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Promoting Older Adults' Engagement in Disaster Recovery Through Supportive Relationships, Partnerships, and Collaboration: Perspectives of Social Work Practitioners and Human Service Professionals

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International journal of Disaster Risk Science 2024年第2期15卷 265-276页

作者： julie l.Drolet Mahed Choudhury Faculty of Social Work University of CalgaryEdmontonAB T5J 4P6Canada

Shifting demographics—that is, the growing number of older adults in Canada and internationally—and intersecting climatic risks create a complex landscape of aging in place in disaster contexts. Some older adults are vulnerable due to their underlying health conditions and limited physical mobility. Yet they also exhibit resilience in a distinct manner, owing to their wealth of knowledge, wisdom, and ability to navigate adversities. This article elucidates potential avenues for promoting the involvement of older adults in disaster recovery efforts. Our intention is to recognize and foster older adult resilience and mitigate vulnerability by drawing upon insights from the study titled “In the Aftermath of the 2016 Alberta Wildfires: The Role of Social Work Practitioners and Human Service Professionals in long-Term Disaster Recovery.” Employing a qualitative research approach, that study recruited 51 participants for semistructured interviews and focus groups. A thematic analysis of the collected data unveiled the pivotal roles played by social workers and human service practitioners in facilitating recovery from the 2016 wildfires in the research. Notably, three overarching themes emerged concerning the promotion of older adults' involvement in disaster recovery: fostering supportive relationships, building partnerships and enhancing collaboration, and addressing ongoing challenges. These findings offer valuable insights into how social work practitioners and human service professionals can effectively facilitate the engagement of older adults in disaster recovery initiatives. This article emphasizes the significance of actively promoting the participation of older adults in disaster mitigation efforts, thereby fostering greater resilience within communities.

关键词： Alberta wildfires Canada Disaster recovery Older adults Partnerships and collaboration Social work

Recent Advances in Catalytic Carbonylation Reactions in Alternative Reaction Media

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Chinese journal of Chemistry 2024年第4期42卷 406-429页

作者： Csaba Árvai lászló T.Mika Department of Chemical and Environmental Process Engineering Faculty of Chemical Technology and BiotechnologyBudapest University of Technology and EconomicsMűegyetem rkp.3H-1111 BudapestHungary

Since the discovery of the hydroformylation(oxo-synthesis or Roelen reaction)and the Reppe-reaction,the transition metal-catalyzed carbonylation reactions,providing versatile,facile,and even atom-economic methods for the selective incorporation of C=O functionality to various skeletons,have gained tremendous importance in synthetic organic chemistry from laboratories to industrial *** carbonylation of carbon-carbon multiple bonds,aromatic halides,triflates,etc.,in the presence of various nucleophiles has led the way to produce aldehydes,carboxylic acids,esters,amides,etc.,in the fine chemical ***,these protocols usually proceed in conventional,fossil-based,and usually toxic reaction ***,several attempts have been directed to developing efficient carbonylation methods in alternative,less harmful,non-fossil-based and even in renewable reaction *** this review,we overview the recent applications of alternative solvents such as water,biomass-based alcohols,γ-valerolactone(GVl),2-methyltetrahydrofuran(2-MeTHF),ionic liquids(Ils),deep eutectic solvents(DES),alkyl levulinates,limonene,α-pinene,and dimethyl carbonate as well as fluorous media to improve efficiency,safety and environmentally benign nature of carbonylation protocols.

关键词： Carbonylation Catalysis Solvents Green chemistry Carbon monoxide Transition metals Homogeneous catalysis Palladium

Variational data encoding and correlations in quantum-enhanced machine learning

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Chinese Physics B 2024年第9期33卷 298-306页

作者： Ming-Hao Wang Hua l¨u School of Physics Hubei UniversityWuhan 430062China School of Science Hubei University of TechnologyWuhan 430068China

leveraging the extraordinary phenomena of quantum superposition and quantum correlation,quantum computing offers unprecedented potential for addressing challenges beyond the reach of classical *** paper tackles two pivotal challenges in the realm of quantum computing:firstly,the development of an effective encoding protocol for translating classical data into quantum states,a critical step for any quantum *** encoding strategies can significantly influence quantum computer ***,we address the need to counteract the inevitable noise that can hinder quantum *** primary contribution is the introduction of a novel variational data encoding method,grounded in quantum regression algorithm *** adapting the learning concept from machine learning,we render data encoding a learnable *** allowed us to study the role of quantum correlation in data *** numerical simulations of various regression tasks,we demonstrate the efficacy of our variational data encoding,particularly post-learning from instructional ***,we delve into the role of quantum correlation in enhancing task performance,especially in noisy *** findings underscore the critical role of quantum correlation in not only bolstering performance but also in mitigating noise interference,thus advancing the frontier of quantum computing.

关键词： quantum machine learning variational data encoding quantum correlation

Stability and performance analysis of the compressed Kalman filter algorithm for sparse stochastic systems

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Science China(Technological Sciences) 2024年第2期67卷 380-394页

作者： lI Rongjiang GAN Die XIE SiYu lüjinHu Key laboratory of Systems and Control Academy of Mathematics and Systems ScienceChinese Academy of SciencesBeijing 100190China School of Mathematical Sciences University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing 100049China Zhongguancun laboratory Beijing 100049China School of Aeronautics and Astronautics University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChengdu 611731China School of Automation Science and Electrical Engineering Beihang UniversityBeijing 100191China

This paper considers the problem of estimating unknown sparse time-varying signals for stochastic dynamic *** deal with the challenges of extensive sparsity,we resort to the compressed sensing method and propose a compressed Kalman filter(KF)*** algorithm first compresses the original high-dimensional sparse regression vector via the sensing matrix and then obtains a KF estimate in the compressed low-dimensional ***,the original high-dimensional sparse signals can be well recovered by a reconstruction *** ensure stability and establish upper bounds on the estimation errors,we introduce a compressed excitation condition without imposing independence or stationarity on the system signal,and therefore suitable for feedback *** further present the performance of the compressed KF ***,we show that the mean square compressed tracking error matrix can be approximately calculated by a linear deterministic difference matrix equation,which can be readily evaluated,analyzed,and ***,a numerical example demonstrates that our algorithm outperforms the standard uncompressed KF algorithm and other compressed algorithms for estimating high-dimensional sparse signals.

关键词： sparse signal compressed sensing Kalman filter algorithm compressed excitation condition stochastic stability tracking performance

Preventive Effect of an Extract of Terminalia avicennioides on Acetylcholine-Induced Tracheoconstriction in Wistar Strain Rats

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Open journal of Respiratory Diseases 2024年第2期14卷 60-68页

作者： Awa Ba-Diop Ndèye Absa Diaw Ibrahima Diouf Mbaye Sène Ouafae Kechaba Mamadou Sarr Modou Oumy kane Physiology laboratory Department of Medicine Alioune Diop University of Bambey Bambey Senegal IRl3189 Environment Health Societies CNRS-UCAD Dakar Senegal Department of Physiology laboratory Faculty of Medicine Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar Dakar Senegal Department of Physiology laboratory Faculty of Medicine UFR Sante Assane SECK University of Ziguinchor Ziguinchor Senegal

Asthma is one of the most common chronic respiratory pathologies worldwide. The cost of its treatment, particularly for populations in developing countries like Senegal, requires an alternative which consists of developing research into new therapeutic approaches with the use of plants from traditional pharmacopoeia. The objective of this study was to determine whether the hydroalcoholic extract of Terminalia avicennioides leaves has a preventive effect on the constriction of tracheal smooth muscle induced by Acetylcholine in Wistar strain rats. Methods: The species used in our experiments were male Wistar rats aged between 12 and 14 weeks. Rings of rat trachea were suspended in isolated organ chambers connected to tension sensors. Two pharmacological agents were used: acetylcholine, for its constrictor effect and adrenaline, for its dilating effect on the pulmonary trachea. Our plant material consisted of a hydroalcoholic extract of Terminalia avicennioides leaves. The experimental protocol was that of the preventive model which consisted of impregnating these rings with the extract at a defined concentration then testing its contractility in the presence of Acetylcholine which was the contractile agonist used in this study. The preventive effect of the extract was studied with an Acetylcholine contraction range on rings pre-incubated with Terminalia avicennioides extract. Results: The results showed that Acetylcholine contracts the trachea and the increase in its contractility was dependent on the dose of Ach added cumulatively (10−5 to 4 × 10−5 mol/l). The administration of the hydroalcoholic extract of Terminalia avicennioides leaves led to a modification of the contractile response to Acetylcholine. Indeed, this extract induced a significant attenuation of the contractile responses of the treated tracheal rings compared to those untreated. Conclusion: Terminalia avicennioides had a relaxing effect on tracheal smooth muscle and this effect

关键词： Bronchial Hyperreactivity Extract Hydroalcoholic of Terminalia Avicennioides Asthma

Neural-network-based fully distributed formation control for nonlinear multi-agent systems with event-triggered communication

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Science China(Technological Sciences) 2024年第1期67卷 209-220页

作者： ZHU Guoliang lIU KeXin GU HaiBo lÜjinHu School of Automation Science and Electrical Engineering Beihang UniversityBeijing 100191China Zhongguancun laboratory Beijing 100094China

This paper investigates the consensus-based formation control problem for multi-agent systems with unknown nonlinear *** achieve the desired formation,we propose two formation controllers to achieve the desired formation,one based on system states and the other on system *** proposed controllers utilize adaptive gains to avoid global information and neural networks to estimate and compensate for *** proposed event-triggered schemes avoid continuous communication among agents and exclude the Zeno *** analysis reveals that formation errors are bounded,and numerical simulations are used to validate the effectiveness of the proposed approaches.

关键词： formation control neural network adaptive control event-triggered communication multi-agent systems

A landscape persistence-based methodological framework for assessing ecological stability

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Environmental Science and Ecotechnology 2024年第1期17卷 31-39页

作者： Da lü Yihe lü Guangyao Gao Siqi Sun Yi Wang Bojie Fu State Key laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology Research Center for Eco-Environmental SciencesChinese Academy of SciencesPO Box 2871Beijing100085China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing100049China

Ecological stability is a critical factor in global sustainable development,yet its significance has been *** we introduce a landscape-oriented framework to evaluate ecological stability in the Qingzang Plateau(QP).Our findings reveal a medium-high stability level in the QP,with minimal changes over recent *** driving factors vary across landscape types,with climate and anthropogenic factors emerging as crucial *** anthropogenic factors are strong but unstable due to policy changes and economic development,climatic factors exert a consistent *** on our results,we propose site-specific ecological conservation and restoration *** ecological stability assessment framework provides a practical tool to understand the link between environmental conditions and ecosystems.

关键词： Ecological stability assessment framework landscape changes Nature conservation and ecological restoration Nature-based solutions Qingzang Plateau

Optimal Control of Service Rates of Discrete-Time(s,Q)Queueing-Inventory Systems with Finite Buffer

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journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering 2024年第3期33卷 261-280页

作者： l.Iniya B.Sivakumar G.Arivarignan School of Mathematics Madurai Kamaraj UniversityMaduraiTamilnaduIndia Department of Statistics Manonmaniam Sundaranar UniversityTirunelveliTamilnaduIndia

This article,we develop an optimal policy to control the service rate of a discrete time queueing-inventory system with finite *** customers arrive according to a Bernoulli process and the service time for the customers are *** the buffer size attains its maximum,any arriving new customers are considered to be *** customers are served one by one according to FCFS rule and each customers request random number of *** inventory is replenished according to a(s,Q)inventory policy with geometric lead *** main objectives of this article are to determine the service rates to be employed at each slot so that the long run expected cost rate is minimized for fixed inventory level and fixed buffer size and to minimize the expected waiting time for a fixed inventory level and fixed buffer *** problems are modelled as Markov decision *** establish the existence of a stationary policy and employ linear programming method to find the optimal service *** provide some numerical examples to illustrate the behaviour of the model.

关键词： Queueing-inventory system discrete time batch demand-Markov decision process

Research of surface-enhanced Raman scattering on Ag@PMBA@C@Au hybrid nanoparticles

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Optoelectronics letters 2024年第2期20卷 65-69页

作者： TAN Enzhong lÜ Suye liberal Study College Beijing Institute of Petrochemical TechnologyBeijing 102617China

Monodispersed, biocompatible, and readily-functionalized hybrid reporter-embedded core-shell nanopartilces(NPs) have been prepared in a simple route. This composite offers a potential platform for immunochemical detection using surface-enhanced Raman scattering(SERS) due to their high sensitivity, good stability and biocompatiblity. This also provides a new platform for insight into SERS enhancement mechanism.

关键词： mechanism. readily SERS