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Natural gas system decarbonization by green hydrogen injection: a distributed approach
Authors: Grossi G. , Arpino F. , Bertone M. , Canale C. , Canale L. , Cortellessa G. , Dell’Isola M. , Ficco G. , Moretti L. 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
The large-scale penetration of renewable sources in the European energy system is leading to management and control issues on the electricity distribution network, due to the randomness of the energy coming from these sources and to the lack of adequate storage capacities. In this regard, an interesting solution currently being considered is represented by Power-to-Gas technology and chemical energy storage. In fact, renewable electricity surplus can be used to power water electrolysers producing green hydrogen to be injected in natural gas pipelines, with the dual effect of solving production-consumption mismatches in the electricity network and decarbonizing the natural gas system. In the present work, a mathematical model has been developed to study the hourly operation of an integrated multi-gas system for green hydrogen production via photovoltaic-powered electrolysers and its injection upstream of a Regulating and Measuring Station (RMS). Different operating conditions are investigated and a scenario of increasing photovoltaic production is considered. Obtained results show that higher fractions of hydrogen in the blend can be achieved during summer operations when the lowest natural gas consumption and the highest solar production occur.
Digital platforms for Renewable Energy Communities projects: an overview.
Authors: Minuto Francesco Demetrio , Lanzini Andrea , Giannuzzo Lorenzo , Borchiellini Romano 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
The European Union energy policy agenda of achieving the transition to carbon neutrality has been established by an important legislative package called “Clean Energy for all Europeans”. A novel approach introduced was to put the citizen at the center of the energy transition. On one side, by powering his freedom of action and, on the other side, by asking him an exceptional engagement in energy consumption reduction activities and in participating in the investments for new distributed Renewable Energy Sources (RES) power plants. The Renewable Energy Communities (REC) is the policy framework used to implement this strategy introduced by the Renewable Energy Directive Recast (RED II). In particular, RECs promote citizen’s active role by encouraging energy consumption reduction and energy demand flexibility while reducing the Not In My Bachyard (NIMBY) effect towards RES. Each member state is transposing the RED II directive, adapting it to national legislation and energy transition strategy. Pioneers countries like Italy have already started the experimentation of this framework and developing the first pilot projects. The citizens’ interest and their will to participate in REC projects indicate the need for supporting tools guiding them along all the project development stages: “design”, “creation”, and “operation”. This work presents three categories of supporting digital tools and platforms required to develop REC projects: Commercial, EU Founded and Freeware. We analyzed 30 tools, evaluating the services provided in each of the different stages of REC project implementation.
Preliminary testing of a simplified methodology for indoor environments evaluation correlated to airborne transmission: the case of a university classroom with vertical low-velocity ventilation
Authors: Puglia M , Ottani F , Muscio A , Cossarizza A , Tartarini P 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
This work presents and tests a simplified evaluation methodology for indoor environments in relation to airborne transmission. The tests were carried out in a university classroom with vertical low-velocity ventilation. The methodology is focused on aerosols that are one of the most dangerous carriers of infectious disease being able to transport pathogens for long distances. It consists in tracing the aerosols generated through an ultrasonic emitter as well as in the correlation between their dispersion and the artificial ventilation. The methodology aims to identify the critical zone of an indoor volume and to give useful suggestions on how to improve the ventilation of the environment. The tests carried out in a university room show a negligible difference between the deposition occurred with and without ventilation, accordingly with the extremely low velocity measured. These results show that in the specific case study the actual ventilation system does not alter the propagation of small droplets in the environment and does not create critical spots, therefore it is advisable to maintain the ventilation turned ON.
A student-driven multilevel approach for increasing energy sustainability of remote areas in the Emilia Romagna Apennines
Authors: Pedrazzi Simone , Ottani Filippo , Parenti Massimiliano , Parmeggiani Davide , De Luca Aurora , Silvestro Martina Grasso , Spartà Anna , Tavani Francesco , Fontana Pietro , Martini Niccolò , Martire Mattia , Bertoni Manuel , Cannas Luisa , Benacci Martina , Beltrami Leonardo , Francini Alessandro , Zanichelli Margherita , Rossi Gaetano , Villafane Emiliano N. Guberman , Nabbi Islam H. El , Allesina Giulio 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
This paper is aimed at discussing a series of energy sustainability solutions proposed by a master class of students in environmental engineering using analytical and visual collaborative tools. The activities described are part of the class “Sustainability and renewable sources” at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. Six groups of 3-4 students worked on six energy efficiency and sustainability projects chosen from a remote area of the Apennines in Emilia Romagna. The specificity of the case-study framework allowed the implementation of projects where different sustainability aspects are integrated using tools of transitional thinking: agro-food production, use of renewable energy sources, waste management and social integration were considered. Each group identified the key actors for each project, allowing them to approach sustainability from a multilevel perspective. Net Present Value analyses were applied to evaluate economic viability of each project. Photovoltaic power plants and boilers fueled with local wood are the main renewable energy source identified to promote energy sustainability in each project. As result, the combination of the six works creates a powerful tool to demonstrate possible best practices for remote mountain areas.
Preliminary analysis of a novel battery thermal management system based on a low boiling dielectric fluid
Authors: Giammichele L , D’Alessandro V , Falone M , Ricci R 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
In this paper a novel battery thermal management system was experimentally studied. The batteries are submerged in a low boiling dielectric fluid with the aim to reduce the batteries surface temperature when subjected to high charge or discharge currents. The fluid change of phase allows to create a thermal buffer in case of instantaneous peak of absorbed current. This innovative system was studied on a battery pack composed of 3 cells in series and 3 cells in parallel connection for several discharge currents. For the sake of comparison, two battery packs of same dimensions were investigated: one submerged in the dielectric fluid and the second without the fluid. The cells potential and surface temperature were measured during discharges. Moreover, also the fluid temperature was evaluated in the external region. The results show a significant improvement of the thermal management since the increase of temperature is very restricted. This effect is even more evident when the fluid reaches the boiling point.
Everyday ethical challenges for Indian community development practitioners during the COVID-19 pandemic
Authors: Pankaj Ajeet Kumar , Yadav Shiv Kumar 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
Drawing upon empirical evidence and using Sarah Banks’s concept ‘ethics work’ as a conceptual approach, the article examines the ethical dilemmas facing community development practitioners during the COVID-19 pandemic. The article attempts to understand the everyday experience of community development practitioners working with Dalits, women, and labour migrants in India. Further, given these communities’ social and economic vulnerabilities, the article tries to comprehend how practitioners’ engagement with these communities during the COVID-19 response exposed them to various ethical dilemmas. The article also traces negotiation and navigation strategies for dealing with ethical dilemmas and delivering services in the community during the COVID-19 pandemic in ways that promote human dignity.
AZD7442 (Tixagevimab/Cilgavimab) for Post-Exposure Prophylaxis of Symptomatic Coronavirus Disease 2019
Authors: Levin Myron J , Ustianowski Andrew , Thomas Steven , Templeton Alison , Yuan Yuan , Seegobin Seth , Houlihan Catherine F , Menendez-Perez Ibrahim , Pollett Simon , Arends Rosalinda H , Beavon Rohini , Dey Kanika , Garbes Pedro , Kelly Elizabeth J , Koh Gavin C K W , Ivanov Stefan , Near Karen A , Sharbaugh Audrey , Streicher Katie , Pangalos Menelas N , Esser Mark T ,   the COVID-19 Study to Optimally Reduce Morbidity in CareHomes and Sites with Enhanced Risk (STORMCHASER) Study Group
Published: November 2022

AbstractBackgroundThis phase 3 trial assessed AZD7442 (tixagevimab/cilgavimab) for post-exposure prophylaxis against symptomatic coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).MethodsAdults without prior severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection or COVID-19 vaccination were enrolled within 8 days of exposure to a SARS-CoV-2–infected individual and randomized 2:1 to a single 300-mg AZD7442 dose (one 1.5-mL intramuscular injection each of tixagevimab and cilgavimab) or placebo. Primary end points were safety and first post-dose SARS-CoV-2 reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)–positive symptomatic COVID-19 event before day 183.ResultsA total of 1121 participants were randomized and dosed (AZD7442, n = 749; placebo, n = 372). Median (range) follow-up was 49 (5–115) and 48 (20–113) days for AZD7442 and placebo, respectively. Adverse events occurred in 162 of 749 (21.6%) and 111 of 372 (29.8%) participants with AZD7442 and placebo, respectively, mostly mild/moderate. RT-PCR–positive symptomatic COVID-19 occurred in 23 of 749 (3.1%) and 17 of 372 (4.6%) AZD7442- and placebo-treated participants, respectively (relative risk reduction, 33.3%; 95% confidence interval [CI], −25.9 to 64.7; P = .21). In predefined subgroup analyses of 1073 (96%) participants who were SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR–negative (n = 974, 87%) or missing an RT-PCR result (n = 99, 9%) at baseline, AZD7442 reduced RT-PCR–positive symptomatic COVID-19 by 73.2% (95% CI, 27.1 to 90.1) vs placebo.ConclusionsThis study did not meet the primary efficacy end point of post-exposure prevention of symptomatic COVID-19. However, analysis of participants who were SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR–negative or missing an RT-PCR result at baseline support a role for AZD7442 in preventing symptomatic COVID-19.Clinical Trials Registration. NCT04625972.
TRustDB: A comprehensive bioinformatics resource for understanding the complete Wheat—Stem rust host–pathogen interactome
Authors: Kataria Raghav , Kaundal Rakesh 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
The increasing infectious diseases in wheat immensely reduce crop yield and quality, thus affecting global wheat production. The evolution in phytopathogens hinders the understanding of the disease infection mechanisms. TRustDB is an open-access, comprehensive database that is specifically focused on the disease stem rust (also known as black rust) in Triticum aestivum, which is caused by the fungal pathogen Puccinia graminis (Pgt), strains ‘Ug99’ and ‘21-0’. The database aims at a broader focus of providing the researchers with comprehensive tools to predict the protein–protein interactions and avail the functional annotations of the proteins involved in the interactions that cause the disease. The network of the predicted interactome can also be visualized on the browser. Various modules for the functional annotations of the host and pathogen proteins such as subcellular localization, functional domains, gene ontology annotations, pathogen orthologs and effector proteins have been implemented. The host proteins that serve as transcription factors, along with the respective Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathways are also available, which further enhance the understanding of the disease infection mechanisms and the defense responses of the host. The database is also linked with several other databases such as InterPro, KEGG pathways, Ensembl and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). TRustDB has a user-friendly web interface, which can be accessed through .
Database URL http://bioinfo.usu.edu/trustdb/
Description ofPseudogemmobacter faecipullorumsp. nov., isolated from poultry manure
Authors: Lin Shih-Yao , Hameed Asif , Tsai Chia-Fang , Tang Yu-Shan , Young Chiu-Chung 
Published: November 2022

AbstractA polyphasic taxonomic approach was used to characterize a novel bacterium, designated strain CC-YST710T, isolated from poultry manure sampled in Taiwan. Cells of strain CC-YST710T were aerobic, Gram-stain-negative, nonmotile, nonspore-forming rods, displaying positive reactions for catalase, and oxidase activities. Strain CC-YST710T was found to grow optimally at 30°C, pH 7.0, and in the presence of 2% (w/v) NaCl. The polar lipid profile consisted of diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, two unidentified phospholipids, four unidentified aminolipids, one unidentified aminophospholipid, and five unidentified lipids. The major polyamine was spermidine. The dominating cellular fatty acids (&gt; 5%) included C16:0, C18:0, and C18:1ω7c/C18:1ω6c. Based on 16S rRNA gene analysis, this isolate showed the closest phylogenetic relationship with ‘Pseudogemmobacter humicola’ (97.6%), followed by Pseudogemmobacter bohemicus (97.2%) and ‘Pseudogemmobacter hezensis’ (97.5%). The draft genome (4.3 Mb) had 62.9 mol% G + C content. CC-YST710T can be distinguished from other Pseudogemmobacter species due to the exclusive presence of key genes encoding p-hydroxybenzoate hydroxylase, protocatechuate 3, 4-dioxygenase (α and β chain), and homogentisate 1, 2-dioxygenase involved in the degradation of phenolic compounds such as p-hydroxybenzoic acid, protocatechuate, and homogentisate, respectively. Orthologous average nucleotide identity (OrthoANI) of the isolate with the type strains of the genera Pseudogemmobacter were 77.6%‒78.0% (n = 3), followed by Tabrizicola (72.3%‒73.7%, n = 5), and Gemmobacter(72.3%‒73.5%, n = 7). Based on its distinct phylogenetic, phenotypic, and chemotaxonomic traits together with results of comparative 16S rRNA gene sequence, OrthoANI, digital DDH, and the phylogenomic placement, strain CC-YST710T is considered to represent a novel Pseudogemmobacter species, for which the name Pseudogemmobacter faecipullorum sp. nov. (type strain CC-YST710T = BCRC 81286T = JCM 34182T).
Of the Same Stripe, or Not—Exceptions That Prove Rules
Authors: Macdonald David W. , Newman Chris 
Published: November 2022

AbstractThis book has been about badgers—specifically Wytham’s badgers. This specificity is not blinkered—on the contrary it is a liberating opportunity to travel from the particular to the general. To use one population of badgers, studied in utmost detail, as a model for carnivore, even mammalian, behavioural and evolutionary ecology: The Badgers of Wytham Woods: A Model of Behaviour and Evolution. So, as our perspective broadens we explore variation beyond Wytham, first to badgers living beyond our special woodland elsewhere in the UK, then across the European continent to frame Wytham in the context of intra-specific variation. Onward, to their congeneric relatives in Japan, and then to other badgers in China, before really broadening the inter-specific net to embrace all carnivores. The Badgers of Wytham Woods reveals Wytham’s badgers, and their society, populations, and molecules to be fashioned by their ecology, framed by their mustelid inheritance and paradigms of mammalian evolution. This has been much more than a book about badgers, or even about one of the longest-running and diverse carnivore research projects ever: it is about a model species that offers a paradigm for understanding behaviour and evolution.
Deliberative Reason Index
Authors: Niemeyer Simon , Veri Francesco 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
The Deliberative Reasoning Index (DRI) is a method for assessing the positions formed by a group taking part in deliberation and their relationship to deliberative ideals of reasoning. The method is informed by a theory of reasoning as intrinsically a group process, and so it is best understood as an emergent group-level property. DRI captures the extent that a group coheres towards a shared understanding of the issue and takes seriously all relevant considerations in forming positions. The method involves measuring and aggregating the proportionality (intersubjective consistency) of differences between individuals regarding considerations, compared to their differences regarding preferred actions. DRI can be applied to analysis of how deliberative reasoning is improved, as well as perform comparisons across different cohorts. The method fills an important niche in the methodological inventory of deliberative democracy, evaluating outcomes without imposing external standards on their content.
Deliberative Field Experiments
Authors: Kingzette Jon , Neblo Michael 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
Deliberative democrats aim to reform real-world politics. This goal, however, poses a dilemma for researchers assessing deliberation. Researchers can study deliberation through controlled but artificial laboratory and survey experiments. They can confidently infer causality (high internal validity) but cannot be sure that deliberation will operate the same way in applied politics (low external validity). Meanwhile, researchers can observe naturally occurring deliberation in realistic settings. In this case, they can be confident that the patterns they find are politically relevant (high external validity) but cannot be sure that they represent causal relationships (low internal validity). Without causality, however, scholars of deliberation cannot know whether reforms—changes to the system—will work as intended. Deliberative field experiments can help resolve this dilemma by conducting real experiments on real politics (achieving high internal and external validity). Like any research method, though, field experiments have their pitfalls, and so they are no panacea. This chapter explains the concept and mechanics of deliberative field experiments, links them to broader theories of deliberative democracy, and characterizes the kinds of questions that they are well suited to answering. The chapter concludes by discussing some of the limitations of deliberative field experiments and how they can be combined with other research methods to assess the promise and perils of deliberative reform more thoroughly.
Frame Analysis
Authors: Mendonça Ricardo Fabrino , Simões Paula Guimarães 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
This chapter introduces frame analysis as a method for studying deliberative democracy. Frame analysis is a method that describes how frames are produced, and mobilized, as well as how they interact with other frames. It reveals how individuals position themselves in relation to existing frames and identifies frames’s consequences in specific contexts. The method is useful for the study of sequences of interaction, for the mapping of discursive contestations, and for the assessment of the effects generated by specific discursive choices. The chapter shows that frame analysis’s epistemological assumptions are aligned with core elements of the deliberative democracy in important ways. First, it is grounded on the premise that meaning is created, crystalized, or displaced intersubjectively. Second, frame analysis conceives of discourses as constitutive of reality, and not merely a description of it. Third, frame analysis places context at the heart of meaning-making. The chapter provides guidance on how to conduct frame analysis from different perspectives, suggesting the usefulness of van Gorp’s matrix that looks at: (a) framing devices: which words, metaphors, exemplary cases, visuals are used; (b) reasoning devices: which justifications, causes, consequences, and equivalences are presented; and (c) implicit cultural phenomena: what does this frame reveal about broader patterns of interpretation and social values? The chapter also provides examples of how frame analysis can be used in deliberative democracy research.
Reading Novels During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Authors: Davies Ben , Lupton Christina , Gormsen Schmidt Johanne 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
Drawing on a study of novel readers in Denmark and the UK during the Covid-19 pandemic, this book provides a snapshot of a phenomenal moment in modern history. The ethnographic approach shows what no account of books published during the pandemic will be able to capture, namely the movement of readers between new purchases and books long kept in their collections. The book follows readers who have tuned into novels about plague, apocalypse, and racial violence, but also readers whose taste for older novels has grown. Alternating between chapters that analyse single texts that were popular (Camus’s The Plague, Ali Smith’s Summer, Brontë’s Jane Eyre) and others that describe clusters of, for example, dystopian fiction and nature writing, this work brings out the diverse quality of the Covid-19 bookshelf. Time is important to this study, both in terms of the time of lockdown and the temporality of reading itself within this wider disrupted sense of time. By exploring these varied experiences, this book investigates the larger question of how the consumption of novels depends on and shapes people’s experience of non-work time, providing a specific lens through which to examine the phenomenology of reading more generally. This work also negotiates debates in the study of reading that distinguish theoretically between critical reading and reading for pleasure, between professional and lay reading. All sides of the sociological and literary debate must be brought to bear in understanding what readers tell us about the novels important to them in this complex historical moment.
Time and What to Do in It
Authors: Davies Ben , Lupton Christina , Gormsen Schmidt Johanne 
Published: November 2022

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This chapter sets out some of the main findings of this book, looking specifically at the relationship between reading narrative fiction and the ordering of temporal experience. Novels might be things for which time is made, but they are also ways of making time, shaping it, and of rendering its passage more humane than it can seem without them. The chapter is organized around four different ways in which readers themselves describe the relationship of books to time. Under the conditions of global crisis and local lockdowns, novel reading, they show, has helped contend with the spectre of unstructured time; it has helped them win what readers often see and describe as scarce time for themselves; it has introduced control into a situation and a media landscape that has left them without power; and it has featured in the work of compiling lists, diaries, and public records of their own time use. Anyone hoping to get quickly to the ‘answers’ this book offers about what happened to reading during the pandemic might find them here.