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Optimizing urban traffic control using a rational agent

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Journal of Zhejiang University-Science C(Computers and Electronics) 2014年第12期15卷 1123-1137页

作者： Salvador IBARRA-MARTíNEZ José A.CASTN-ROCHA julio LARIA-MENCHACA Engineering School Autonomous University of Tamaulipas

This paper is devoted to developing and evaluating a set of technologies with the objective of designing a methodology for the implementation of sophisticated traffic lights by means of rational agents. These devices would be capable of optimizing the behavior of a junction with multiple traffic signals, reaching a higher level of autonomy without losing reliability, accuracy, or efficiency in the offered services. In particular, each rational agent in a traffic signal will be able to analyze the requirements and constraints of the road, in order to know its level of demand. With such information, the rational agent will adapt its light cycles with the view of accomplishing more fluid traffic patterns and minimizing the pollutant environmental emissions produced by vehicles while they are stopped at a red light, through using a case-based reasoning(CBR) adaptation. This paper also integrates a microscopic simulator developed to run a set of tests in order to compare the presented methodology with traditional traffic control methods. Two study cases are shown to demonstrate the efficiency of the introduced approach, increasing vehicular mobility and reducing harmful activity for the environment. For instance, in the first scenario, taking into account the studied traffic volumes, our approach increases mobility by 23% and reduces emissions by 35%. When the roads are managed by sophisticated traffic lights, a better level of service and considerable environmental benefits are achieved, demonstrating the utility of the presented approach.

关键词： Rational agents Traffic light control Optimization Traffic mobility

Modulation of immunity and inflammatory gene expression in the gut, in inflammatory diseases of the gut and in the liver by probiotics

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World Journal of Gastroenterology 2014年第42期20卷 15632-15649页

作者： julio Plaza-Diaz Carolina Gomez-Llorente Luis Fontana Angel Gil Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Ⅱ School of Pharmacy and Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology "Jose Mataix" Biomedical Research Center University of Granada

The potential for the positive manipulation of the gut microbiome through the introduction of beneficial microbes, as also known as probiotics, is currently an active area of investigation. The FAO/WHO define probiotics as live microorganisms that confer a health benefit to the host when administered in adequate amounts. However, dead bacteria and bacterial molecular components may also exhibit probiotic properties. The results of clinical studies have demonstrated the clinical potential of probiotics in many pathologies, such as allergic diseases, diarrhea, inflammatory bowel disease and viral infection. Several mechanisms have been proposed to explain the beneficial effects of probiotics, most of which involve gene expression regulation in specific tissues, particularly the intestine and liver. Therefore, the modulation of gene expression mediated by probiotics is an important issue that warrants further investigation. In the present paper, we performed a systematic review of the probiotic-mediated modulation of gene expression that is associated with the immune system and inflammation. Between January 1990 to February 2014, PubMed was searched for articles that were published in English using the MeSH terms “probiotics' and 'gene expression' combined with “intestines', 'liver', 'enterocytes', 'antigen-presenting cells', 'dendritic cells', 'immune system', and 'inflammation'. Two hundred and five original articles matching these criteria were initially selected, although only those articles that included specific gene expression results (77) were later considered for this review and separated into three major topics: the regulation of immunity and inflammatory gene expression in the gut, in inflammatory diseases of the gut and in the liver. Particular strains of Bifidobacteria, Lactobacilli, Escherichia coli, Propionibacterium, Bacillus and Saccharomyces influence the gene expression of mucins, Toll-like receptors, caspases, nuclear factor-κ

关键词： Gene expression Immunity Immunotolerance Inflammation Microbiota Probiotics Gut Liver

Evaluation of Early Action Mechanisms in Peru Regarding Preparedness for El Nino

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International Journal of Disaster Risk Science 2019年第4期10卷 493-510页

作者： julio Aguirre Daniel De La Torre Ugarte Juan Bazo Paulo Quequezana Mauricio Collado Department of Economics Universidad del Pacifico15072 LimaPeru Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre 2502 KC The HagueThe Netherlands Centro de Investigacion de Riesgo Resiliencia y Cambio Climatico(CIRCA)Universidad Tecnologica del Peru(UTP)15046 LimaPeru

In this article,we provide an impact evaluation of an intervention in Peru regarding preparedness for El Nino impacts in Picsi District of Chiclayo Province in Peru’s northwestern coastal Lambayeque *** effort involved the provision of special kits that reduce the potential damage to homes as a consequence of rainfall and floods associated with an El Nino-Southern Oscillation *** was collected in 2016 when this Forecast-based Financing early action was activated by an El Nino forecast,and after a coastal El Nino actually struck in *** dual database permits us to estimate the impact of the intervention on the damage level of homes by comparing those homes supported by the program with those homes not receiving pilot-program *** comparison is achieved by using propensity score matching techniques,which identify the most comparable homes to the ones that were supported by the *** main findings of the study suggest a positive impact of the program in terms of its effectiveness in mitigating the damage caused by the 2017 El Ni?*** results suggest a drop in the scale of house damage(less damage)by around 63%for a home that received the modular kit *** considering other specifications of the model,the decrease in the scale of house damage improves up to approximately 66%.

关键词： Early warning Early action El NinoSouthern Oscillation Forecast-based Financing Matching propensity score Perú Red Cross

Prefoldins Negatively Regulate Cold Acclimation in Arabidopsis thaliana by Promoting Nuclear Proteasome-Mediated HY5 Degradation

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Molecular Plant 2017年第6期10卷 791-804页

作者： Carlos Perea-Resa Miguel A. Rodriguez-Milla Elisa Iniesto Vicente Rubio julio Salinas Departamento de Biologia Medioambiental Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas CSIC 28040 Madrid Spain Departamento de Genetica Molecular de Plantas Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia CSIC 28049 Madrid Spain present address: Department of Molecular Biology Massachusetts General Hospital Boston MA 02214 USA Present address: Unidad de Biotecnologia Celular Instituto de Salud Garlos Ⅲ 28222 Madrid Spain

The process of cold acclimation is an important adaptive response whereby many plants from temperate regions increase their freezing tolerance after being exposed to low non-freezing temperatures. The correct development of this response relies on proper accumulation of a number of transcription factors that regulate expression patterns of cold-responsive genes. Multiple studies have revealed a variety of molecular mechanisms involved in promoting the accumulation of these transcription factors. Interestingly, however, the mechanisms implicated in controlling such accumulation to ensure their adequate levels remain largely unknown. In this work, we demonstrate that prefoldins （PFDs） control the levels of HY5, an Arabidopsis transcription factor with a key role in cold acclimation by activating anthocyanin biosynthesis, in response to low temperature. Our results show that, under cold conditions, PFDs accumulate into the nucleus through a DELLA-dependent mechanism, where they interact with HY5, triggering its ubiquitination and subsequent degradation. The degradation of HY5 would result, in turn, in anthocyanin biosynthesis attenuation, ensuring the accurate development of cold acclimation. These findings uncover an unanticipated nuclear function for PFDs in plant responses to abiotic stresses.

关键词： prefoldins cold acclimation Arabidopsis HY5 anthocyanin DELLAs

Electrochemical reduction of Cr(Ⅵ)in the presence of sodium alginate and its application in water purification

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Journal of Environmental Sciences 2021年第3期33卷 304-312页

作者： Bryan Butter Paola Santander Guadalupe del CPizarro Diego POyarzún Federico Tasca julio Sánchez Facultad de Química y Biología Universidad de Santiago de ChileUSACHCasilla 40Correo 33SantiagoChile Departamento de Química Universidad Tecnológica MetropolitanaJ.P.Alessandri 1242SantiagoChile Laboratorio de Nanotecnología Recursos Naturales y Sistemas ComplejosFacultad de Ciencias NaturalesUniversidad de AtacamaCopayapu 485CopiapóChile

Chromium(Cr)is used in many manufacturing processes,and its release into natural waters is a major environmental problem *** concentrations of Cr(Ⅵ)are toxic to human health and living organisms due to the carcinogenic and mutagenic nature of this *** work examined the conversion of Cr(Ⅵ)to Cr(Ⅲ)via electrochemical reduction using gold electrode in an acidic sodium alginate(SA)solution and subsequent removal of the produced Cr(Ⅲ)-SA by the polymer-enhanced ultrafiltration(PEUF)technique.A solution of SA in nitric acid was used both as an electrolytic medium during the voltammetric measurements and bulk electrolysis and as an extracting agent during the PEUF *** electroanalysis of Cr(Ⅵ)was performed by linear sweep voltammetry in the presence of acidic SA solution to study its voltammetric behavior as a function of the Cr(Ⅵ)concentration,pH,presence of Cr(Ⅲ),SA concentration and scan *** addition,the quantitative reduction of Cr(Ⅵ)to Cr(Ⅲ)was studied through the bulk electrolysis *** results showed efficient reduction with well-defined peaks at approximately 0.3 V ***/AgCl,using a gold working *** the pH increased,the reduction signal strongly decreased until its *** optimum SA concentration was 10 mmol/L,and it was observed that the presence of Cr(Ⅲ)did not interfere in the Cr(Ⅵ)*** the quantitative reduction by bulk electrolysis in the presence of acidic SA solution,it was possible to reduce all Cr(Ⅵ)to Cr(Ⅲ)followed by its removal via PEUF.

关键词： Alginate solution Chromium Electroanalytical chemistry Ultrafiltration Water purification

COVID-19 and neurologic manifestations:a synthesis from the child neurologist’s corner

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World Journal of Pediatrics 2022年第6期18卷 373-382页

作者： Carolina Valderas Gastón Méndez Alejandra Echeverría Nelson Suarez Katherin julio Francisca Sandoval Department of Neurology Hospital Dr.Exequiel González CortésGran Avenida JoséMiguel Carrera 33008900085SantiagoRegión MetropolitanaChile

Background Since December 2019,the SARS-CoV-2 virus has been a global health *** main clinical presentation of this virus is a flu-like disease;however,patients with diverse neurologic manifestations have also been *** this review,we attempt to summarize,discuss and update the knowledge of the neurologic manifestations in the pediatric population affected by SARS-CoV-2 infection and the pandemic’s effects in children with neurologic *** sources This review analyzes studies found on the PubMed database using the following keywords:Neurologic manifestations COVID-19,Neurological COVID-19,coronavirus,SARS-CoV-2,pediatric COVID-19,COVID-19 in children,MIS-C,Pediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome,Guillain BarréSyndrome,Stroke,ADEM,and Anti-NMDA *** studies cited were published between 2004 and 2022,and represent the most relevant articles in the *** World Health Organization COVID-19 online dashboard was assessed to obtain updated epidemiological *** The most common neurologic symptoms in the pediatric population are headache,seizures,encephalopathy,and muscle *** can be present during COVID-19 or weeks after recovering from *** who presented with multi-system inflammatory syndrome had a higher incidence of neurologic manifestations,which conferred a greater risk of morbidity and *** neuro-pathophysiological mechanisms have been proposed,including direct virus invasion,hyper-inflammatory reactions,multi-systemic failure,prothrombotic states,and immune-mediated *** the other hand,the COVID-19 pandemic has affected patients with neurologic diseases,making it challenging to access controls,treatment,and *** Various neurologic manifestations have been associated with children’s SARS-CoV-2 *** is important to identify and give them proper and opportune treatment because they can be potentially grave and life-threatening;some can lead to long-lasting se

关键词： Coronavirus COVID-19 Neurologic Pediatric SARS-CoV-2 MIS-C

Contemplative neuroaesthetics and architecture:A sensorimotor exploration

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Frontiers of Architectural Research 2024年第1期13卷 97-111页

作者： Zakaria Djebbara Juliet King Amir Ebadi Yoshio Nakamura julio Bermudez Department of Architecture DesignMediaand TechnologyAalborg UniversityAalborgDenmark Biopsychology und Neuroergonomy Technical University BerlinBerlinGermany Art Therapy Department The George Washington UniversityWashington DCUnited States Department of Neurology Indiana University School of MedicineIndianapolisUnited States Dellustration Washington DCUnited States Pain Research Center Division of Pain MedicineDepartment of AnesthesiologyUniversity of Utah School of MedicineUtahUnited States School of Architecture and Planning The Catholic University of AmericaWashington DCUnited States

This paper takes initial steps towards developing a theoretical framework of contemplative neuroaesthetics through sensorimotor *** first argue that this new area has been largely omitted from the contemporary research agenda in neuroaesthetics and thus remains a domain of untapped *** seek to define this domain to foster a clear and focused investigation of the capacity of the arts and architecture to induce phenomenological states of a contemplative *** proposing a sensorimotor account of the experience of architecture,we operationalize how being attuned to architecture can lead to contemplative *** contrasting the externally-induced methods with internally-induced methods for eliciting a contemplative state of mind,we argue that architecture may spontaneously and effortlessly lead to such states as certain built features naturally resonate with our sensorimotor *** suggest that becoming sensible of the resonance and attunement process between internal and external states is what creates an occasion for an externallyinduced contemplative ***,we review neuroscientific studies of architecture,elaborate on the brain regions involved in such aesthetic contemplative responses,provide architectural examples,and point at the contributions that this new area of inquiry may have in fields such as the evidence-based design movement in architecture.

关键词： Neuropheno menology Neuroaesthetics Contemplative states Architectural experience Well-being

Growth phenology adjusts to seasonal changes in water availability in coexisting evergreen and deciduous mediterranean oaks

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Forest Ecosystems 2023年第5期10卷 535-546页

作者： Filipe Campelo Alvaro Rubio-Cuadrado Fernando Montes Michele Colangelo Cristina Valeriano J.julio Camarero Department of Life Sciences University of CoimbraCalçada Martim de FreitasCoimbra3000-456Portugal Departamento de Sistemas y Recursos Naturales Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingeniería de MontesForestal y Del Medio NaturalUniversidad Politecnica de MadridCiudad Universitaria S/n28040MadridSpain Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología(IPE-CSIC) Avda.Montanana 1005E-50192ZaragozaSpain Departamento de Dinamica y Gestion Forestal Instituto de Ciencias Forestales(ICIFOR-INIA-CSIC)Ctra.La Coruna Km 7.528040MadridSpain Scuola di Scienze Agrarie ForestaliAlimentari e AmbientaliUniversita Della BasilicataViale Dell’Ateneo Lucano 1085100PotenzaItaly

Different leaf(evergreen *** habit)and xylem(***-porous wood)traits represent contrasting strategies to face seasonal changes in water availability and ***,how contrasting leaf and xylem habits of coexisting tree species affect stem wood formation and tree-ring development remains poorly ***,we investigated the spatio-temporal patterns of wood formation in two deciduous oaks(Quercus faginea and Quercus petraea)and two evergreen oaks(Quercus ilex and Quercus suber)coexisting in seasonally dry Mediterranean forests along an aridity gradient in *** hypothesized that growth responses to drought and intra-and inter-annual growth patterns would differ between functional *** simulated intra-and interannual growth using a modified version of the Vaganov-Shashkin(VS)process-based,growth *** VS model simulations were used to estimate growth changes under a high emission scenario(RCP 8.5)for the current distribution of the study oak species and to forecast their future performance under warm(4.8℃)conditions in the Iberian *** simulations indicate that climate warming would induce a shortening of the ringgrowth season and a reduction of radial growth in evergreen and deciduous Mediterranean oaks,particularly in dry sites from southern and eastern Iberia currently occupied by *** and *** oaks may better recover after dry periods than deciduous oaks by resuming growth after the summer *** soil water availability in spring would be more detrimental to growth of deciduous ***-based growth models should be refined and validated to better forecast changes in tree growth as a function of climate.

关键词： Process-based growth model Quercus ilex Quercus suber Quercus faginea Quercus petraea Tree-ring growth

On the viability of wearing evaluation by Thin Layer Activation in the presence of non-occupationally exposed individuals

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Nuclear Science and Techniques 2022年第3期33卷 103-112页

作者： Michel de Almeida Franca julio Cezar Suita Paulo Fernando Ferreira Frutuoso e Melo Celso Marcelo Franklin Lapa Graduate Program of Nuclear Engineering COPPEFederal University of Rio de JaneiroRio de JaneiroRJ 21941914Brazil Instituto de Engenharia Nuclear(IEN-CNEN) Rio de Janeiro 21941614Brazil Comissao Nacional de Energia Nuclear(SEASE/DRS/CNEN) Rio de Janeiro 22290040Brazil

Thin Layer Activation is a nuclear technique that has key advantages over other wear measuring techniques for mechanical systems,especially for in site experiments on equipment important to safety in nuclear ***,it incurs radioactive dose and,thus,must be proved radiologically safe before use,otherwise,the utilization of this technique may be hindered *** said technique is safe previous to any operational/monetary cost is key,providing a methodology for this early assertion is the main contribution of this work—here,only non-occupationally exposed individuals are *** work offers a methodology,through a case study,to ascertain the Thin Layer Activation parameters to obtain safe levels of radioactive dose while maintaining statistically reliable *** methodology consists of using simulations,through the Monte Carlo Method,to obtain the floors and ceilings for the previously mentioned activation parameters based on operation and work conditions on site.

关键词： Thin Layer Activation Safety evaluation Simulation Equipment wearing