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A multisensor fusion algorithm of indoor localization using derivative Euclidean distance and the weighted extended Kalman filter
Authors: Chen Jian , Song Shaojing , Gu Yang , Zhang Shanxin 
Published: October 2022

Purpose
At present, smartphones are embedded with accelerometers, gyroscopes, magnetometers and WiFi sensors. Most researchers have delved into the use of these sensors for localization. However, there are still many problems in reducing fingerprint mismatching and fusing these positioning data. The purpose of this paper is to improve positioning accuracy by reducing fingerprint mismatching and designing a weighted fusion algorithm.

Design/methodology/approach
For the problem of magnetic mismatching caused by singularity fingerprint, derivative Euclidean distance uses adjacent fingerprints to eliminate the influence of singularity fingerprint. To improve the positioning accuracy and robustness of the indoor navigation system, a weighted extended Kalman filter uses a weighted factor to fuse multisensor data.

Findings
The scenes of the teaching building, study room and office building are selected to collect data to test the algorithm’s performance. Experiments show that the average positioning accuracies of the teaching building, study room and office building are 1.41 m, 1.17 m, and 1.77 m, respectively.

Originality/value
The algorithm proposed in this paper effectively reduces fingerprint mismatching and improve positioning accuracy by adding a weighted factor. It provides a feasible solution for indoor positioning.
Optimizing ecological surveys for conservation
Authors: Hanson Jeffrey O. , McCune Jenny L. , Chadès Iadine , Proctor Caitlyn A. , Hudgins Emma J. , Bennett Joseph R. 
Published: October 2022

AbstractConservation decisions must be made with limited funding and incomplete information. Ecological surveys can help reduce uncertainty and, in turn, potentially lead to better management decisions. However, conducting surveys can reduce funds available for implementing management actions and, in turn, can potentially lead to worse conservation outcomes.Here we develop a value of information framework to evaluate and optimize survey plans. Our framework evaluates survey plans based on their ability to improve how likely resulting protected area systems are to secure species of interest, and accounts for survey and land acquisition costs. Using an example of eight imperilled plant species in Middlesex County (Ontario, Canada), we assessed our framework against conventional approaches for designing survey plans that involve selecting places with (i) maximal geographic coverage, (ii) diverse environmental conditions, (iii) highly uncertain information, (iv) high imperilled species richness and (v) low protected area establishment costs.We found that optimized survey plans could improve the protected area system by, on average, 57.52% (0.21 SD) (up to 105.25%) over conventional survey approaches. These optimized plans could also improve the protected area system by, on average, 19.91% (up to 32.37%) over simply prioritizing based on existing information. Survey plans designed using conventional approaches, in many cases, led to a worse protected area system than simply using existing information. Such conventional approaches performed the worst when they allocated a large percentage of the available budget to data collection.Synthesis and applications.Our findings demonstrate that conventional approaches for designing ecological surveys can impede conservation efforts by squandering funds on data that have little chance of improving decision making. Indeed, conventional approaches for designing surveys had the poorest performance under limited budgets, which are typical in real world planning exercises. We recommend that conservation practitioners carefully consider how data collection efforts can potentially improve conservation decisions, and also the costs associated with data collection. By applying the principles of value of information, our framework enables conservation practitioners to cost‐effectively collect data in places that will maximize conservation outcomes.
Spatio‐temporal variation in deep soil water use patterns of overstorey and understorey layers in subtropical plantations predicts community assembly
Authors: Jiang Peipei , Meinzer Frederick C. , Wang Huimin , Dai Xiaoqin , Meng Shengwang , Kou Liang , Chen Yifan , Fu Xiaoli 
Published: October 2022

Abstract

Deep soil water utilization allows plants to cope with drought stress. However, little is known about the roles of the understorey layers in driving spatio‐temporal variations of deep soil water in forests and how the patterns of deep soil water use among life‐forms contribute to community assembly processes.

We assessed the spatio‐temporal patterns and determinants of deep water utilization of tree, shrub and herb layers in subtropical coniferous plantations and investigated associations between deep water use parameters and dominance and richness of understorey vegetation.

We found that the understorey layer had a higher reliance on deep soil water in the dry season, a larger seasonal plasticity of deep soil water uptake, but lower spatial variability in deep soil water utilization than the tree layer. We showed that greater reliance of the tree layer on deep soil water was associated with decreased shrub layer diversity, whereas greater reliance of the shrub layer on deep water was associated with increased herb layer diversity.

Synthesis. Our results highlight the roles of understorey layers in driving the temporal dynamics of deep soil water in forests and improve our understanding of how deep soil water use patterns among life‐forms shape community assembly in forests.
Local Government and the Everyday Economy
Authors: Lanning Tess , Laurence Rachel 
Published: October 2022

AbstractWhile national government approaches to economic policy have focussed on economic output as measured through gross domestic product (GDP), many local government approaches see it as their primary economic responsibility to make the local economy work well for their residents—both in terms of quantity and quality of jobs, and of the provision of adequate local services, amenities and culture. In recent years a growing interventionist inclination has emerged in local government, seeking to shape the local economy in response to many waves of national economic crises. This article explores a range of such approaches and models, with deep‐dive analysis of Barking and Dagenham, where both authors have worked. It draws out the lessons for national economic policy and strategy in shaping a more resilient, functional and prosperous everyday economy for people.
Theorising health equity research for people with intersex variance through new materialism
Authors: Zeeman Laetitia , Aranda Kay 
Published: October 2022

AbstractHealth inequalities impact sex‐variant people in highly differentiated ways. This is evidenced in much academic and activist intersex research documenting the highly specific forms of inequalities arising from misrecognition, discrimination and human rights abuses inherent to pathologised accounts of non‐normative bodies. Important theoretical work further interrogates the implications of sex variant subjectivities, identities and bodies for static or binary notions of both sex and gender. In this paper, we aim to contribute further to this scholarship. We draw upon feminist materialist and Deleuzean‐informed understandings of materials or matter to rethink debates over sex‐variant subjectivities, identities and bodies in relation to inequalities in health. We argue ‘the turn to matter’ and associated new materialist theories draw attention to the complex, dynamic relational assemblages and entanglements mutually constituting the affective, embodied and socio‐material worlds of intersex people. Informed by these theories, we propose that inequalities can be more fully addressed through a new health equity research agenda that is co‐produced with sex‐variant people. This agenda will enable a fuller exploration of the unsettling but transformative capacities of intersex matters and meanings with the contextually specific understandings of equity in relation to health and health care.
Resolution of comorbidities and outcomes after revision of sleeve gastrectomy to duodenal switch for patients with body mass index more than 60 kg/m2
Authors: Ghosh Anirban , Hussein Adam , Askari Alan , Jain Vigyan , Adil Md Tanveer 
Published: October 2022

AbstractAimPatients with body mass index (BMI) more than 60 kg/m2 pose unique challenges in management and their ability to lose significant weight after a single‐stage bariatric procedure is debatable. The aim of this study is to explore resolution of comorbidities and report quality of life (QoL) in patients who have a laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) revised to duodenal switch (DS).MethodsPatients who completed two‐stage DS from 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2017 were analysed for excess weight loss (EWL), total weight loss (TWL), resolution of comorbidities and QoL. Validated questionnaires were used to assess QoL.ResultsA total of 9/1975 bariatric patients underwent two‐stage DS during the study period, all of whom had had a previous LSG. The median preoperative weight before the first stage was 207.0 kg [interquartile range (IQR) 175.3‐278.9 kg] and the median BMI was 75.0 kg/m2 (IQR 65.1‐92.0 kg/m2). Length of hospital stay following the first stage (ie, LSG) was a median of 1 day (IQR 1‐2 days) and 2 days (IQR 1‐3 days) after revision to DS. The median EWL following LSG was 58.0% (IQR 33.3%‐100.8%) and the median TWL was 16.1% (IQR 13.7%‐25.2%). Following DS, the median EWL was 57.1% (IQR 47.1%‐60.8%) and the median TWL was 21.2% (IQR 19.5%‐26.7%). Significant improvement in obesity‐related comorbidities were observed. QoL improved in overall feeling, physical activity, social life, work and approach to food. No immediate postoperative complications were observed. Long‐term outcome of all patients was rated to be ‘very good’, ‘good’ or ‘fair’.ConclusionsTwo‐stage DS leads to sustained weight loss, resolution of comorbidities and improvement in QoL in carefully selected patients with BMI more than 60 kg/m2.
Sarcoidosis with axial spondyloarthritis: A case‐based review of simultaneous occurrence
Authors: Ince Bugra , Kultur Esra , Sayilir Safiye , Kucukakkas Okan 
Published: October 2022

AbstractThis article presents a 47‐year‐old female patient who was concurrently diagnosed with sarcoidosis and axial spondyloarthritis. The coexistence of spondyloarthritis and sarcoidosis, the involvement of bone and sacroiliac synovium in sarcoidosis, and treatment options were discussed.
Do foreign institutional investors monitor opportunistic managerial behaviour? Evidence from real earnings management
Authors: Gu Xiaolong , An Zhe , Chen Chen , Li Donghui 
Published: October 2022

AbstractEmploying a large sample of 13,860 firms in 41 economies from 2000 to 2017, we document that the ownership by foreign institutional investors (FIIs) is negatively associated with firms' real earnings management (REM) but unrelated to their accrual earnings management (AEM). We adopt a few identification strategies to tackle the endogeneity issues, including firm‐ and year‐fixed effects regression, two‐stage least squares (2SLS) regression, and difference‐in‐differences (DiD) estimation based on the passage of the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act (JGTRRA). In addition, we show that the role of FIIs in curbing REM is achieved through the expertise channel and the monitoring channel. These results suggest that when facing disadvantages in curbing AEM, FIIs make the most of their monitoring strengths by curbing firms' REM, where they have both incentives and capabilities to monitor. Overall, this study highlights the important role of FIIs in monitoring opportunistic managerial behaviour.
Euganean trachytic grinding stones in the Caput Adriae from the Iron Age to the Roman period: Reassessment of the Protohistoric quarries
Authors: Bernardini Federico , Velicogna Matteo , De Min Angelo , Antonelli Fabrizio , Gambacurta Giovanna , Bressan Daniele , Fabec Tomaz 
Published: October 2022

AbstractA group of Euganean trachytic grinding stones from Slovenia and the available data about the same type of artefacts in the whole Caput Adriae are presented. The occurrence of Iron Age saddle querns in Karst and Istria is confirmed, but our study suggests a likely provenance from Mts Cero/Murale instead of Mts Altore/Rocca Pendice, as previously suggested. Este, an important Venetic centre, is just south of Mts Cero/Murale, suggesting its central role in the production and distribution of saddle querns. During the Roman period Euganean trachytes are still used for rotary millstones, but new quarries (Mt Rosso), relatively close to ancient Padua, are exploited. Such shift in the position of millstone quarries most probably reflects the changed geopolitical framework.
Reconstruction of smelting conditions during 16th‐ to 18th‐century copper ore processing in the Kielce region (Old Polish Industrial District) based on slags from Miedziana Góra, Poland
Authors: Kupczak Krzysztof , Warchulski Rafał , Gawęda Aleksandra 
Published: October 2022

AbstractThis study presents the first reconstruction of the smelting conditions in 16th‐ to 18th‐century smelters from Miedziana Góra (Holy Cross Mountains, Poland). Based on geochemical (inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry/emission spectrometry, X‐ray fluorescence) and mineralogical analysis (X‐ray diffractometry, scanning electron microscopy, electron probe micro‐analysis) of historical slags, their chemical/phase composition and the basic smelting parameters (temperature, melt viscosity, and oxygen fugacity) were determined. Due to the differences in chemical and phase composition, slags from different smelting stages have been distinguished: hypocrystalline slags (MG6) from speiss/matte production and glassy (MG1–MG5) from matte conversion. In glassy slags, pyroxenes, quartz/cristobalite grains, and aggregates composed of metallic Cu and PbO are dispersed in the glass. Hypocrystalline slags are composed of wollastonites, anorthites, and metallic Cu. The temperature range at which the slags were formed was from ~1100°C (solidus temperature) to 1150–1200°C (liquidus temperature). The silicate melt's viscosity was from log η = 1.19 to 4.42 Pa s (at 1100–1200°C). The higher viscosity of MG1–MG5 slags indicates that, unlike MG6 slags, they were not formed during gravity separation. Information about the phase composition made it possible to determine the oxygen fugacity in the range of log fO2 = −4 to −12 atm. High oxygen fugacity indicates the oxidizing nature of the smelting process.
Differences in antimicrobial components between bacterial culture‐positive and culture‐negative bovine clinical mastitis milk
Authors: Tsugami Yusaku , Chiba Tomoyuki , Obayashi Tetsu , Higuchi Hidetoshi , Watanabe Atsushi , Isobe Naoki , Kawai Kazuhiro 
Published: October 2022

AbstractA bacterial culture of milk is the most common test to determine the presence of mastitis‐causing pathogens, which informs appropriate treatment. However, a certain proportion of clinical mastitis milk shows no growth of any mastitis‐causing pathogens. We hypothesized that bacterial culture‐negative clinical mastitis milk is associated with the activity of antimicrobial components contained in the milk. In this study, the differences in antimicrobial components (lactoferrin, transferrin, lysozyme, lactoperoxidase, and lingual antimicrobial peptide [LAP]) between bacterial culture‐positive and culture‐negative bovine clinical mastitis milk were investigated using Holstein cows. Our results showed that 37 out of 71 samples of clinical mastitis milk had negative bacterial cultures. The LAP concentration in bacterial culture‐negative milk was lower than that in positive milk (31.95 ± 1.64 nM vs. 42.85 ± 4.01 nM). In contrast, the lysozyme concentration in bacterial culture‐negative milk was higher than that in positive milk (0.76 ± 0.15 μg/ml vs. 0.42 ± 0.06 μg/ml). In conclusion, the concentration of antimicrobial components was different between bacterial culture‐positive and culture‐negative bovine clinical mastitis milk, which suggests that antimicrobial components are related to bacterial culture results.
Cryptogams and dwarf evergreen shrubs are vulnerable to nitrogen addition in a boreal permafrost peatland of Northeast China
Authors: Shi Fu‐Xi , Wang Xian‐Wei , Lin Gui‐Gang , Zhang Xin‐Hou , Chen Hui‐Min , Mao Rong 
Published: October 2022

AbstractAimBoreal peatlands are very sensitive to nitrogen (N) enrichment due to the low soil N availability. Our aim was to reveal how increased N availability altered plant composition in boreal permafrost peatlands with dense vascular plants (>50%).LocationGreater Khingan Mountains, Northeast China.MethodsA nitrogen addition experiment with four N addition levels (0, 3, 6, and 12 g N m−2 year−1) was conducted in a poor fen in the continuous permafrost zone with vascular plant coverage above 60%. Plant diversity, community composition, and above‐ground biomass were investigated after four, six, and eight years of N addition.ResultsNitrogen addition decreased species richness and diversity but enhanced total above‐ground biomass. Plant height determined the plants’ responses to N addition, and the magnitudes increased with N addition level and experimental duration. The relative coverage of high‐stature (>50 cm) species increased, but the relative coverage of low‐stature (<50 cm) species decreased with elevating N addition levels. When N addition proceeded, the relative coverage and above‐ground biomass of tall deciduous shrubs and nitrophilous grasses increased, whereas the relative coverage and above‐ground biomass of dwarf evergreen shrubs, mosses, and lichens declined. Regardless of N addition levels, cryptogams (i.e., mosses and lichens) and a dwarf evergreen shrub (Chamaedaphne calyculata) disappeared after eight‐year N addition.ConclusionsCryptogams and dwarf evergreen shrubs are highly vulnerable to increased N availability, and N enrichment‐induced biodiversity loss, especially the disappearance of cryptogams, will deteriorate ecosystem structure and function in boreal permafrost peatlands.
Dasatinib plus Peg‐Interferon alpha 2b combination in newly diagnosed chronic phase chronic myeloid leukaemia: Results of a multicenter phase 2 study (DASA‐PegIFN study)
Authors: Roy Lydia , Chomel Jean‐Claude , Guilhot Joëlle , Guerci‐Bresler Agnès , Escoffre‐Barbe Martine , Giraudier Stéphane , Charbonnier Aude , Dubruille Viviane , Huguet Françoise , Johnson‐Ansah Hyacinthe , Lenain Pascal , Ame Shanti , Etienne Gabriel , Nicolini Franck E. , Rea Delphine , Cony‐Makhoul Pascale , Courby Stéphane , Ianotto Jean‐Christophe , Legros Laurence , Machet Antoine , Coiteux Valérie , Hermet Eric , Cayssials Emilie , Bouchet Stéphane , Mahon Francois‐Xavier , Rousselot Philippe , Guilhot François ,   the French CML Group (FiLMC)
Published: October 2022

SummarySuperior rates of deep molecular response (DMR) have been reported with the combination of tyrosine kinase inhibitors and pegylated‐interferon‐alpha (Peg‐IFN) in patients with newly diagnosed chronic phase‐chronic myeloid leukaemia (CP‐CML). In this setting, this study investigated the efficacy and safety of dasatinib combined to Peg‐IFN‐α2b (Dasa‐PegIFN, NCT01872442). A total of 79 patients (age ≤65 years) started dasatinib; 61 were eligible for Peg‐IFNα‐2b add‐on therapy at month 3 for a maximum 21‐months duration. Dasatinib was continued thereafter. The primary endpoint was the cumulative rate of molecular response 4.5 log (MR4.5) by 12 months. The results are reported for the 5‐year duration of the study. Grade 3 neutropenia was frequent with the combination but did not induce severe infection (one of grade 3). Other adverse events were generally low grade (4% of grade 3–4) and expected. Seventy‐nine per cent and 61% of patients continued the Peg‐IFN until months 12 and 24, respectively. Overall, at these time points, MR4.5 rates were 25% and 38%, respectively. Thereafter, 32% and 46% of patients achieved a sustained (≥2 years) MR4.5 or MR4, respectively. This work established the feasibility and high rates of achievement of early and sustained DMR (a prerequisite for treatment‐free‐remission) with dasatinib and Peg‐IFNα‐2b combination as initial therapy.
Developing visual tangible artefacts as an inclusive method for exploring digital activities with young people with learning disabilities
Authors: Weber Ditte Lystbæk , Brereton Margot , Kanstrup Anne Marie 
Published: October 2022

AbstractBackgroundYoung people with learning disabilities use many digital technologies to undertake meaningful and social activities in their everyday lives. Understanding these digital activities is essential for supporting their digital participation. Including them in exploring their digital activities can be challenging with conventional qualitative research methods, because digital activities are a complex and abstract topic to discuss, particularly for people with learning disabilities. In this paper, we present the rationale for developing and using visual tangible artefacts (VTAs) to include young people with learning disabilities in exploring their digital activities.MethodsWe devised a suite of VTAs to engage young people (aged 14–27 years) with learning disabilities in exploring their digital activities via interviews, diaries, and workshops. The VTAs comprised Talking Mats (TMs), probing with technology, digital snapshots and inspiration cards.FindingsOur significant methodological findings were that VTAs are useful for exploring digital activities with young people with learning disabilities. TMs and probing with technology can engage participants to map, recall and explain their digital activities. Digital snapshots are valuable for validating findings with participants, and inspiration cards aid perspectives about digital aims. Although communication and abstract representations can be challenging for people with learning disabilities, VTAs that combine familiar, simple, intuitive, individualised, rewarding elements and collaboration with participants proved valuable for exploring their digital activities.ConclusionWe concluded that VTAs are inclusive tools for exploring the digital activities of and with young people with learning disabilities. The VTAs allowed access to conversations, information and insights that are not obtainable otherwise. As such, the VTAs may be regarded as a new model for inclusive research in the field of disability and technology studies.
Civic science: Addressing racial inequalities in environmental and science, technology, engineering, and math education
Authors: Flanagan Constance , Gallay Erin E. , Pykett Alisa 
Published: October 2022

AbstractCivic science (CS) is an approach to science learning and action in which youth determine issues of concern in their communities and use science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) knowledge and methods to address them. In this article, we focus on CS as it is applied to environmental concerns and enacted by children and youth in urban communities. Core CS practices include relevance of local place and culturally responsive principles for youth's learning and community contributions, egalitarian intergenerational partnerships with adults from community‐based organizations, teamwork and collective action, and public regard for youth's community environmental contributions. We discuss CS's potential to address the marginalization of youth from minoritized backgrounds in traditional STEM and environmental education. We also argue that the way CS frames science for the public good will prepare younger generations to meet 21st‐century environmental challenges.