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Impermanence in relationships: Trait mindfulness attenuates the negative personal consequences of everyday dips in relationship satisfaction

Satisfying intimate relationships are crucial to human health and well-being. Yet even the best relationships include good days and bad ones, and when people experience bad days in terms of relationship satisfaction, it tends to undermine personal well-being. What can reduce the extent to which bad relational days spill over into personal well-being? Based on the Buddhist concept of impermanence, as well as modern theory and research examining mindfulness, we argue trait mindfulness renders people more aware and accepting of all forms of change, including to changes in their relationships. As such, we hypothesized that people with greater trait mindfulness would be less likely to experience decrements in personal well-being on days in which they experienced dips in relationship satisfaction. In a daily study of 80 couples across 14 days (N = 1,798 observations), people experienced lower life satisfaction, greater negative emotions, and fewer positive emotions on days when they reported lower than their average relationship satisfaction, but this association was attenuated for people high in mindfulness. These results suggest trait mindfulness partially buffers the negative consequences of daily dips in relationship satisfaction.
Differences in yield among annual forages used by the dairy industry under optimal and deficit irrigation

While perennial forages dominate the feed base on Australian dairy farms, poor persistence of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) and relatively poor forage nutritive value of kikuyu (Pennisetum clandestinum Hochst. ex. Chiov.) and paspalum (Paspalum dilatatum Poir.) has led to an increasing interest in growing annual forages. Thus, this study was conducted to identify annual forage species that are more productive than the commonly used perennial pasture species. Seventeen annual forages were investigated under ‘optimal’ irrigation and two deficit irrigation treatments (nominally 66 and 33% of irrigation water applied of the optimal level) over 3 years at Camden, New South Wales, on a brown dermosol in a warm temperate climate. The forages evaluated were: Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.), oats (Avena sativa L.), triticale (Triticosecale rimpaui Wittm), wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), balansa clover (Trifolium michelianum Savi), berseem clover (Trifolium alexandrinum L.), maple pea (Pisum sativum L.), Persian clover (Trifolium resupinatum L. var. majus Boiss.), subterranean clover (Trifolium subterraneum L.), forage rape (Brassica napus L.), forage radish (Raphanus sativus L.), maize (Zea mays L.), Japanese millet [Echinochloa esculenta (A. Braun) H. Scholz], pearl millet [Cenchrus americanus (L.) Morrone], sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench], cow pea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. ] and lablab [Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet]. There was more than a 4-fold range in annual yield between forages, but the length of the growing season and season of growth made direct comparisons difficult. Under optimal irrigation, maize produced the highest mean yield of 29.0 t DM/ha in only 125 days, which was over three times greater than cow pea (9.2 t DM/ha) grown in the same season yet requiring 190 days. Of the cool season annuals, wheat had the highest mean yield of up to 20.6 t DM/ha in 230 days, which was more than three times the yield of the lowest yielding forage, subterranean clover, at only 6.5 t DM/ha in 215 days. The forages which require harvesting generally had higher yields within a growing period of similar length than those that were defoliated to reflect being ‘grazed’. Combining annual forages in an annual cycle (e.g. maize and wheat) had the potential to produce up to 47 t DM/ha. Deficit irrigation reduced annual yield of all warm season-grown forages ranging from 8% for sorghum up to 48% for maize. In contrast, annual yield reductions were generally smaller for cool season forages, there being no reduction for forage rape, subterranean clover or oats, but up to 35% for Persian clover. However, while yield is an important criterion for choosing dairy forages, it is only one factor in a complex system, and choice of forages must be considered on a whole-farm basis and include water use efficiency, nutritive value, cost of production and risk.
Improvements to the diurnal upstream-downstream dissolved oxygen change technique for determining whole-stream metabolism in small streams

Whole-stream metabolism in a first-order stream was measured using upstream–downstream changes in dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration measured at 1-min intervals over a 40-h period. The measured change in DO was corrected for reaeration flux using a reaeration coefficient determined from injections of conservative and volatile tracers. The whole-stream metabolism measurement was compared in the spring with in situ chamber measurements performed a few days later in the same stream reach. Chamber measurements of community respiration extrapolated to a 24-h period (CR24) were about one third the whole-stream measurements, while gross primary production (GPP) measured at midday in the chambers was roughly 20% less than the whole-stream estimate. Whole-stream GPP was higher during the spring just prior to forest canopy closure than in summer or autumn. Community respiration exceeded whole-stream GPP on all dates and was greatest during the summer. Our results suggest that this whole-stream approach provides a .
Organic Fouling in Forward Osmosis: A Comprehensive Review

Organic fouling in the forward osmosis process is complex and influenced by different parameters in the forward osmosis such as type of feed and draw solution, operating conditions, and type of membrane. In this article, we reviewed organic fouling in the forward osmosis by focusing on wastewater treatment applications. Model organic foulants used in the forward osmosis literature were highlighted, which were followed by the characteristics of organic foulants when real wastewater was used as feed solution. The various physical and chemical cleaning protocols for the organic fouled membrane are also discussed. The study also highlighted the effective pre-treatment strategies that are effective in reducing the impact of organic fouling on the forward osmosis (FO) membrane. The efficiency of cleaning methods for the removal of organic fouling in the FO process was investigated, including recommendations on future cleaning technologies such as Ultraviolet and Ultrasound. Generally, a combination of physical and chemical cleaning is the best for restoring the water flux in the FO process.
Food Sustainability and Waste Reduction in Spain: Consumer Preferences for Local, Suboptimal, And/Or Unwashed Fresh Food Products

Improving food sustainability and reducing food waste are among the top challenges for achieving global sustainable development. In particular, changes towards more sustainable consumption are of vital importance in creating a more sustainable world. To shed light on these issues, we analyze to what extent and how consumers’ food preferences move towards more sustainable behavior. We assess the importance consumers attach to the following critical sustainable attributes of food related to food waste: (i) “Visual imperfections”, (ii) “washed/unwashed”, (iii) “size”, (iv) “locally produced”, and (v) “price”. We hypothesize that consumer preferences for these attributes are heterogeneous. Therefore, we segmented consumers into homogenous groups according to preferences for these sustainability attributes. To do this, we employed a direct ranking preference method using data gathered in an experiment conducted with consumers living in a mid-sized town in the northeast of Spain in 2018. The results suggest a high degree of consumer heterogeneity, and we identified four clusters according to the importance consumers attach to these attributes. The results are encouraging for the promotion of sustainability because different groups of consumers might prefer to purchase food products with different sustainable characteristics, such as locally grown, foods with visual imperfections, and minimally processed foods.
Phylogenetic relationships of Bracenica Radoman, 1973 (Caenogastropoda: Truncatelloidea)

a bStract : Shells of the representatives of the genus Bracenica Radoman, 1973: B. spiridoni , B. vitojaensis and a new species, collected at the Kotor Bay (Montenegro) are presented. For the new species also the operculum (characteristic of the genus), penis and the female reproductive organs are described and figured. Considering the shell, operculum, and soft part morphology the new species belongs to the genus Bracenica . Cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) of mitochondrial DNA sequence of the new species places it in the subfamily Sadlerianinae Szarowska, 2006, and Bracenica is the sister genus of Sadleriana Clessin, 1890. COI sequences of Hauffenia plana Bole, 1961 clearly indicate its placement within the genus Bracenica .
Identification and characterization of Salmonella typhi isolates from Southwest Sumba District, East Nusa Tenggara based on 16S rRNA gene sequences

Amarantini C. Sembiring L. Kushadiwijaya H. Asmara W (201I) Identification and characterization of Salmonella typhi isolatesfrom Southwest Sumba District. East Nusa Tenggara based on 16S rRNA gene sequences. Biodiversitas 12: 1-6. The incidence rate of typhoid fever in the Southwest Sumba District, East Nusa Tenggara was approximately about 725/100,000. In spite of such rate, there was not much known-yet about the molecular epidemiology of the disease. Thus, having accurate data and a strong discriminatory ability was crucial to scrutinize the molecular epidemiology of S. typhi with a molecular phylogenetic approach based on 16S rRNA gene sequences. Sixteen isolates representative of S. typhi from different geographical regions in Southwest Sumba District along with the reference strain S. typhi NCTC 786 had been identified and characterised based on 16S rRNA gene sequences using PCR amplification and sequencing. The 16S rRNA sequences data were aligned with the corresponding ayailable S. typhi sequences retrieved from the NCBI database by using CLUSTAL X software. Phylogenetic trees were generated with PHYLIP software package. Molecular phylogenetic analysis indicated that all the isolates belong to S. typhi species were suggested by their relativity with the type strain of S. typhi ATCC 19430T. It was also found that the isolates which belong to S. typhi species formed several different centers of diversity within the 16S rRNA gene tree. Each clade consisted of the strains from different geographical places in the District. Thus, to conclude the inquiry, there was evident inter-geographical spread of the strains and it tended to spread further into more remote areas in the District.
Community‐level direct and indirect impacts of an invasive plant favour exotic over native species

Indirect interactions mediated by shared enemies or mutualists (i.e. apparent competition) can influence whether invasive plants harm or benefit co‐occurring species. However, studies to date have largely examined single pairwise interactions, limiting our understanding of the interplay among different types of interactions and whether indirect impacts systematically favour native or exotic species. Predicting indirect interaction strength has also proven challenging, and it remains unclear whether the strengths of different indirect interactions are correlated. We conducted a field experiment in a grassland invaded by Scotch broom Cytisus scoparius to compare the strength of its indirect impacts, via both soil fungi and herbivores, on 21 native and exotic legume species growing in pots buried in the ground. Direct interactions of plants with soil fungi were controlled using nylon mesh pot windows of differing porosity (1 or 38 µm) to prevent or allow soil fungi hyphal growth. Arthropod herbivores were controlled through spraying pyrethrum pesticide. To assess indirect impacts, interactions were compared between plants adjacent to or 50 m away from an extensive Scotch broom invasion. We measured plant performance (survival, height and biomass), arthropod and hare herbivory, and rhizobia nodulation. Despite increasing arthropod herbivory of both native and exotic plant species, Scotch broom had a net positive impact on their survival and growth, through sheltering them from abiotic stress, and indirectly via beneficial soil fungi and release from hare browsing. Soil fungi also increased arthropod herbivory, decreased rhizobia nodulation and disproportionately promoted the growth of exotic plants. Overall, exotic plants experienced stronger interactions, which favoured them with beneficial soil fungi and rhizobia but not hare browsing. Finally, indirect interaction strength was not correlated among indirect interactions mediated by different interaction partners. Synthesis. We demonstrate that invaders affect their competitors through multiple interacting indirect pathways that were stronger than direct ‘nurse plant’ effects, emphasizing the importance of a community‐level approach to studying biological invasions. Exotic species experienced stronger positive and negative impacts than natives, but were facilitated overall, potentially contributing to exotic dominance in communities.
Analysis non-sparse recovery for relaxed ALASSO

This paper considers recovery of signals that are corrupted with noise. We focus on a novel model which is called relaxed ALASSO (RALASSO) model introduced by Z. Tan et al. (2014). Compared to the well-known ALASSO, RALASSO can be solved better in practice. Z. Tan et al. (2014) used the \begin{document}$ D $\end{document} -RIP to characterize the sparse or approximately sparse solutions for RALASSO when the \begin{document}$ D $\end{document} -RIP constant \begin{document}$ \delta_{2k} , where the solution is sparse or approximately sparse in terms of a tight frame \begin{document}$ D $\end{document} . However, their estimate of error bound for solution heavily depends on the term \begin{document}$ \Vert D^*D\Vert_{1, 1} $\end{document} . Besides, compared to other works on signals recovering from ALASSO, the condition \begin{document}$ \delta_{2k} is even stronger. Based on the RALASSO model, we use new methods to get a better estimate of error bound and give a weaker sufficient condition in this article for the inadequacies of the results by Z. Tan et al. (2014). One of the result of this paper is to use another method called the robust \begin{document}$ \ell_2 $\end{document} \begin{document}$ D $\end{document} -Null Space Property to obtain the sparse or non-sparse solution of RALASSO and give the error estimation of RALASSO, where we eliminate the term \begin{document}$ \Vert D^*D\Vert_{1, 1} $\end{document} in the constants. Another result of the paper is to utilize the \begin{document}$ D $\end{document} -RIP to obtain a new condition \begin{document}$ \delta_{2k} which is weaker than the condition \begin{document}$ \delta_{2k} . To some extent, RALASSO is equivalent to ALASSO and the condition is also weaker than the similar one \begin{document}$ \delta_{3k} by J. Lin, and S. Li (2014) and \begin{document}$ \delta_{2k} by Y. Xia, and S. Li (2016).
Microwave-Mediated Synthesis of N-allyl/Propargyl Derivatives: Enzymatic Analysis as a Potential Factor Xa (FXa) Inhibitor, Theoretical and Computational Molecular Docking

Potential FXa inhibitors were developed by a rational design in the first instance, focusing on a key pharmacophore, present in gold standard drugs Rivaroxaban and Apixaban. The phenyl lactam scaffold filling one of the subsites in the catalytic site, S4 pocket, with significant aromatic π-π stacking interactions, allows this frame to be invariably located with accuracy, because of the six membered lactam ring attached to an aromatic benzene ring. We anticipated that the addition of an alkyne unit would enable the exploration of the first section of S1 pocket, in this way producing a better molecule optimizing binding between our potential inhibitor and the active site of FXa. A fluorimetric assay was performed to determine IC50 values on the proposed molecules. All these findings were rationalized by docking energy delta and theoretical structure, vibrational and reactivity analysis to formulate a more accurate explanation about which structure has is the optimal inhibitor for this therapeutic target in the blood coagulation cascade.
Extracellular Protective Mechanisms against Excess Free Radicals in Protein Energy-Malnourished Children.

In this study the level of some of the extracellular antioxidant proteins were investigated in 14 marasmic (M), 19 kwashiorkor (KWO), and 9 healthy children. Weight/age (W/A) and length/age (H/ A) were assessed for each child. Serum level of each of ferritin, transferrin, ceruloplasmin, haptoglobin, hemopexin, and albumin were determined. W/A and H/A z-scores for both M and KWO children were less than -4.0, whereas those for healthy children were normal for weight (<1.65) but less than -2.0 for the length. Mean serum ferritin level was significantly increased above the normal level for both M and KWO groups. Mean serum levels of the other five proteins were significantly reduced in KWO children. In M children, the mean level of each of transferrin, ceruloplasmin, and albumin was reduced but was still significantly higher than that in KWO children. By Pearson correlation analysis, serum albumin in both M and KWO children was highly significantly correlated with weight as well as with each of serum transfernn, ceruloplasmin, hemopexin, and haptoglobin.
Phylogeography of Eastern Polynesian sandalwood (Santalum insulare), an endangered tree species from the Pacific: a study based on chloroplast microsatellites

Aim Patterns of genetic variation within forest species are poorly documented in island ecosystems. The distribution of molecular variation for Santalum insulare, an endangered tree species endemic to the islands of eastern Polynesia, was analysed using chloroplast microsatellite markers. The aims were to quantify the genetic diversity; to assess the genetic structure; and to analyse the geographical distribution of the diversity within and between archipelagoes. The ultimate goal was to pre‐define evolutionary significant units (ESUs) for conservation and restoration programmes of this species, which constitutes a natural resource on small, isolated islands.
An LTE-Direct-Based Communication System for Safety Services in Vehicular Networks

With the expected introduction of fully autonomous vehicles, the long-term evolution (LTE)-based vehicle-to-everything (V2X) networking approach is gaining a lot of industry attention, to develop new strategies to enhance safety and telematics features. The vehicular and wireless industries are currently considering the development of an LTE-based system, which may co-exist, with the IEEE 802.11p-based systems for some time. In light of the above fact, our objective is to investigate the development of LTE Proximity Service (ProSe)-based V2X architecture for time-critical vehicular safety applications in an efficient and cost-effective manner. In this chapter, we present a new cluster-based LTE sidelink-based vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) multicast/broadcast architecture to satisfy the latency and reliability requirements of V2V safety applications. Our proposed architecture combines a new ProSe discovery mechanism for sidelink peer discovery and a cluster-based round-robin scheduling technique to distribute the sidelink radio resources among the cluster members. Utilizing an OMNET++ based simulation model, the performance of the proposed network architecture is examined. Results of the simulation show that the proposed algorithms diminish the end-to-end delay and overhead signaling as well as improve the data packet delivery ratio (DPDR) compared with the existing 3GPP ProSe vehicle safety application technique.
Bioconversion performance and development of black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens L.) on treated cocoa pod husk

Indonesia is the third largest cocoa producer in the world, thus the number of cocoa pod husk (CPH) resulted from this activity is abundant. To handle this waste, farmer usually uses it directly as a feed source to small ruminants but this practice is less effective due to its low protein content and it also contains a substantial amount of lignin. Black Soldier Fly (BSF) ( Hermetia illucens L.) (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) larvae are known as bioconversion agents that can be fed upon various organic substrates and they are also high protein source. The aim of this research was to evaluate the possibility of BSF grown on CPH based on their relative growth rate (RGR), efficiency of conversion of ingested food (ECI), waste reduction index (WRI), and development time. Body size of the imago from each treatment was also measured. Larvae were fed with fresh CPH (F), fresh blended CPH (B), composted CPH (C), mix of fresh CPH with food waste (F+FW) and mix of composted CPH with food waste (C+FW). Food waste served as a control. The results of this study show that the most ideal treatment that possible to be applied in cocoa plantation was C+FW treatmentwhich gave average prepupal fresh weight of 11.20 g/100 larvae with 18 days of development time. This treatment had the highest value of WRI and RGR among all treatments. Composted CPH that mixed with food waste treatment also had a shorter development time of BSF larvae.
Population differentiation in the grasshopper Sinipta dalmani: body size varies in relation to karyotype and climatic conditions

Abstract Sinipta dalmani is an Argentine grasshopper whose chromosome polymorphisms have been widely studied through cytogenetic and fitness-component analyses. This paper reviews the available information on its body-size variations as they relate to differences between sexes, karyotype and mating success, and shows a preliminary analysis of a pattern of geographic variation. A significant body-size sexual dimorphism was evident, with females being significantly larger than males. Polymorphic populations for M4 pericentric inversion showed considerable variation in both adult male and adult female sizes, a variation in part related to this chromosomal rearrangement, which has a negative effect on body size. Simultaneous cytogenetic, morphometric and fitness analyses showed direct evidence of phenotypic directional selection within populations favoring larger males and smaller females. The patterns of body-size differentiation among populations in relation to geographic conditions suggest local adaptation. Our results in S. dalmani demonstrate significant variation in body size within polymorphic populations and among geographical populations, which may be explained under a selective scenario.