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Opportunities to improve road traffic on short-length road connections by correlating intersection traffic lights
Authors: Boroiu A , Neagu E , Boroiu A A 
Published: January 2022

Abstract
The paper aims to explore the possibilities of improving road traffic in the central area of cities characterized by a longitudinal arrangement of the street network, with application for the case of Pitesti, where the road network in the central area consists of two main roads arranged longitudinally, having one-way regulated traffic, interconnected by several streets. A special traffic problem is reported in the city center: on the main road connecting the two boulevards, the vehicle storage space is insufficient - because the distance between the two road intersections is too small and there is no correlation between the Green phases of traffic lights in the two intersections. The research, based on traffic measurements performed with DataFromSky software and micro-simulation traffic analyses performed with Vissim PTV software, indicated that the best solution is the partial or total correlation of the green time from the traffic light intersections that delimit the connecting road artery. As, almost exclusively, the works dedicated to the correlation of green light of traffic lights treat the problem only along the road arteries, this paper raises a special issue and reveals the possibility of simple solutions, by correlating the traffic lights at the intersections connecting the main arteries.
Emergent Intelligence and Distributed Stochastic Optimization
Authors: Granichin O.N. , Granichina O.A. , Erofeeva V.A. , Leonova A.V. , Senov A.A. 
Published: January 2022

Abstract
Emergent intelligence is a property of a system of elements that is not inherent in each element individually. This behavior is based on local communications. This behavior helps to adapt to emerging uncertainties and achieve a global goal. This behavior exists in the natural world. A simplified example of emergent intelligence from the natural world is given. The repetition of natural behavior with the help of simple technical devices, which are limited in resources and cheap in construction, and the use of multi-agent approaches is considered. Distributed algorithms using local communications are considered. Such algorithms are more robust to noise.
Test Results of the Long Baseline Navigation Solutions under a Large a Priori Position Uncertainty
Authors: Bogomolov V.V. 
Published: January 2022

Abstract
A method is proposed for long baseline navigation of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV) to be used in the case of a large a priori position uncertainty. The new modified method is based on the iterated Kalman filter (IKF) working with different initial linearization points. The final solution is calculated by clustering and weighting the IKF results. This approach allows position estimates to be determined in accordance with the global maximum of posteriori probability density of coordinates. The test results obtained with the use of three beacons and an underwater vehicle are presented.
Formation of an Additional Motion Control Loop for the Nanosatellite to Adapt its Onboard Model to the Current Operating Conditions
Authors: Lomaka I. A. 
Published: January 2022

Abstract
The paper presents the formation of additional feedback in the loop of the attitude control system of a nanosatellite. Feedback is based on the assessment of the inertial characteristics of the nanosatellite. The influence of the accuracy of knowledge of the inertial characteristics of a nanosatellite on the formation of an optimal control law in the problem of reorientation was estimated. Statistical modelling has been carried out to assess the effectiveness of nanosatellite on-board sensors in the problem of identifying the inertial characteristics of a nanosatellite. Recommendations for the selection of sensor’s characteristics and time interval of data collection have been formulated.
Model of Signal Mark Detection in a Passive Sonar System
Authors: Prokopovich V.V. , Shafranyuk A.V. 
Published: January 2022

Abstract
Modeling of broadband and narrowband signal mark detection is widely used for sonar and radar systems. In this work, the problem is considered in relation to hydroacoustics. The paper describes the formation of a stream of correctly detected and false signal marks and calculation of estimates of their parameters, taking into account the antenna characteristics as well as the processing parameters of the system being simulated. Also considered are the realistic distribution of false signal marks by heading angles and the influence of the Doppler effect on the estimation of the mark parameters. The resulting model can be used in simulation systems, in the formation of a stream of detected signal marks, and the development of tracking algorithms. The model can be also used for predictive calculations that determine the probability of detecting signal sources and their characteristics
Design of the Capacitive Dual-Mass Micromechanical Gyroscope
Authors: Styazhkina A.V. , Belogurov A.A. , Belyaev Ya.V. , Tulaev A.T. 
Published: January 2022

Abstract
Development of micromechanical inertial sensors have made it possible to use them in the navigation and motion control systems. This application area imposes strict requirements on sensors. One of the ways to meet the requirements and to improve the gyroscope characteristics is to apply a dual- or multi-mass architecture of a gyroscope sensing element. This paper presents the results of dual-mass micromechanical gyroscope with a measurement range of ±450°/s design. The complex design method, including simulation at the system level, model refinement based on the results of finite element modelling, and modelling of individual electronic blocks at the circuit level, is described.
Floquet band engineering and topological phase transitions in 1T’ transition metal dichalcogenides
Authors: Kong Xiangru , Luo Wei , Li Linyang , Yoon Mina , Berlijn Tom , Liang Liangbo 
Published: January 2022

Abstract
Using ab initio tight-binding approaches, we investigate Floquet band engineering of the 1T’ phase of transition metal dichalcogenides (MX2, M = W, Mo and X = Te, Se, S) monolayers under the irradiation with circularly polarized light. Our first principles calculations demonstrate that light can induce important transitions in the topological phases of this emerging materials family. For example, upon irradiation, Te-based MX2 undergoes a phase transition from quantum spin Hall (QSH) semimetal to time-reversal symmetry broken QSH insulator with a nontrivial band gap of up to 92.5 meV. On the other hand, Se- and S-based MX2 undergoes the topological phase transition from the QSH effect to the quantum anomalous Hall effect and into trivial phases with increasing light intensity. From a general perspective, this theoretical work brings further insight into non-equilibrium topological systems.
Spatial variation of geometry, binding, and electronic properties in the moiré superstructure of MoS2 on Au(111)
Authors: Silva Caio C , Dombrowski Daniela , Atodiresei Nicolae , Jolie Wouter , Farwick zum Hagen Ferdinand , Cai Jiaqi , Ryan Paul T P , Thakur Pardeep K , Caciuc Vasile , Blügel Stefan , Duncan David A , Michely Thomas , Lee Tien-Lin , Busse Carsten 
Published: January 2022

Abstract
The lattice mismatch between a monolayer of MoS2 and its Au(111) substrate induces a moiré superstructure. The local variation of the registry between sulfur and gold atoms at the interface leads to a periodic pattern of strongly and weakly interacting regions. In consequence, also the electronic bands show a spatial variation. We use scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy (STM/STS), x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and x-ray standing wave (XSW) for a determination of the geometric and electronic structure. The experimental results are corroborated by density functional theory. We obtain the geometric structure of the supercell with high precision, identify the fraction of interfacial atoms that are strongly interacting with the substrate, and analyze the variation of the electronic structure in dependence of the location within the moiré unit cell and the nature of the band.
Ultra-thin foldable transparent electrodes composed of stacked silver nanowires embedded in polydimethylsiloxane
Authors: Yan Xingzhen , Li Bo , Song Kaian , Yang Fan , Wang Yanjie , Wang Chao , Chi Yaodan , Yang Xiaotian 
Published: January 2022

Abstract
We have prepared an ultra-thin flexible transparent conductive electrode with high folding endurance composed of randomly arranged silver nanowires (AgNWs) embedded in polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). A simple preparation method was performed to connect a glass substrate coated with a AgNW network and a glass substrate coated with PDMS. The glass substrate was then removed after the PDMS solidified, and the AgNW–PDMS composite film was peeled off. Moreover, the problem of the high contact resistance caused by the random arrangement of AgNWs was solved by the local joule heat generated by applying voltage to both sides of the AgNW–PDMS composite structure to weld the overlapping AgNWs. The sheet resistance (R
s) of AgNW–PDMS composite films with different AgNW deposition concentrations decreased by 46.4%–75.8% through this electro-sintering treatment. The embedded structure of the AgNW–PDMS composite ensures better voltage resistance and environmental stability under high temperature and humidity conditions compared with a AgNW network attached to a glass substrate. Additionally, the substrate-free, excellent elasticity and high resilience characteristics resulted in the R
s value of the same composite electrode only increasing by 2.9 ohm sq−1 after folding four times. The advantage of the metal thermal conductivity makes the joule heat generated by electric injection rapidly diffuse and dissipate in the AgNW-based transparent heater with faster response time and smaller voltage drive than indium tin oxide.
Musical Affordances and the Transformation Into Structure: How Gadamer can Complement Enactivist Perspectives on Music
Authors: Solli Mattias 
Published: January 2022

AbstractThis paper investigates the phenomenological status of musical affordances through a Gadamerian focus on human communication. With an extra emphasis on Reybrouck’s much-cited affordance-driven theory, I locate fundamental premises in the affordance concept. By initiating a dialogue with Gadamer’s perspective, I suggest a slight yet important shift of perspective that allows us to see an autonomous, transformative, and intrinsically active ‘ideality’ potentially emerging in music. In the final section, I try to demonstrate how Gadamer’s perspective is supported by recent empirical studies on communicative musicality and child development, and allows us to see how protoversions of the transformative ‘ideality’ are already present at the beginning of human life.
Bi-directional associations of epilepsy with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies
Authors: Dun Changchang , Zhang Yaqi , Yin Jiawei , Su Binbin , Peng Xiaobo , Liu Liegang 
Published: January 2022

Abstract

Objective
To assess the bi-directional associations of epilepsy with dementia and Alzheimer's disease (AD).

Methods
We searched PubMed, Embase and the Cochrane Library for longitudinal studies assessing the associations of epilepsy with dementia and AD up to 4 August 2021. Two authors independently extracted study characteristics, exposures, outcomes and covariates. Summary hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were pooled using a random effects model.

Results
From 8,545 articles identified in the initial research, 27 publications describing 20 longitudinal studies were included in the final analyses. There were 10 studies on epilepsy predicting risk of dementia, 5 studies on epilepsy predicting risk of AD, 11 studies on dementia predicting risk of epilepsy, and 6 studies on AD predicting risk of epilepsy. Baseline epilepsy was associated with higher risk of dementia (pooled HR 2.00; 95% CI 1.73–2.33) and AD (pooled HR 1.81; 95% CI 1.19–2.75). The pooled HRs for epilepsy associated with baseline dementia and AD were 2.91 (95% CI) 2.11–4.01) and 3.11 (95% CI 2.47–3.90), respectively. These positive associations persisted in sensitivity and subgroup analyses.

Conclusions
Our findings suggested positive and bi-directional associations of epilepsy with dementia and AD. However, these associations should be carefully interpreted due to the presence of substantial heterogeneity, and they need to be verified in additional high-quality studies.
Artificial Stone Silicosis: Need for Improved Controls
Authors: Jones Rachael M 
Published: January 2022

Abstract
Silicosis is emerging as a rapidly progressing occupational disease among young workers who fabricate and install artificial stone. Artificial stone is a composite material characterized by high levels of crystalline silica. Recent research has demonstrated high levels of crystalline silica exposures, particularly during dry cutting and finishing tasks, and an association between exposure intensity and duration and adverse respiratory outcomes. Occupational hygienists must move forward with development and implementation of control strategies, with consideration for the conditions of artificial stone work that may make control implementation challenging.
Comparing the contents, functions and neonicotinoid take-up between floral and extrafloral nectar within a single species (Hemerocallis citrina Baroni)
Authors: Zhou Hong-Xia , Milne Richard I , Cui Peng , Gu Wen-Jing , Hu Meng-Fang , Liu Xin-Yue , Song Yue-Qin , Cao Jun , Zha Hong-Guang 
Published: January 2022

Abstract

Background and Aims
Many angiosperms can secrete both floral (FN) and extrafloral (EFN) nectar. However, much remains unclear about how EFN and FN differ in secretion, composition and ecological function, especially when both FN and EFN are secreted on flowers of the same species.

Methods
Hemerocallis citrina flowers secrete both FN and EFN. The FN and EFN traits including volume, presentation pattern and temporal rhythms of secretion were compared by field observation. Sugar and amino acid contents were analysed using regular biochemical methods, whereas the proteome was investigated by combined gel-based and gel-free approaches. Animal feeders on FN and EFN were investigated by field observation. Hemerocallis citrina plants were exposed by soil drenching to two systemic insecticides, acetamiprid and imidacloprid, and the concentration of these in FN and EFN was measured by ultra-high performance liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry.

Key Results
Hemerocallis citrina FN was concentrated and sucrose dominant, secreted in the mature flower tube and served as a reward for pollinators. Conversely, EFN was hexose rich, more dilute and less rich in sugar and amino acids. EFN was secreted on the outside of developing floral buds, and was likely to attract predatory animals for defence. EFN had fewer phenolics, but more pathogenesis-related components, such as chitinase and glucanase. A significantly different proteomic profile and enzymatic activities between FN and EFN suggest that they had different biosynthesis mechanisms. Both neonicotinoid insecticides examined became present in both nectar types soon after application, but in greater concentration within EFN; EFN also attracted a wider range of insect species than FN.

Conclusions
Hemerocallis citrina FN and EFN differed in production, composition and ecological function. The EFN pathway could be a significant way for neonicotinoids to enter the wild food chain, and must be considered when evaluating the risks to the environment of other systemic insecticides.
No signs of behavioral evolution of threespine stickleback following northern pike invasion
Authors: Stevens Dale R , Bardjis Christina I , Baker John A , Foster Susan A , Wund Matthew A 
Published: January 2022

AbstractInvasive predators often impose devastating selection pressures on native prey species. However, their effects can be regionally dependent and influenced by the local ecological conditions of their invaded habitats. Evolved behavioral phenotypes are important mechanisms by which prey adapt to the presence of novel predators. Here, we asked how behavior and behavioral plasticity of threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) populations have evolved following the introduction of the invasive predator, northern pike (Esox lucius). We examined the behavior of F1 offspring generated from three pike-free and three pike-invaded populations and measured how stickleback activity and plant use behaviors, and their plasticity, have evolved following pike introduction. To evaluate plasticity, we exposed juvenile stickleback to predator cues during their first year of development and then evaluated how this repeated exposure influenced behavioral responses to an artificial predation event. We found no overarching effect of pike in either evolved behaviors or behavioral plasticity, and no evidence for the presence of developmental plasticity. Furthermore, we found that depending on the phenotype, pike-invaded stickleback populations have either more or less among-population variation than pike-free populations. Our results suggest that evolution in response to invasive predators may be hidden by local adaptation when enough populations are studied.
ProSynAR: a reference aware read merger
Authors: Crysup Benjamin , Budowle Bruce , Woerner August E 
Published: January 2022

Abstract

Motivation
Read-merging algorithms that look solely at the reads can misalign and mis-merge the reads (especially near repetitive sequences).

Results
The C++ program ProSynAR has been written to take the reads’ position in the reference into account when performing (and deciding whether to perform) a merge.

Availability
*Nix users can retrieve the source from GitHub (https://github.com/Benjamin-Crysup/prosynar). Windows binary available at https://github.com/Benjamin-Crysup/prosynar/releases/download/1.0/prosynar.zip.

Supplementary information
Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
Mapping the human praxis network: an investigation of white matter disconnection in limb apraxia of gesture production
Authors: Rosenzopf Hannah , Wiesen Daniel , Basilakos Alexandra , Yourganov Grigori , Bonilha Leonardo , Rorden Christopher , Fridriksson Julius , Karnath Hans-Otto , Sperber Christoph 
Published: January 2022

AbstractLeft hemispheric cerebral stroke can cause apraxia, a motor cognitive disorder characterized by deficits of higher-order motor skills such as the failure to accurately produce meaningful gestures. This disorder provides unique insights into the anatomical and cognitive architecture of the human praxis system. The present study aimed to map the structural brain network that is damaged in apraxia. We assessed the ability to perform meaningful gestures with the hand in 101 patients with chronic left hemisphere stroke. Structural white matter fibre damage was directly assessed by diffusion tensor imaging and fractional anisotropy mapping. We used multivariate topographical inference on tract-based fractional anisotropy topographies to identify white matter disconnection associated with apraxia. We found relevant pathological white matter alterations in a densely connected fronto-temporo-parietal network of short and long association fibres. Hence, the findings suggest that heterogeneous topographical results in previous lesion mapping studies might not only result from differences in study design, but also from the general methodological limitations of univariate topographical mapping in uncovering the structural praxis network. A striking role of middle and superior temporal lobe disconnection, including temporo-temporal short association fibres, was found, suggesting strong involvement of the temporal lobe in the praxis network. Further, the results stressed the importance of subcortical disconnections for the emergence of apractic symptoms. Our study provides a fine-grain view into the structural connectivity of the human praxis network and suggests a potential value of disconnection measures in the clinical prediction of behavioural post-stroke outcome.
Mortality salience enhances neural activities related to guilt and shame when recalling the past
Authors: Xu Zhenhua , Zhu Ruida , Zhang Shen , Zhang Sihui , Liang Zilu , Mai Xiaoqin , Liu Chao 
Published: January 2022

Abstract
Mortality salience (MS) influences cognition and behavior. However, its effect on emotion (especially moral emotions) and the underlying neural correlates are unclear. We investigated how MS priming modulated guilt and shame in a later recall task using functional magnetic resonance imaging. The behavioral results indicated that MS increased self-reported guilt but not shame. The neural results showed that MS strengthened neural activities related to the psychological processes of guilt and shame. Specifically, for both guilt and shame, MS increased activation in a region associated with self-referential processing (ventral medial prefrontal cortex). For guilt but not shame, MS increased the activation of regions associated with cognitive control (orbitofrontal cortex) and emotion processing (amygdala). For shame but not guilt, MS decreased brain functional connectivity related to self-referential processing. A direct comparison showed that MS more strongly decreased a functional connectivity related to self-referential processing in the shame than in the guilt condition. Additionally, the activation of insula during MS priming was partly predictive of neural activities related to guilt and shame in the subsequent recall task. Our study sheds light on the psychological and neural mechanisms of MS effects on moral emotions and provides theoretical insights for enriching terror management theory.
Ulk1-dependent alternative mitophagy plays a protective role during pressure overload in the heart
Authors: Nah Jihoon , Shirakabe Akihiro , Mukai Risa , Zhai Peiyong , Sung Eun Ah , Ivessa Andreas , Mizushima Wataru , Nakada Yasuki , Saito Toshiro , Hu Chengchen , Jung Yong Keun , Sadoshima Junichi 
Published: January 2022

Abstract

Aims
Well-controlled mitochondrial homeostasis, including a mitochondria-specific form of autophagy (hereafter referred to as mitophagy), is essential for maintaining cardiac function. The molecular mechanism mediating mitophagy during pressure overload (PO) is poorly understood. We have shown previously that mitophagy in the heart is mediated primarily by Atg5/Atg7-independent mechanisms, including Unc-51-like kinase 1 (Ulk1)-dependent alternative mitophagy, during myocardial ischaemia. Here, we investigated the role of alternative mitophagy in the heart during PO-induced hypertrophy.

Methods and results
Mitophagy was observed in the heart in response to transverse aortic constriction (TAC), peaking at 3–5 days. Whereas mitophagy is transiently up-regulated by TAC through an Atg7-dependent mechanism in the heart, peaking at 1 day, it is also activated more strongly and with a delayed time course through an Ulk1-dependent mechanism. TAC induced more severe cardiac dysfunction, hypertrophy, and fibrosis in ulk1 cardiac-specific knock-out (cKO) mice than in wild-type mice. Delayed activation of mitophagy was characterized by the co-localization of Rab9 dots and mitochondria and phosphorylation of Rab9 at Ser179, major features of alternative mitophagy. Furthermore, TAC-induced decreases in the mitochondrial aspect ratio were abolished and the irregularity of mitochondrial cristae was exacerbated, suggesting that mitochondrial quality control mechanisms are impaired in ulk1 cKO mice in response to TAC. TAT-Beclin 1 activates mitophagy even in Ulk1-deficient conditions. TAT-Beclin 1 treatment rescued mitochondrial dysfunction and cardiac dysfunction in ulk1 cKO mice during PO.

Conclusion
Ulk1-mediated alternative mitophagy is a major mechanism mediating mitophagy in response to PO and plays an important role in mediating mitochondrial quality control mechanisms and protecting the heart against cardiac dysfunction.