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Massive and massless plasmons in germanene nanosheets
Authors: Pisarra Michele , Gomez Cristian Vacacela , Sindona Antonello 
Published: November 2022

AbstractAtomically thin crystals may exhibit peculiar dispersive electronic states equivalent to free charged particles of ultralight to ultraheavy masses. A rare coexistence of linear and parabolic dispersions yields correlated charge density modes exploitable for nanometric light confinement. Here, we use a time-dependent density-functional approach, under several levels of increasing accuracy, from the random-phase approximation to the Bethe-Salpeter equation formalism, to assess the role of different synthesized germanene samples as platforms for these plasmon excitations. In particular, we establish that both freestanding and some supported germenene monolayers can sustain infrared massless modes, resolved into an out-of-phase (optical) and an in-phase (acoustic) component. We further indicate precise experimental geometries that naturally host infrared massive modes, involving two different families of parabolic charge carriers. We thus show that the interplay of the massless and massive plasmons can be finetuned by applied extrinsic conditions or geometry deformations, which constitutes the core mechanism of germanene-based optoelectronic and plasmonic applications.
Increased catalytic activity through ZnMo7O24/g-C3N4 heterostructured assemblies for greener indole condensation reaction at room temperature
Authors: Azizi Najmedin , Farhadi Elham , Farzaneh Fezeh 
Published: November 2022

AbstractAs an economical conjugated polymer, graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) has recently attracted much attention due to its exciting chemical and thermal stability and easy availability. Herein, we constructed a metal-coordinated graphitic carbon nitride (M–g-C3N4) catalyst through simple impregnation and calcination methods and used it as a new heterogeneous catalyst for the efficient synthesis of bis (indolyl) methanes and trisindolines under mild conditions. This reaction is performed efficiently in water as an environmentally friendly solvent at ambient conditions. The ZnMo7O24/g-C3N4 nanocomposite was synthesized by a simple method by immobilizing Mo7O24(NH4)6·4H2O and ZnCl2 on the surface of g-C3N4 under hydrothermal conditions. It was characterized by FT-IR, EDS, and electronic scanning microscopy (SEM). The metal doping of Mo and Zn on the surface of graphitic carbon nitride leads to the formation of a green catalyst that gives good to excellent yields of products in short reaction times with an easy working procedure. In addition, the ZnMo7O24/g-C3N4 catalyst could be reused at least five runs without apparent loss of efficiency.
Antibiofilm properties of bioactive compounds from Actinomycetes against foodborne and fish pathogens
Authors: Miller Tracy , Waturangi Diana Elizabeth , Yogiara  
Published: November 2022

AbstractIn nature, bacteria can form biofilms, multi-layered structures that adhere microbial populations to solid surfaces by exopolysaccharides, proteins, and nucleic acids. In addition to causing foodborne infections, biofilms can be a major problem in aquaculture.Actinomycetesextracts have previously demonstrated antibiofilm activity against multiple foodborne and fish pathogens, and further characterization of these extracts is needed. In this study, we identified the chemical structures and antibiofilm properties of four extracts and determined the genetic similarity of the isolates to knownStreptomycesisolates. We found that several extracts contained multiple antibiofilm compounds, and the antibiofilm activities of all extracts were most stable at pH 6. Furthermore, the antibiofilm inhibition and destruction activities of the isolates were stable at different temperatures. All of crude extracts demonstrated activity against biofilms formed by foodborne and fish pathogens on the surface of stainless-steel coupons as well as polystyrene that commonly used in industrial equipment. Using PCR 16S-rRNA gene and DNA sequencing analysis, the fourActinomycetesisolates were found to be 99% (1 AC), 97% (20 PM), 95% (16 PM), and 85% (18 PM) similar toStreptomyces. Biofilm structure were analyzed using Scanning Electron Microscopy coupled with Energy-Dispersive Spectrometry analysis. Coniine/(S)-2-propylpiperidine was the most active fraction of the crude extracts of the 1 AC, 20 PM, and 16 PM isolates, and piperidine, 2-(tetrahydro-2-furanyl) was most active in the 18 PM isolate.
A low‐cost digital calibration scheme for high‐resolution SAR ADC using Adaptive‐LMS
Authors: Yang Yongkui , Yin Tingting , Liu Jiping , Yao Enyi 
Published: November 2022

AbstractThis paper presents a novel low‐cost digital calibration scheme using Adaptive‐LMS for high‐resolution SAR ADCs. This proposed Adaptive‐LMS is realized by perturbing adaptive analog offset and skipping several LSBs' calibration. Compared with a digital calibration scheme based on conventional LMS, the design saves not only die cost but also testing cost (less testing time). During the testing process, the proposed method requires only 16,000 samples to calibrate the capacitor mismatch and the SNDR is improved from 54.1 dB to 68.1 dB for a 12‐bit SAR ADC.
Resilience assessment for natural gas systems and electrical power systems without complete integration
Authors: Xie Haipeng , Fu Wei , Jiang Lizhou , Bie Zhaohong 
Published: November 2022

AbstractConsidering the limited information sharing between natural gas systems (NGS) and electrical power systems (EPS), this paper proposes a distributed resilience assessment method for NGS and EPS. First, a coordinated restoration framework is presented for incompletely integrated energy systems, and the collaborative benefit redistribution mechanism is proposed to motivate the participation of the cooperative restoration. Then fragility and recovery models for NGS and EPS components are developed, involving the impact of wind and rainfall during typhoons. An emergency load shedding model considering the conditional value at risk under typhoons is built, where the dynamic constraints of gas storage in NGS's pipelines is considered, and a linear approximation method is adopted to make the solution feasible. The modified alternating direction method of multipliers algorithm is used to solve the problem, and herein the self‐adaptive penalty factor is leveraged to boost the efficiency. Based on the valley‐shaped resilience model, the concept of skewness and kurtosis are introduced to give risk‐adverse metrics more systematically to the impact of extreme events. The proposed model and algorithm are validated by case studies. Except for the performance exploration, the weakness and enhancement suggestions are also concluded from the case analysis.
Prediction of the far field radiated by a flat antenna under test from a reduced set of near‐field bi‐polar measurements
Authors: D'Agostino Francesco , Ferrara Flaminio , Gennarelli Claudio , Guerriero Rocco , Migliozzi Massimo , Riccio Giovanni 
Published: November 2022

AbstractIn this article, a bi‐polar near‐field‐to‐far‐field (NFTFF) transformation with probe compensation, which is very convenient from the data reduction standpoint when characterising a flat antenna under test (AUT), is developed. It takes advantage from the non‐redundant sampling representations of the electromagnetic fields to devise a sampling representation on the scanning plane, which requires the knowledge of the bi‐polar NF samples at a reduced number of sampling points. To account for the AUT geometry, it properly adopts as modelling surface a disc having diameter equal to the largest size of such an AUT. This surface allows a more effective AUT modelling from the NF data reduction standpoint than the formerly proposed modelling surfaces for quasi‐planar antennas (the oblate ellipsoid or the two‐bowls), because, unlike these last, it has the capability to best fit the AUT geometry, thus reducing very significantly the involved volumetric redundancy. An ad hoc developed two‐dimensional optimal sampling, interpolation formula is then employed to reconstruct the plane‐rectangular NF data which would be necessary to execute the classical NFTFF transformation developed by Leach and Paris. Some results of numerical simulations and experimental proofs are reported to demonstrate the efficiency of the so developed technique.
A fast multi‐structural tracking method for characteristic modes with the ability to identify and amend errors
Authors: Yazdani‐Shavakand Mona , Ahmadi‐Shokouh Javad , Dashti Hamideh 
Published: November 2022

AbstractCharacteristic mode tracking plays a determining role in the correctness of the characteristic modes (CMs) results. The reliable modal tracking methods are usually either complex or have high computational time. Hence in this study, these challenges are overcome by supplementary algorithms as a novel solution to reduce the drawbacks of using mono‐structural algorithms. Therefore, a very simple algorithm is suggested as the main core of modal tracking, Then, the trajectory monitoring algorithm, error amender algorithm and decision‐maker algorithm are appended to improve the performance. The main core is the priority correlation‐based algorithm (PCA). When PCA cooperates with one of the proposed initial filters, CMs can be fast‐tracked but the results are not entirely correct. To increase accuracy, post‐processing analysis is suggested to detect errors and then correct them. Also, the post‐processing block can reduce Modal Tracking Algorithm computations due to using a new adaptive frequency step size. The CMs of three structures are tracked to demonstrate the performance of the proposed method. In addition, the critical decisions of modal tracking algorithm are investigated in detail.
A radio frequency identification reader collision avoidance protocol for dense reader environments in the context of Industry 4.0
Authors: Rezaie Hadiseh , Golsorkhtabaramiri Mehdi , Jafari Navimipour Nima 
Published: November 2022

AbstractIn the new industrial revolution known as Industry 4.0, radio frequency identification (RFID) systems are a key component of automatic detection. These systems have two main elements, namely Reader and Tag. In many Internet of Things (IoT) applications, the RFID system is used with lots of readers working together in a dense environment to read tags. The simultaneous operation of readers with a common sensory range increases the likelihood of reader‐to‐tag collision and reader‐to‐reader collision and reduces the number of successful reading and as a result, reduces network performance and average waiting time for each reader increased. Collisions happen when readers are in the interference range and start reading tags simultaneously, so it is necessary to use the right solution to control channel access in these systems. So far, various solutions have been proposed to control readers’ access to the communication channel. Some of them have not considered the existing standards for this type of system or have not been efficient enough to be used in the IoT. In this study, we propose a method that, by considering the distance between readers and the number of neighbourhoods, and the possibility of information sharing, allows readers to successfully read more tags with fewer collisions in a certain time frame. The results of the performance study in a real‐world environment showed that the suggested method outperformed similar methods in terms of network performance and has much better throughput, making it a superior choice for usage in IoT‐based RFID systems.
Operative Therapie des malignen Melanoms
Authors: Mechlin Axel 
Published: November 2022

ZusammenfassungDie operative Therapie ist maßgeblich im Behandlungskonzept des malignen Melanoms. Sie ist essentieller Bestandteil der Diagnosesicherung, des Stagings und der Therapie in allen Stadien der Erkrankung. Die optimale Planung und Durchführung der Primärexzision, der Sentinel-Lymphknoten-Biopsie und der Nachexzision mit Sicherheitsabstand legen den Grundstein einer erfolgreichen Behandlung, die neben oder auch in Kombination mit einer modernen Systemtherapie die Metastasen-Chirurgie miteinschließt.
Translating (or not) a South American Philosopher
Authors: González Núñez Gabriel 
Published: November 2022

AbstractThis study will consider translation as a tool to transfer ideas from Latin America to North America (and the rest of the English-speaking world). It will do so by exploring some of the paratextual strategies that have been employed in transmitting the ideas of Latin American philosophers to the English-speaking world. Specifically, it will rely on a case study, namely, the translation into English of the works of José Enrique Rodó, an important South American philosopher from the early twentieth century. The paper will outline Rodó’s work as translated into English, focusing not on the quality of the translated texts themselves but rather on what the translations were expected to do. As a way to understand their expected functions, the present study will describe the paratextual apparatuses that surround the translations. Such an analysis will rely on Gérard Genette’s work on paratexts to draw conclusions regarding the role of translation in the flow of ideas from the Global South to the Global North.
Chabacano and Luso-Asian creoles
Authors: Tobar Delgado Eduardo 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
This study presents the most comprehensive inventory of lexical similarities between Chabacano and Luso-Asian
creoles to date. Certain formal similarities, especially regarding function words, have not gone unnoticed in the past, but for
the most part have been treated as coincidences. Less attention has been paid to cases of parallel formal and semantic innovation
involving content words. Taken together, these data suggest a non-coincidental lexical component shared between Luso-Asian creoles
and the multi-directional propagation of features across Ibero-Asian creoles. This notion is further supported if we consider the
well-known cultural, commercial and demographic connections between the Philippines and the Portuguese colonies in Asia. At the
individual level, discarding a Spanish etymology in favor of a Portuguese one is a very problematic endeavor that often leads to
inconclusiveness. However, we argue that the sheer number of shared retentions and innovations presented in this study can only be
accounted for by factoring in some degree of language contact. Luso-Asian elements must have seeped into Chabacano at the time of
its genesis and at later stages.
In situ, in vivo, and in vitro approaches for studying AMR plasmid conjugation in the gut microbiome
Authors: Kessler Celia , Hou Jingping , Neo Onalenna , Buckner Michelle M C 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global threat, with evolution and spread of resistance to frontline antibiotics outpacing the development of novel treatments. The spread of AMR is perpetuated by transfer of antimicrobial resistance genes (ARGs) between bacteria, notably those encoded by conjugative plasmids. The human gut microbiome is a known ‘melting pot’ for plasmid conjugation, with ARG transfer in this environment widely documented. There is a need to better understand the factors affecting the incidence of these transfer events, and to investigate methods of potentially counteracting the spread of ARGs. This review describes the use and potential of three approaches to studying conjugation in the human gut: observation of in situ events in hospitalized patients, modelling of the microbiome in vivo predominantly in rodent models, and the use of in vitro models of various complexities. Each has brought unique insights to our understanding of conjugation in the gut. The use and development of these systems, and combinations thereof, will be pivotal in better understanding the significance, prevalence, and manipulability of horizontal gene transfer in the gut microbiome.
Questionnaire and experimental surveys show that dolphins cause substantial losses to a gillnet fishery in the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Authors: Garagouni Maria , Avgerinou Georgia , Mouchlianitis Foivos-Alexandros , Minos George , Ganias Konstantinos 
Published: November 2022

AbstractCommon bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) are known to depredate fishing gear, resulting in damage to the catch and/or the gear itself. The extent of this damage and estimated financial loss varies between areas, métiers, and survey methods. We quantified losses due to bottlenose dolphin depredation in a coastal gillnet fishery in the Thermaikos Gulf, Greece, in terms of CPUE reduction, catch damage, and gear damage. Experimental fishing effort was carried out over two seasons (2020 and 2021), along with concurrent questionnaire surveys over the second season (2021). Depredation frequency (∼35%) and CPUE changes due to depredation (a significant decrease of 45–50%) were similar for both sampling schemes. The number of damaged fish in experimental hauls increased significantly with dolphin depredation, but did not fully account for the sizeable loss in marketable catch, indicating that large numbers of fish were removed from the nets entirely. Damage to experimental nets increased with dolphin presence and group size, with an average of 0.59% of net surface area damaged per depredation event. Both datasets point to annual economic losses of over €5000 per vessel in this fishery, while the similarity between direct observations and self-reported losses highlights the usefulness of frequent questionnaire surveys.
Simultaneous Determination of Alternaria Toxins, Ergot Alkaloid Epimers, and Other Major Mycotoxins in Various Food Matrixes by LC–MS/MS
Authors: Liang Shun-Hsin , York Jamie L , Konschnik Joseph D , Majer Hansjoerg , Steimling Justin A 
Published: November 2022

Abstract

Background
Various food commodities are vulnerable to different types of fungal pathogens and could be contaminated with differential classes of mycotoxins as a result. It is ideal to implement a generic method for the simultaneous determination of multi-mycotoxins in different food matrixes or agricultural products.

Objective
In this study, a simplified sample preparation procedure and a reliable LC–MS/MS analytical method were developed for the comprehensive measurement of 37 regulated and emerging mycotoxins including five Alternaria toxins (ATs) and six major ergot alkaloids (EAs) and their corresponding epimers. Four different food commodities (baby wheat cereal, peanut, tomato puree, and blended flour) were chosen for method validation to demonstrate the applicability of this analytical method across a wide range of food types.

Methods
Sample extraction was performed using a formic acid-acidified acetonitrile–water (4 + 1, v/v) solution followed by extract dry-down and reconstitution in a water–methanol (1 + 1, v/v) solution for analysis on a biphenyl LC column. Chromatographic analysis was performed using regular acidic LC conditions for baseline separation of ergot alkaloid epimers and completed with a short 11 min cycle time.

Results
Accurate quantification was achieved using matrix-matched calibration standards in the range of 0.4 to 400 µg/kg. The recoveries of all mycotoxins (except citrinin) in fortified samples were from 70 to 120%, and the RSD was less than 20%.

Conclusion
The established workflow was simple and fast for multi-mycotoxin determination in a wide variety of food commodities with LOQs needed to meet the regulatory levels.

Highlights
The developed method provided the unique benefit of simultaneous analysis of Alternaria toxins (ATs) and ergot alkaloids (EAs) together with other major regulated mycotoxins.
Contributor Agreements
Authors: Lovejoy Jilayne 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
This chapter discusses licensing configurations open source projects use. In particular, it describes the different types of inbound licenses or agreements: inbound=outbound, the Developer’s Certificate of Origin (‘DCO’); the contributor license agreement (‘CLA’); and Assignment. The chapter considers how each compares to the others, the ways each type is implemented, and some of the reasons each one is used. It also argues that, regardless of how an open source project is organised, there ought to be two licences (or agreements): a licence to govern contributions that come into the project (inbound) and a licence under which end-users of the project take the code (outbound). To conclude, the chapter provides some practical advice for the legal agreements governing one’s own open source projects.
Export Control
Authors: Choudaray Mishi , Cheng Michael 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
This chapter explores export control, which is one of many types of trade regulation that governments use to promote their economic, diplomatic, and national security interests through international commerce. Similar to any other policymaking exercise, trade regulation will often have unintended side effects in areas outside of policymakers’ then-current core objectives and priorities. The distributed manner in which open source and other decentralised collaboration models are developed, improved, and licensed in the context of international trade will often create novel questions of how to apply trade regulations designed for more traditional means of commerce. The chapter thus presents a checklist with common issues when analysing export control issues in open source. It then offers an example of how export control regimes have been applied to open source ecosystems in the US. Finally, the chapter provides a survey of the applicable export control regimes in the UK, EU, and China.
Business and Revenue Models and Commercial Agreements
Authors: Brock Amanda 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
This chapter explores how revenue is generated in businesses based on open source licensed software. Open source may be many things, beyond its legal categorisation, but open source software is not of itself a business model nor was it ever intended to be one. Generating revenue and finding a suitable business model for businesses based on open source licensed software, is, therefore, the ‘holy grail’ to many interested in open source. In light of this, the chapter first defines what open source is and what it is not. A consideration of possible revenue and business models is then provided. Next, the chapter discusses recent business issues in open source. Finally, the chapter covers commercial contracts.
The Rise of the Open Source Program Offices (OSPO)
Authors: Ruff Nithya 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
This chapter discusses the Open Source Program Office (‘OSPO’). OSPO’s have become de rigeur through 2020 and many organisations wonder how they benefit from starting one — and, perhaps why they should invest in one, especially when they are already consuming open source software. The chapter considers the advantage of engaging with an OSPO, its history and origins, and an OPSO’s impacts on an organisation. It argues that the biggest reason to do so is to proactively drive product/service intention and strategy, which also happens to be the biggest benefit of engaging with open source projects. Proactively driving product/service strategy tends to speed time to market, providing a competitive advantage.
The Bible and the British Empire
Authors: Broadbent Ralph 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
This chapter will argue that, directly or indirectly, the Bible and British biblical studies have been used to support and reinforce the British Empire. It will briefly survey the historiography of empire and the theoretical approaches of postcolonialism. It will examine aspects of the Bible and biblical studies, giving examples of this support for imperialism. This will reveal a complex, hierarchical ideology, involving monarchy, the aristocracy, the poor, women, and the “other,” which has continued well beyond the end of empire. A final section will suggest possible areas for future exploration and questions still to be answered.