthy is the observation of thermally aggregating young of the year Atlantic salmon, and the range in temperatures they occupied (~8°C). One isolated, shallow, cold water patch (~22°C) exclusively held YOY Atlantic salmon. Our findings highlight the importance of several different thermal characteristics of thermal refuges and their link to salmonid occupancy and can aid the design of ecologically meaningful thermal refuge augmentation/restoration projects.
Hamiltonicity of graphs perturbed by a random regular graph
Authors: Espuny Díaz Alberto , Girão António 
Published: November 2022

AbstractWe study Hamiltonicity and pancyclicity in the graph obtained as the union of a deterministic ‐vertex graph with and a random ‐regular graph , for . When is a random 2‐regular graph, we prove that a.a.s. is pancyclic for all , and also extend our result to a range of sublinear degrees. When is a random 1‐regular graph, we prove that a.a.s. is pancyclic for all , and this result is best possible. Furthermore, we show that this bound on is only needed when is “far” from containing a perfect matching, as otherwise we can show results analogous to those for random 2‐regular graphs. Our proofs provide polynomial‐time algorithms to find cycles of any length.
Nail Involvement in Patients with Epidermolysis Bullosa: A Systematic Review
Authors: Pastrana-Arellano Elena , Morales-Olvera Diana , García-Romero María T. 
Published: November 2022

Abstract

Background
Nail changes in patients with congenital epidermolysis bullosa (EB) are caused by abnormalities of the nail matrix and bed secondary to pathogenic alterations of the dermoepidermal junction. Even though ungual alterations are extremely frequent in these patients, there are scarce studies about their frequency and/or association with subtypes or clinical course of EB.

Objectives
To systematically review nail abnormalities in patients with EB reported in the literature.

Methods
We searched all published articles in electronic databases until June 2020 reporting patients with EB with detailed descriptions of malformed/diseased nails using specific terms and inclusion/exclusion criteria. Clinical data were extracted by two independent authors. Descriptive statistics were used.

Results
We included 36 articles reporting 74 individual patients with a mean age of 28.23 years: 29 (39.2%) had dominant dystrophic EB, 27 (36.4%) had junctional EB, 8 (10.8%) had EB simplex, 6 (8.1%) had Kindler syndrome and 4 (5.4%) had recessive dystrophic EB. The most common abnormalities were dystrophic nails (48.6%), anonychia (43.2%) and pachyonychia (40.5%). Anonychia was considered the most severe abnormality and was reported more frequently in patients with junctional (62.9%) and recessive dystrophic EB (50%). Multiple organ involvement was present in 52.7% of patients. Patients with severe junctional epidermolysis bullosa and recessive dominant epidermolysis bullosa presented anonychia since birth.

Conclusions
In this summary of nail abnormalities in patients with EB, anonychia was more frequent in patients with severe EB subtypes and multiple organ involvement. Further prospective studies are required to understand the associations between nail abnormalities in specific EB subtypes and/or patient outcomes.
Cascade Immune Activation of Self‐Delivery Biomedicine for Photodynamic Immunotherapy Against Metastatic Tumor
Authors: Zheng Rong‐Rong , Zhao Lin‐Ping , Yang Ni , Chen Zu‐Xiao , Kong Ren‐Jiang , Huang Chu‐Yu , Rao Xiao‐Na , Chen Xin , Cheng Hong , Li Shi‐Ying 
Published: November 2022

AbstractPhotodynamic therapy (PDT) can generate reactive oxygen species (ROS) to cause cell apoptosis and induce immunogenic cell death (ICD) to activate immune response, becoming a promising antitumor modality. However, the overexpressions of indoleamine 2,3‐dioxygenase (IDO) and programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD‐L1) on tumor cells would reduce cytotoxic T cells infiltration and inhibit the immune activation. In this paper, a simple but effective nanosystem is developed to solve these issues for enhanced photodynamic immunotherapy. Specifically, it has been constructed a self‐delivery biomedicine (CeNB) based on photosensitizer chlorine e6 (Ce6), IDO inhibitor (NLG919), and PD1/PDL1 blocker (BMS‐1) without the need for extra excipients. Of note, CeNB possesses fairly high drug content (nearly 100%), favorable stability, and uniform morphology. More importantly, CeNB‐mediated IDO inhibition and PD1/PDL1 blockade greatly improve the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironments to promote immune activation. The PDT of CeNB not only inhibits tumor proliferation but also induces ICD response to activate immunological cascade. Ultimately, self‐delivery CeNB tremendously suppresses the tumor growth and metastasis while leads to a minimized side effect. Such simple and effective antitumor strategy overcomes the therapeutic resistance against PDT‐initiated immunotherapy, suggesting a potential for metastatic tumor treatment in clinic.
Efficient and secure e‐voting scheme using elliptic curve cryptography
Authors: Chatterjee Uddalak , Ray Sangram , Adhikari Sharmistha , Khan Muhammad Khurram , Dasgupta Mou 
Published: November 2022

AbstractVoting allows the people to elect their representative and express their preferences. In modern day democracy, voting is one fundamental and most important tool for election. To strengthen this process, efforts must be made to achieve a confirmable and transparent voting system. Naturally, the veracity of the election process is of ultimate importance for the honor of the democracy itself. The online voting or e‐voting system is a cost‐effective procedure, which saves a lot of money and time spent for organizing the election. However, security, integrity of data and privacy of the voter are the increasing concerns in this context. In this paper, we have done a thorough literature survey of the various latest schemes in this context and found that the schemes prone to several security and privacy threats. Moreover, a major issue with all these schemes is that they are inefficient in terms of computation and communication overheads. With this motivation, we present a novel and efficient e‐voting scheme to tackle the security and privacy concerns. The proposed scheme is designed using the concept of blind signature, anonymous channel and trust worthy entities where elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) works as a backbone. The proposed scheme is formally evaluated using well known AVISPA simulation tool, which simulates the attack model using CL‐AtSe as well as OFMC backend according to Dolev‐Yao threat model. In both the cases, all the possible security threats are being nullified by the proposed scheme and results in safe communication. Also, the scheme is analyzed against all the possible attacks that jeopardize the integrity of the existing voting systems. Moreover, the proposed scheme is also compared with other prevailing schemes in terms of computation and communication overheads and found more efficient.
Merging Fluorine Incorporation and Functional Group Migration
Authors: Ma Zhigang , Wu Xinxin , Zhu Chen 
Published: November 2022

AbstractFluorine incorporation by concomitant fluoroalkyl radical addition to alkene or alkyne and functional group migration (FGM) represents an ingenious and robust strategy for the synthesis of structurally diverse fluorinated compounds. This account gives an overview of related studies in our group, in which three main reaction modes are discussed: 1) radical fluoroalkylative difunctionalization of unactivated alkenes via intramolecular FGM; 2) alkene difunctionalization by docking‐migration process using fluoroalkyl‐containing bifunctional reagents; 3) incorporation of fluoroalkyl group into C(sp3)−H bond via consecutive hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) and FGM. Relying on these methods, a variety of trifluoromethylation and di‐/mono‐fluoroalkylation reactions along with the migration of cyano, heteroaryl, oximino, formyl, alkynyl, and alkenyl groups have been accomplished under mild conditions.
Tissue‐damaging marking methods do not affect tick burdens on field captured Peromyscus spp.
Authors: Roberts Chloe E. , Burgess Edwin R. , Miller Taylor M. , Wise Anna‐Marie , Dickerson Cera J. , Skvarla Michael J. , Li Andrew Y. , Machtinger Erika T. 
Published: November 2022

AbstractThe blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, is the vector of Borrelia burgdorferi, the etiological agent that causes Lyme disease in North America. Studies investigating host‐parasite interactions are valuable in understanding I. scapularis ecology, and, by extension, the transmission of the Lyme disease pathogen. Small mammals are important hosts for I. scapularis, particularly white‐footed mice and deer mice from the genus Peromyscus. Peromyscus spp. mice have been used as model organisms in several fields of research and are frequently trapped to evaluate broad ecological concepts. Previous studies have suggested that tissue‐damaging marking methods were associated with increased tick burdens, which may have consequences in ecological studies. Our study was designed to evaluate 3 tissue‐damaging marking methods including lab tags, round tags, and ear punches alongside a non‐tissue damage control (blue dye) to determine if any method affected tick burdens on captured mice. Mice were captured biweekly using Sherman traps from May through September in 2020. The overall tick burden fluctuated between months, but no significant difference in total tick burden was found between captured male and female mice. There were no significant differences in tick burden on captured mice among the tissue damaging marking methods and the control. Therefore, marking method choice for Peromyscus spp. for tick ecology studies should consider personal preferences, cost, ease of use, and durability.
Introduction: Framing Living Labs in Large-Scale Social Housing Estates in Europe
Authors: Aernouts Nele , Cognetti Francesca , Maranghi Elena 
Published: November 2022

AbstractToday, Living Labs are increasingly promoted as innovative tools to deal with urban regeneration in Europe. In this contribution, we look at their potential in the context of the regeneration of large-scale social housing estates. Starting from the results of the research project SoHoLab (2017–2020) and building on the contributions of this book, we identify Living Labs as practices that are at the margin of key regeneration processes and actors but that nonetheless play an important, enabling role in triggering a more broadly supported approach to regeneration. We use the metaphor of the ‘interstice’ to identify Living Labs’ role of mediating across different social, institutional, disciplinary, departmental, and policy realms. Nevertheless, caution is warranted. Living Labs should not be consideredtheapproach towards the urban regeneration of marginalized areas; their potential lies precisely in their hybrid and constantly transforming character. In order to steer regeneration practices and policies that are actually more inclusive, they should be accompanied by a critical and self-reflexive research attitude.
Participation and the Architect: Creative Partnership or Communication Breakdown?
Authors: Lefrançois Dominique 
Published: November 2022

AbstractStudies on participation tend to focus on describing the process. The exact form of their involvement, along with its effects on architecture and the lived environment, is rarely discussed. The aim of this article is to better understand the effects of participation in the long run after the initial involvement. This will be done by studying three rehabilitation projects in the Paris region. Our aim was to gather the opinions of those who had not made their voices heard through the official channels of consultation. Above all, it was to give visibility to, and understand the meanings of, the appropriation of spaces which have become invisible simply because they are used in ways which seem to go against the norm.
Urban Living Labs: Insights for Institutionally Promoted Urban Policies
Authors: Boni Alice Selene 
Published: November 2022

AbstractThis chapter presents the results of a study that analyzed the conditions in which it is possible to scale-up to the Urban Living Lab (ULL) approach, which was developed in large-scale social housing neighbourhoods, characterized by phenomena of social and spatial marginalization. Specifically, the aim of the study is to provide indications and tools, but also indicate challenges and critical issues to those public institutions interested in promoting and adopting, in such contexts, the ULL approach for programmes of social and/or urban regeneration. The study is based on a comparative analysis of local experimentations produced both by launching or consolidating the ULL, promoted by universities within the SoHoLab project in three European cities and by a public programme developed in the Lombardy region from 2014, which has features in common with the ULL. The study analyzed the documentation produced and thirty interviews with different stakeholders (public institutions, NGOs, social housing companies). Considering some specific topics and the important lessons learned from the local projects, the chapter deals with the theme of the transferability of labs, from a local level to a regional or national level, by an institutional lever.
The Inside and Outside of High-Rise Social Housing: The Broken Institution
Authors: Allemeersch Simon 
Published: November 2022

AbstractThis article is based on an ethnographic report of a long-term artistic workplace in the inside world of a social high-rise ensemble. The communal ‘atelier’ functioned as a repair workshop (Allemeersch et al. 2014) concerned with re-negotiating the relation and knowledge between the inside and outside world. Through a synchronic ethnographic report on the inside world of the housing ensemble, this article aims to characterize the lived citizenship (Warming and Fahnøe 2017) of residents, formal and informal, based upon the opposition between formal and informal order (Goffman 1966; Scott 1998), the notion of ‘underlife’ (Goffman 1963/1996) and hidden and public transcripts (Scott 1990). As the deserted stronghold of a previously ‘pillarized’ welfare state, this article pictures an inside world that is unbalanced between formal and informal order, and lacking the latter (Scott 1998). This results in a social closure between the inside and outside world, and the loss of self of residents. Essentially, residents are caught in the double bind between isolation and social closure (Wacquant 2008) on the one hand, and the loss of façade (Goffman 1959/2019) on the other. Without a qualitative understanding of the inside world of high-rise social housing the outside world institutions act without any knowledge of ‘the community that many residents were able to create in such adverse conditions’ (Goetz 2011, p. 270), and the difficult relation these residents have developed towards their own environment and housing, state intervention and the public services (Wacquant 2008).
Background-oriented schlieren technique with vector tomography for measurement of axisymmetric pressure fields of laser-induced underwater shock waves
Authors: Ichihara Sayaka , Shimazaki Takaaki , Tagawa Yoshiyuki 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
This study aims to overcome the problems that existing background-oriented schlieren (BOS) techniques based on computed tomography (CT-BOS) face when measuring pressure fields of laser-induced underwater shock waves. To do this, it proposes a novel BOS technique based on vector tomography (VT-BOS) of an axisymmetric target. The remarkable feature of the proposed technique is the reconstruction of an axisymmetric vector field with nonzero divergence, such as the field of a laser-induced underwater shock wave. This approach is based on an approximate relation between the projection of the axisymmetric vector field and the reconstructed vector field. For comparison, the pressure fields of underwater shock waves are measured with VT-BOS, CT-BOS, and a needle hydrophone. It is found that VT-BOS is significantly better than CT-BOS in terms of better convergence, less dependence on the spatial resolution of the acquired images, and lower computational cost. The proposed technique can be applied not only to fluid dynamical fields, but also to other axisymmetric targets in other areas, such as electromagnetics and thermodynamics.

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The role of muscle mass in vascular remodeling: insights from a single-leg amputee model
Authors: Pedrinolla Anna , Cavedon Valentina , Milanese Chiara , Barbi Chiara , Giuriato Gaia , Laginestra Fabio Giuseppe , Martignon Camilla , Schena Federico , Venturelli Massimo 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
Purpose
Both muscle mass and physical activity are independent mechanisms that play a role in vascular remodeling, however, the direct impact of muscle mass on the structure and function of the vessels is not clear. The aim of the study was to determine the impact of muscle mass alteration on lower limbs arterial diameter, blood flow, shear rate and arterial stiffness.

Methods
Nine (33 ± 13 yrs) male individuals with a single-leg amputation were recruited. Vascular size (femoral artery diameter), hemodynamics (femoral artery blood flow and shear rate were measured at the level of the common femoral artery in both amputated (AL) and whole limbs (WL). Muscle mass of both limbs, including thigh for AL and thigh and leg for WL, was measured with a DXA system.

Results
AL muscle mass was reduced compared to the WL (3.2 ± 1.2 kg vs. 9.4 ± 2.1 kg; p = 0.001). Diameter of the femoral artery was reduced in the AL (0.5 ± 0.1 cm) in comparison to the WL (0.9 ± 0.2 cm, p = 0.001). However, femoral artery blood flow normalized for the muscle mass (AL = 81.5 ± 78.7ml min−1 kg−1,WL = 32.4 ± 18.3; p = 0.11), and blood shear rate (AL = 709.9 ± 371.4 s−1, WL = 526,9 ± 295,6; p = 0.374) were non different between limbs. A correlation was found only between muscle mass and femoral artery diameter (p = 0.003, R = 0.6561).

Conclusion
The results of this study revealed that the massive muscle mass reduction caused by a leg amputation, but independent from the level of physical activity, is coupled by a dramatic arterial diameter decrease. Interestingly, hemodynamics and arterial stiffness do not seem to be impacted by these structural changes.
Synergistic effects of nitrogen and plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria inoculation on the growth, physiological traits and nutrient absorption of intercropped Eucalyptus urophylla × Eucalyptus grandis and Dalbergia odorifera
Authors: Lan Yahui , Liao Liangning , Yao Xianyu , Ye Shaoming 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
Key message
Legume/nonlegume intercropping systems equipped with moderate nitrogen (N) application and PGPR inoculation could be exploited in eucalyptus growing areas and degraded land as an ecologically sustainable system to avoid excessive fertilization and enhance nitrogen use efficiency.

Abstract
Hazardous nitrogenous fertilizers in eucalyptus monocultures are challenging for the balance between eucalyptus wood production and ecological service functions. To assess whether plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) inoculation coupled with N application may improve plant growth by increasing biomass, photosynthesis, soil nutrient supply, and nutrient uptake capacity in the intercropping system. A pot experiment was performed to evaluate the synergistic effects of N application and N-fixing PGPR on growth, physiological parameters, N accumulation and nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) in intercropped Eucalyptus urophylla × Eucalyptus grandis (E. urophylla × E. grandis) and Dalbergia odorifera (D. odorifera). N fertilization positively influenced the plant height, dry matter yield, photosynthetic characteristics, N accumulation and nitrate reductase activity of E. urophylla × E. grandis under both inoculations. The growth and physiological traits of D. odorifera improved under the N2 (6 g N pot−1) application level. E. urophylla × E. grandis inoculated with Rhizobium japonicum IOC 113-2 showed higher values for plant height, biomass accumulation, N accumulation and photosynthesis with N fertilization, but the growth and physiological parameters of D. odorifera responded differentially to different inoculation treatments. The results demonstrated that an appropriate N supply in combination with N-fixing PGPR inoculation of legumes could increase nutrient absorption, NUE and yield advantages in intercropped E. urophylla × E. grandis and D. odorifera; thus, this method could be recommended as an alternative planting system under N-limited conditions in agroecosystems.