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Small-scale self-driving cars:A systematic literature review

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journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering(English Edition) 2024年第2期11卷 271-292页

作者： Felipe Caleffi Lauren da silva Rodrigues joice da silva Stamboroski Brenda Medeiros Pereira Autonomous Vehicles Laboratory Federal University of Santa MariaCachoeira do Sul 96503-205Brazil Mobility and Logistics Laboratory Federal University of Santa MariaCachoeira do Sul 96503-205Brazil

The autonomous vehicle(AV)technology has the potential to significantly improve safety and efficiency of the transportation and logistics ***-scale AV testing is limited by time,space,and cost,while simulation-based testing often lacks the necessary accuracy of AV and environmental *** recent years,several initiatives have emerged to test autonomous software and hardware on scaled *** systematic literature review provides an overview of the literature surrounding small-scale self-driving cars,summarizing the current autonomous platforms deployed and focusing on the software and hardware developments in this *** studies published in English-language journals or conference papers that present small-scale testing of self-driving cars were *** of Science,Scopus,Springer Link,Wiley,ACM Digital Library,and TRID databases were used for the literature *** systematic literature search found 38 eligible *** gaps in the reviewed papers were identified to provide guidance for future *** key takeaway emerging from this manuscript are:(i)there is a need to improve the models and neural network architectures used in autonomous driving systems,as most papers present only preliminary results;(ii)increasing datasets and sharing databases can help in developing more reliable control policies and reducing bias and variance in the training process;(iii)small-scaled vehicles to ensure safety is a major benefit,and incorporating data about unsafe driving behaviors and infrastructure problems can improve the accuracy of predictive models.

关键词： Self-driving car Autonomous vehicle Small-scale vehicle Systematic literature review

Molecular and cellular mechanisms of neuroprotection by oligopeptides from snake venoms

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BIOCELL 2024年第6期48卷 897-904页

作者： CARLOS ALBERTO-silva BRENda RUFINO da silva Natural and Humanities Sciences Center Experimental Morphophysiology LaboratoryFederal University of ABC(UFABC)São Bernardo do CampoSão PauloBrazil

Venom snake-derived peptides have multiple biochemical,pharmacological,and toxicological proﬁles,allowing for the discovery of new medicinal products and therapeutic *** review speciﬁcally examines the fundamental elements of neuroprotection offered by different oligopeptides derived from snake *** also includes a brief evaluation of short peptides that are being considered as potential therapeutic ***-rich peptides and tryptophyllin family peptides isolated from the crude venom of Viperidae family snakes,speciﬁcally Bothrops atrox,Bothrops jararaca,and Bothrops moojeni,have been shown to have pro-survival properties,the ability to reduce oxidative stress,and the ability to promote cell viability and mitochondrial *** signiﬁcant mechanisms are related to the neuroprotection mediated by snake venom oligopeptides:(1)Activation of the L-arginine metabolite pathway,such as polyamines from ornithine metabolism,which reduces N-methyl-D-aspartate(NMda)-type glutamate receptor activity;(2)Enhancement of cell viability by activating the nerve growth factor-signaling pathway;and(3)Activation of the Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor subtype M1(mAChR-M1).These small peptides show promise as neuroprotective agents against a variety of neurodegenerative disorders.

关键词： Neuroprotective peptides Neurodegenerative disease Oxidative stress Reactive oxygen species Biopeptides

Motivations for and barriers to innovation in non-profit organizations: The case of nursing homes in Northern Portugal

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International journal of Innovation Studies 2024年第1期8卷 25-44页

作者： Ana Rita Gonçalves lopes Aldina Isabel de Azevedo Correia Alexandra Maria da silva Braga Center for Research and Innovation in Business Sciences and Information Systems School of Management and TechnologyPolitecnico do PortoRua do Curral-Margaride4610-156 FelgueirasPortugal

To contribute to the empirical literature on innovation in non-profit organizations,this study examines innovation in Private Social Solidarity Institutions with social responses for the elderly in Northern *** enriches the literature by clarifying the concept of innovation applied to non-profit organizations,which represents a perspective different from the business ***,it is important to support the innovation decisionmaking process in similar non-profit *** this study,the population was surveyed through questionnaires based on the PUBLIN research project,which has already been applied in different countries,and the targets were employees of organizations with social responses for the *** sample is small,with 28 respondent institutions and 51 employees,but it is representative,as it includes institutions from all districts in Northern *** study employed a quantitative approach,particularly factor analysis,multiple linear regression,and correlation analyses,using scales already applied in other dimensions of the social sector,to understand the effect of each innovation dimension/determinant on creativity and innovation in nonprofit *** results show that in these organizations with social responses for the elderly,learning orientation,risk-taking,and job satisfaction have a positive impact on innovation.

关键词： Determinants of innovation non-profit organizations social responses for the elderly Northern Portugal

Supercritical fluid technology as a sustainable alternative method for textile dyeing:An approach on waste,energy,and CO_(2)emission reduction

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journal of Environmental Sciences 2024年第6期140卷 123-145页

作者： Carlos Rafael silva de Oliveira Patrícia Viera de Oliveira Leandro Pellenz Catia Rosana Lange de Aguiar Afonso Henrique da silva júnior Federal University of Santa Catarina Textile Engineering Department2514 João Pessoa St.BlumenauSC89036-004Brazil Federal University of Santa Catarina Chemical Engineering DepartmentS/n Biotério Central St.FlorianópolisSC88040-900Brazil

The clothing industry is considered one of the most polluting industries on the planet due to the high consumption of water,energy,chemicals/dyes,and high generation of solid waste and *** with environmental concerns,the textile ennoblement sector is the most critical of the textile production chain,especially the traditional dyeing *** an alternative to current problems,dyeing with supercritical CO_(2)(scCO_(2))has been presented as a clean and efficient process for a sustainable textile *** fluid dyeing(SFD)has shown a growing interest due to its significant impact on environmental preservation and social,economic,and financial *** main SFD benefits include economy and reuse of non-adsorbed dyes;reduction of process time and energy expenditure;capture of atmospheric CO_(2)(greenhouse gas);use and recycling of CO_(2)in SFD;generation of carbon credits;water-free process;effluent-free process;reduction of CO_(2)emission and auxiliary *** being still a non-scalable and evolving technology,SFD is the future of *** review presented a comprehensive overview of the environmental impacts caused by traditional processes and confronted the advantages of *** SFD technique was introduced,along with its latest advances and future *** and environmental gains were also discussed.

关键词： Textile industry Supercritical dyeing Sustainable processes Water free dyeing Energy saving Cleaner production

Beyond authorship: Analyzing contributions in PLOS ONE and the challenges of appropriate attribution

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journal of data and Information Science 2024年第3期9卷 88-115页

作者： Abdelghani Maddi jaime A.Teixeira da silva GEMASS-CNRS-Sorbonne Université 59/61 rue Pouchet 75017 ParisFrance Independent researcher Ikenobe 3011-2Kagawa-ken761-0799Japan

Purpose:This study aims to evaluate the accuracy of authorship attributions in scientific publications,focusing on the fairness and precision of individual contributions within academic ***/methodology/approach:The study analyzes 81,823 publications from the journal PLOS ONE,covering the period from january 2018 to june *** examines the authorship attributions within these publications to try and determine the prevalence of inappropriate *** also investigates the demographic and professional profiles of affected authors,exploring trends and potential factors contributing to inaccuracies in ***:Surprisingly,9.14%of articles feature at least one author with inappropriate authorship,affecting over 14,000 individuals(2.56%of the sample).Inappropriate authorship is more concentrated in Asia,Africa,and specific European countries like *** researchers with significant publication records and those affiliated with companies or nonprofits show higher instances of potential monetary *** limitations:Our findings are based on contributions as declared by the authors,which implies a degree of trust in their ***,this reliance on self-reporting may introduce biases or inaccuracies into the *** research could employ additional verification methods to enhance the reliability of the *** implications:These findings have significant implications for journal publishers,Beyond authorship:Analyzing contributions in PLOS ONE and Maddi,A.,&the challenges of appropriate attribution highlighting the necessity for robust control mechanisms to ensure the integrity of authorship ***,researchers must exercise discernment in determining when to acknowledge a contributor and when to include them in the author *** these issues is crucial for maintaining the credibility and fairness of academic ***/value:This study contributes to an unders

关键词： Authorship Funding acquisition Research integrity Author contributions CRediT Inappropriate authorship APC ring

How far have we come?Review of main public policies to reduce landslide impacts in Brazil

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journal of Mountain Science 2024年第9期21卷 2891-2904页

作者： Bianca Carvalho VIEIRA Tiago damas MARTINS Telma Mendes da silva joséEduardo BONINI Department of Geography University of São PauloAvenida Professor Lineu Prestes 05508-000Brazil Cities Institute Federal University of São PauloAvenida Jacu-Pêssego 08260-001Brazil Department of Geography Federal University of Rio de JaneiroAvenida Athos da Silveira Ramos 21941-916Brazil

During the rainy season in Brazil,landslides can have catastrophic consequences,including loss of life,damage to urban infrastructure and significant economic ***,more than eight million people in Brazil live in disaster-prone *** objective of this article is to present a chronological review of the principal policies and programmes at the national,state,and municipal levels,with an emphasis on their key actions aimed at mitigating the impact of disasters related to natural hazards,particularly *** analysis was based on official records of public policies from the national,state,and municipal *** results show that several initiatives were initially developed at the local and regional ***,it was not until the late 1980s that a comprehensive organisation of civil protection at the national level emerged as a response *** is possible to highlight three phases(understanding,coexistence,and prevention)of institutional action focused on risk management in the face of *** the growing knowledge of risk scenarios,disasters continue to occur in Brazil on an annual basis,revealing several obstacles to reducing their impact,particularly given the social and economic disparities between Brazilian regions and the applicability of public policies that must overcome the limitations of each municipality.

关键词： Disasters Risk Mitigation Prevention Legislation Civil Defense Natural Hazards

Assembly structures of coastal woody species of eastern South America:Patterns and drivers

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Plant Diversity 2024年第5期46卷 611-620页

作者： Eduardo Vinícius da silva Oliveira Myrna Friederichs Landim Sidney F.Gouveia Graduate Program in Ecology and Conservation Federal University of SergipeSão CristovãoSergipeBrazil National Institute of Science and Technology Ecology Evolution and Conservation of Biodiversity(INCT-EECBio)GoiâniaGoiasBrazil Department of Biology Federal University of SergipeSão CristóvãoSergipeBrazil Department of Ecology Federal University of SergipeSão CristóvãoSergipeBrazil

Tropical regions have provided new insights into how ecological communities are *** dry coastal communities,water stress has been hypothesized to determine plant assembly structure by favoring preadapted lineages from neighboring ecosystems,consistent with functional ***,it is unclear whether this hypothesis is sufficient to explain how coastal communities in tropical ecosystems are ***,we test whether water stress or other factors drive community assembly in woody plant communities across the coastal zone of Brazil,a tropical *** characterized functional and phylogenetic structures of these communities and determined the underlying environmental factors(e.g.,water stress,historical climate stability,edaphic constraints,and habitat heterogeneity)that drive their community *** of coastal woody species show geographically varied patterns,including stochastic arrangements,clustering,and overdispersion of species relative to their traits and phylogenetic *** complexity,water vapor pressure,and soil nutrient availability best explained the gradient in the functional *** deficit,water vapor pressure,and soil organic carbon were the best predictors of variation in phylogenetic *** results support the water-stress conservatism hypothesis on functional and phylogenetic structure,as well as the effect of habitat heterogeneity on functional structure and edaphic constraints on functional and phylogenetic *** effects are associated with increased phenotypic and phylogenetic divergence of woody plant assemblages,which is likely mediated by abiotic filtering and niche opportunities,suggesting a complex pattern of ecological assembly.

关键词： Brazil Completeness Clustering Restinga vegetation Water constraints

Analysis of a passive ankle exoskeleton for reduction of metabolic costs during walking

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Defence Technology（防务技术） 2024年第7期37卷 62-68页

作者： Luís Quinto Pedro Pinheiro Sergio B.Goncalves Ivo Roupa Paula Simoes Miguel Tavares da silva CINAMIL Academia MilitarInstituto Universitario MilitarLisbonPortugal IDMEC Instituto Superior TecnicoUniversidade de LisboaLisbonPortugal

Modern conflicts demand substantial physical and psychological exertion,often resulting in fatigue and diminished combat or operational *** exoskeletons have been developed recently to address these challenges,presenting various limitations that affect their operational or everyday *** article evaluates the performance of a dual-purpose passive ankle exoskeleton developed for the reduction of metabolic costs during walking,seeking to identify a force element that could be applied to the target *** on the 6-min walk test,twenty-nine subjects participated in the study using three different force *** results indicate that it is possible to reduce metabolic expenditure while using the developed ***,the comfort and range of motion results verify the exoskeleton's suitability for use in uneven terrain and during extended ***,the choice of the force element should be tailored to each user,and the control system should be adjustable to optimise the exoskeleton's performance.

关键词： Ankle passive exoskeleton Metabolic cost reduction Dual-use exoskeleton Gait Biomechanics

Evaluation of the Antibacterial and Antifungal Capacity of Nanoemulsions Loaded with Synthetic Chalcone Derivatives Di-Benzyl Cinnamaldehyde and Benzyl 4-Aminochalcone

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journal of Renewable Materials 2024年第2期12卷 285-304页

作者： Flavia Oliveira Monteiro da silva Abreu Taysse Holanda joice Farias do Nascimento Henety Nascimento Pinheiro Rachel Menezes Castelo Hélcio silva dos Santos Thais Benincá Patrícia da silva Malheiros júlio César Sousa Prado Raquel de Oliveira Fontenelle Maria Madalena de Camargo Forte Natural Polymers Laboratory PPGCNState University of CearáFortaleza60.714.903Brazil Polymeric Materials Laboratory PPGE3MFederal University of Rio Grande do SulPorto Alegre91501-970Brazil Natural Product Chemistry Laboratory PPGCNState University of CearáFortaleza60.714.903Brazil Food Hygiene and Microbiology Laboratory PPGCTAFederal University of Rio Grande do SulPorto Alegre91501-970Brazil Microbiology Laboratory Medicine SchoolFederal University of CearáSobral62010-560Brazil

With the increase in antimicrobial resistance,it has become necessary to explore alternative approaches for combating and preventing ***-cinnamaldehyde(CNM)and Benzyl4-amino(B4AM)are bioactive compounds derived from chalcones but with restricted solubility in aqueous *** can enhance the solubility of compounds and can be a promising alternative in the development of novel antimicrobials,with reduced side effects and prolonged *** objective of this study was to evaluate the stability of oil-in-water nanoemulsions loaded with two distinct types of chalcones at two different dosages,to propose a stable formulation with antimicrobial *** showed that nanoemulsions presented high encapsulation efficiency,low polydispersity index(PDI)and particle size below 200 nm,indicating that emulsification was a suitable method for nanoemulsion *** with higher dosages exhibited significant antimicrobial effects when compared to free chalcones and positive ***,B4AM nanoemulsions at higher dosages showed expressive activity against Salmonella minnesota,with a 420%greater inhibitory response compared to the free form and showing equivalence to the positive *** nanoemulsions showed excellent inhibitory activity at the highest dosage,equivalent to the positive control against *** and Staphylococcus *** greater number of conjugated bonds in CNM increased the antimicrobial activity in comparison with B4AM,and the formation of nanometric domains enhanced the bioavailability,being a promising alternative for antimicrobial applications.

关键词： Polysaccharide nanoemulsions S.aureus S.minnesota chalcones alginate