Are There Inclusive, Accessible Reference Tools for the Post-Pandemic Era?

Attempts to integrate the twain (i.e., social justice [SJ] and civic engagement [CE]) are slowly emerging. This chapter critically explores the tools for inclusivity and engagement -- to facilitate developing digital literacies for an integrated program. Among the roles of LAM, such as, literacy, collaboration, outreach, advocacy, etc. this chapter deals with digital literacies -- the aim is to reduce the digital divide between haves and have-nots. The digital divide became most obvious during COVID-19, and therefore this dimension is the focus. The method adopted is a semi-automated strategy to support a rationale for analysis and validation of its findings. Strongly recommends the need to conduct COVID-19's impacted digital exclusion areas -- with due consideration for the work done at New Literacies Research Lab at the University of Connecticut. A combined quantitative and qualitative assessment will be required to remove the digital inequalities.. An innovative approach for data visualization is provided. It is a faceted technique developed by Dr. S R Ranganathan (viz., PMEST – personality, matter, energy, space, and time).

The Results of an Integrated Study of Unconventional Reservoirs and a First Attempt at their Development

Rechitsa multi-play oilfield is located within the Rechitsko-Vishanskaya subregional area of local uplifts of the Rechitsko-Vishanskaya tectonic stage of the Northern structural zone of the Pripyat Trough in the Republic of Belarus. Since 2014, Production Association Belorusneft has been conducting integrated research to study oil bearing capacity of sediments within rock Units I-III, which were previously considered to have no potential. Since then, the lithological and petrophysical, pyrolytic, and geomechanical features of the structure of these sediments have been studied. The research has confirmed the initial hypothesis that the studied sediments are unconventional reservoirs with source-rock genesis and contain hydrocarbons both of their own genesis and those which migrated from other rocks. The results of drilling and completion of horizontal exploration wells with multi-stage hydraulic fracturing confirmed the potential for obtaining commercial oil from the sediments of the unconventional reservoirs. At the same time, there were doubts about the optimal placement of the horizontal wells, the choice of completion strategy, and if the well performance lived up to the actual maximum potential of these sediments. The paper sums up the main results of implementing an integrated program for studying unconventional reservoirs of the Rechitsa oilfield, as well as of drilling and operating production wells to date.

A tribute to Robert Croyle, PhD, Director, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences

At the beginning of Dr. Robert Croyle’s 18th and final year as director of the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS), before his retirement in December 2021, it is fitting to review some of his and the division’s many accomplishments and pay tribute to him as one of the government’s most effective leaders. The focus of this article is on Dr. Croyle’s contributions in the behavioral and related domains and his and the division’s impact on the landscape of cancer control and population sciences. Dr. Croyle joined DCCPS in 1998 as associate director for behavioral research. He became acting director of DCCPS in 2001 and then director in 2003. DCCPS is a formidable NCI division, with broad mandates and responsibilities and many partners from multiple sectors. The division conducts and supports an integrated program of the highest-quality genetic, epidemiological, behavioral, social, applied, survivorship, surveillance, and health care delivery cancer research. The division’s notable successes in implementation science and the dissemination of evidence-based findings and products, use of cancer research consortia, and partnerships across National Institutes of Health and with external federal and nongovernmental organizations are among many that reflect Dr. Croyle’s visionary leadership.

Establishing ROS on Humanoid Soccer Robot-BarelangFC Software System

Humanoid robot is built on several sub-programs or systems which is integrated to each main programs in order to command the robot to move as a soccer player. Each main programs namely as a movement system, a visual sense system (vision), a sub-controller system, and a game strategy. Currently, each of main system constructed using different programming language, for instance: the vision system used python while the others used C and LUA for the movement kinematics. Employing different programming language will affect to response system because each of main system need to be integrated using socket in the beginning process. Robot response will be slow and cost a lot of memory usage. Therefore, in this paper will present a migrating process into robot operating system (ROS) and switch all the robot main system into python language. The integrated program will be examined in real-time application while the robot moved on the field. We used a python ROS in order to make the robot play autonomously on the field.

A one health genomic investigation of gentamicin resistance in Salmonella from human and chicken sources in Canada, 2014-2017

Objectives: We investigated whether the increased prevalence of gentamicin resistance in Salmonella from human infections was related to a similar increased prevalence in isolates from broiler chickens and whether this increase may have been due to co-selection from use of lincomycin-spectinomycin in chickens on farms. Methods: Whole genome sequencing was performed on gentamicin-resistant (gen-R) Salmonella isolates from human and chicken sources collected from 2014-2017 by the Canadian Integrated Program for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (CIPARS). We determined the genomic relatedness of strains and characterized resistance genes and plasmids. Results: From 2014-2017, 247 isolates of gen-R Salmonella were identified by CIPARS: 188 were from humans and 59 from chicken sources (26 from live animals on farm and 33 from retail meat). The five most common gen-R serovars were Heidelberg (n=93, 31.5%), 4,[5],12:i:- (n=42, 14.2%), Kentucky (n=37, 12.5%), Infantis (n=33, 11.2%), and Typhimurium (n=23, 7.8%). Phylogenomic analysis revealed that for S. Heidelberg and S. Infantis, there were closely related isolates from human and chicken sources. In both sources, resistance to gentamicin and spectinomycin was most frequently conferred by aac(3)-VIa and ant(3’’)-Ia , respectively. Plasmid closure confirmed linkages of gentamicin and spectinomycin resistance genes and revealed instances of similar plasmids from both sources. Conclusions: Gentamicin and spectinomycin resistance genes were linked on the same plasmids, and some plasmids and isolates from humans and chickens were genetically similar, suggesting that the use of lincomycin-spectinomycin in chickens may be selecting for gentamicin-resistant Salmonella in broiler chickens and that these resistant strains may be acquired by humans.

An accreditation program to produce native plant nursery stock free of Phytophthora for use in habitat restoration

Widespread Phytophthora infections have been discovered in nursery stock used in California restoration plantings. In response, nursery Phytophthora best management practices (NPBMPs) designed to exclude Phytophthora from nursery plants were developed to address the need for clean planting stock in restoration projects. A pilot program to implement the systematic use of the NPBMPs, Accreditation to Improve Restoration (AIR), was developed and started in 2018. As of 2020, 13 northern California restoration nurseries have been evaluated and five have met all the program requirements. In 564 tests conducted over four years with a sensitive leachate baiting protocol, no Phytophthora was detected from over 20,000 nursery plants produced in compliance with the NPBMPs. In comparison, Phytophthora was detected in 25% of tests conducted on partially-compliant stock, and in 71% of tests from nurseries following few or no NPBMPs. The AIR pilot program has demonstrated that container stock free of detectable Phytophthora can be reliably produced by adhering to an integrated program of clean nursery production practices. To obtain Phytophthora-free plants for habitat restoration, informed clients were willing to pay increased costs required to produce NPBMP-compliant nursery stock.