bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Ligature Style in the Middle Kingdom Hieratic Papyri
Authors: Ewais Marwa A. , Nassar Mohamed A.
Published: November 2022

This paper focuses on ligatures—one of the most typical features of hieratic script—through three of the most important sources of hieratic papyri in the Middle Kingdom: The Heqanakht papyri, the el-Lahun papyri and The Ramesseum papyri. This paper aims to respond to some questions raised about hieratic ligature signs, such as did the ancient Egyptian scribe have reasons and motives that made him choose either a connected or a separate spelling when writing a word, and was there a standard way to write ligature words rather than others? It also aims to study the different styles of ligature signs in Middle Kingdom hieratic papyri. In addition, a catalog is provided of one hundred and ninety ligature signs (Appendix).

 

تركز هذه الورقة البحثية على العلامات المركبة التي تعد واحدة من أكثر السمات النموذجية للكتابة الهيراطيقية وذلك من خلال دراسة ثلاثة من أهم مصادر البرديات الهيراطيقية في الدولة الوسطى (برديات حقانخت - بردية اللاهون - بردية رامسيوم). تهدف هذه الورقة إلى الرد على بعض الأسئلة التي أثيرت حول العلامات الهيراطيقية المركبة ، مثل هل كان للناسخ المصري القديم أسباب ودوافع جعلته يختار العلامات المتصل أو المنفصل عند كتابة كلمة؟ وهل هناك طريقة معيارية لكتابة الكلمات المركبة؟. كما تهدف الدراسة أيضا إلى تصنيف الأنماط المختلفة للعلامات المركبة في البرديات الهيراطيقية خلال عصر الدولة الوسطى. هذا بالإضافة إلى توفير كتالوج مكون من مائة وتسعين علامة مركبة تعود

الي فترة الدراسة (الملحق)
New Royal Woman of the Early New Kingdom
Authors: Hardwick Tom
Published: November 2022

Publication of a fragment of a faience menat naming Ahmose Sattjutji. It is suggested that Ahmose Sattjutji is a hitherto unknown member of the royal family of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Dynasties.

 

منشورعلميعن ِقطْعةمنحجرالفاينس"منات"حملاسمأحمسساتوتي.كانأحمسساتوتيعضوغيرمعروففيالعائلةالمالكةفيالأسرة المصرية السابعة عشر والأسرة المصرية الثامنة عشر.
“Lost” Arabic Excavation Diaries of the Harvard University- Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Authors: Manuelian Peter der
Published: November 2022

A new frontier has opened on Egyptian contributions to the Western expeditions of the early twentieth century, thanks to the 2006 (re)discovery in Egypt of more than seventy Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition Diaries written by the Diraz family of reises from Quft. Recent attempts to do justice to unnamed and unheralded Egyptian archaeologists have lacked such a treasure trove of written data: thousands of pages of Arabic text and sketches provided by Egyptian reises who were trained by George Reisner (1867–1942), director of the Expedition. A summary history is given of the main archaeological players of the Diraz family from el-Qal‘a, Quft (Part 1), followed by the author’s account of the discovery and recent history of the Arabic diary books in Egypt (Part 2). A brief discussion of their significance, with a few examples, is provided next (Part 3). The Arabic diaries form part of a new data-mining project since they offer us a reassessment of the role of Egyptians in what are usually described as Western excavations in Egypt.

 

تم فتح حدود جديدة لفهم المساهمات المصرية في البعثات الاستكشافية الغربية في أوائل القرن العشرين، وذلك بفضل (إعادة) اكتشاف أكثر من 70 دفتر يوميات تابع لبعثة جامعة هارفارد - متحف بوسطن للفنون الجميلة عام 2006 في مصر، كتبها أفراد عائلة ديراز من رؤساء العمال من قفط. افتقرت المحاولات الأخيرة لإنصاف الآثاريين المصريين المجهولين وغير المعلنين إلى هذا الكنز الدفين من البيانات المكتوبة: وهو عبارة عن آلاف الصفحات من النصوص العربية والرسومات التي قام بها المصريون الذين دربهم مدير البعثة، جورج ريزنر (1867–1942). تم تقديم ملخص لتاريخ الأثريين الرئيسيين لعائلة ديراز من القلعة بقفط (الجزء الأول)، متبو ًعا بشرح المؤلف للاكتشاف والتاريخ الحديث لدفتر اليوميات العربية في مصر (الجزء الثاني). يتم تقديم مناقشة موجزة لأهمية الاكتشاف، مع بعض الأمثلة (الجزء 3). يشكل دفتر اليوميات

العربية جز ًءا من مشروع جديد للتنقيب عن البيانات لأنها تقدم لنا إعادة تقييم لدور المصريين فيما يوصف عادة بالحفائر الغربية في مصر.
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Published: November 2022

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Review of An Archaeology of Egyptian Monasticism: Settlement, Economy and Daily Life at the White Monastery Federation
Authors: Schroeder Caroline
Published: November 2022

Louise Blanke, An Archaeology of Egyptian Monasticism: Settlement, Economy and Daily Life at the White Monastery Federation. Yale Egyptological Publications 2. New Haven, Yale University Press, 2019. ISBN 9781950343003. Pp. 245, 99 figures (including maps, tables, site plans). $40.
Review of Nefertiti: Queen and Pharaoh of Egypt. Her Life and Afterlife
Authors: Brown Nicholas
Published: November 2022

Aidan Dodson, Nefertiti: Queen and Pharaoh of Egypt. Her Life and Afterlife. Cairo: AUC Press, 2020. ISBN 978- 9774169908. Pp. 184 with 137 color photographs and black and white illustrations. $35.00.
Review of The Precinct of Mut at South Karnak: An Archaeological Guide
Authors: Singer Ariel
Published: November 2022

Richard A. Fazzini and Betsy M. Bryan, The Precinct of Mut at South Karnak: An Archaeological Guide. Cairo: AUC Press, 2021. ISBN: 9774169735. Pp. 94, 106 color illustrations. Pbk $19.65.
Review of Egyptian Hieroglyphs in the Late Antique Imagination
Authors: Cromwell Jennifer
Published: November 2022

Jennifer Taylor Westerfeld, Egyptian Hieroglyphs in the Late Antique Imagination. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019. ISBN 978-0-8122-5157-9. Pp. xiv + 242, 15 black and white illustrations. $32.37.
Análise da universalização, investimento e governança do serviço de esgoto sanitário de sedes municipais das Bacias Hidrográficas do Leste (BHL) na Bahia
Authors: Chaves Carvalho Joanna Isis , De Jesus Júnior Guilhardes , Lima Gomes Ronaldo
Published: November 2022

Encontram-se inseridas nas bacias hidrográficas do Leste vinte municípios que, em maior ou menor grau, utilizam-se dos seus recursos hídricos, os quais possuem importância significativa no âmbito cultural e para o desenvolvimento econômico da região. A expansão urbana intensificou os impactos sob o meio ambiente. Cenário que não foi acompanhado pelo aprimoramento da infraestrutura de esgotamento sanitário, culminando em dejetos in natura sendo lançado nos rios e intensificando a situação de escassez hídrica comum nesta região. O serviço de esgoto sanitário é pressuposto para o desenvolvimento sustentável, correspondendo a um direito humano respaldado por uma ampla legislação nacional. Desta forma, cabe ao Estado e aos prestadores zelarem pela estruturação e eficiência do setor, garantindo um acesso equitativo, universal e seguro a este serviço que constitui um direito básico do cidadão.  O presente estudo busca analisar a situação da universalização, investimento e governança do serviço de esgotamento sanitário das sedes inseridas nas bacias hidrográficas do Leste. Para tanto, possui natureza quali-quantitativa, utilizando-se de dados retirados do Sistema Nacional do Saneamento Básico (SNIS), Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) e de requerimentos enviados para as prefeituras municipais através do Sistema de Informação ao Cidadão em sua forma eletrônica (e-SIC) e física.
Unleashing a novel function of Endonuclease G in mitochondrial genome instability
Authors: Dahal Sumedha , Siddiqua Humaira , Sharma Shivangi , Babu Ravi K , Rathore Diksha , Sharma Sheetal , Raghavan Sathees C
Published: November 2022

Having its genome makes the mitochondrion a unique and semiautonomous organelle within cells. Mammalian mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is a double-stranded closed circular molecule of about 16 kb coding for 37 genes. Mutations, including deletions in the mitochondrial genome, can culminate in different human diseases. Mapping the deletion junctions suggests that the breakpoints are generally seen at hotspots. ‘9 bp deletion’ (8271–8281), seen in the intergenic region of cytochrome c oxidase II/tRNALys, is the most common mitochondrial deletion. While it is associated with several diseases like myopathy, dystonia, and hepatocellular carcinoma, it has also been used as an evolutionary marker. However, the mechanism responsible for its fragility is unclear. In the current study, we show that Endonuclease G, a mitochondrial nuclease responsible for nonspecific cleavage of nuclear DNA during apoptosis, can induce breaks at sequences associated with ‘9 bp deletion’ when it is present on a plasmid or in the mitochondrial genome. Through a series of in vitro and intracellular studies, we show that Endonuclease G binds to G-quadruplex structures formed at the hotspot and induces DNA breaks. Therefore, we uncover a new role for Endonuclease G in generating mtDNA deletions, which depends on the formation of G4 DNA within the mitochondrial genome. In summary, we identify a novel property of Endonuclease G, besides its role in apoptosis and the recently described ‘elimination of paternal mitochondria during fertilisation.
Phox2b mutation mediated by Atoh1 expression impaired respiratory rhythm and ventilatory responses to hypoxia and hypercapnia
Authors: Ferreira Caroline B , Silva Talita M , Silva Phelipe E , Castro Claudio L , Czeisler Catherine , Otero José J , Takakura Ana C , Moreira Thiago S
Published: November 2022

Mutations in the transcription factor Phox2b cause congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS). The syndrome is characterized by hypoventilation and inability to regulate breathing to maintain adequate O2 and CO2 levels. The mechanism by which CCHS impact respiratory control is incompletely understood, and even less is known about the impact of the non-polyalanine repeat expansion mutations (NPARM) form. Our goal was to investigate the extent by which NPARM Phox2b mutation affect (a) respiratory rhythm; (b) ventilatory responses to hypercapnia (HCVR) and hypoxia (HVR); and (c) number of chemosensitive neurons in mice. We used a transgenic mouse line carrying a conditional Phox2bΔ8 mutation (same found in humans with NPARM CCHS). We crossed them with Atoh1cre mice to introduce mutation in regions involved with respiratory function and central chemoreflex control. Ventilation was measured by plethysmograph during neonatal and adult life. In room air, mutation in neonates and adult did not greatly impact basal ventilation. However, Phox2bΔ8, Atoh1cre increased breath irregularity in adults. The HVR and HCVR were impaired in neonates. The HVR, but not HCVR, was still partially compromised in adults. The mutation reduced the number of Phox2b+/TH--expressing neurons as well as the number of fos-activated cells within the ventral parafacial region (also named retrotrapezoid nucleus [RTN] region) induced by hypercapnia. Our data indicates that Phox2bΔ8 mutation in Atoh1-expressing cells impaired RTN neurons, as well as chemoreflex under hypoxia and hypercapnia specially early in life. This study provided new evidence for mechanisms related to NPARM form of CCHS neuropathology.
Emerging uses of the Research Organization Registry
Authors: French Amanda
Published: November 2022

Since its launch in 2019, the Research Organization Registry (ROR) has seen tremendous support from key players in the scholarly communication system, and the past year has seen a particular increase in adoption of ROR. Crossref, DataCite, and ORCID now all support ROR identifiers in their metadata schemas, and many open access publishers and data repositories are using ROR to exchange organizational affiliation information across systems. This poster will give a brief introduction to ROR and feature some notable uses of the ROR ID in order to show what is possible when systems track and share consistent organizational identifiers as open metadata in the teeming ecosystem of scholarly information.
Crossref has articulated its ideal scholarly communication system in its aspirational vision of the Research Nexus, which it imagines as "A rich and reusable open network of relationships connecting research organizations, people, things, and actions; a scholarly record that the global community can build on forever, for the benefit of society." These building blocks of "research organizations, people, things, and actions" must generally be represented by machine-readable persistent identifiers in order to be made visible and useful: ROR IDs identify and disambiguate research organizations just as ORCIDs identify researchers and DOIs identify research outputs ("things") such as articles and datasets. DOIs and ORCIDs are now widely understood to be central to the scholarly communication system, but because ROR is a newer initiative, its value may not be as clearly understood.
Only recently has ROR begun to be visible in the scholarly landscape, especially but not only in open access and open data projects. For instance, The Open Access Monitor , a project to improve data about open access in Germany, uses ROR IDs to describe and manage organizations, which allows a user to get very rich data about the open access status of publications issued by researchers affiliated with a particular German research organization (e.g., the Max Planck Institute). OpenAlex , a fully open catalog of the global research system, also uses ROR IDs to track author affiliation information: 94% of the 109,000 institutions in OpenAlex have a ROR ID. The Dryad data repository  asks for institutional affiliation when a user submits a dataset and uses ROR to generate an institutional browse feature in its interface. 
As we try to improve the system of scholarly communication, we need to remember that research organizations should not be represented by inconsistent text strings or closed identifiers. We can ask and answer more interesting questions of the scholarly record when we can trust its organizational information.
Writing as PARTicipation: working towards in:tuition and intimating
Authors: Murray Fiona , Gale Ken
Published: November 2022

This paper is a thought-experiment into the question, “How might we participate in the writing of this paper together?”  Having been both inspired and moved by Erin Manning´s beautiful chapter “Me Lo Dijo un Pajarito: Neurodiversity, Black Life and the University as we Know It’ (2020) we pick up the baton of moving thinking into how we can begin to work together to contribute to the reconceptualization of educational and research practices and specifically through practices of inclusion and participation within them. We do this with the starting point of our own participation in the writing of this paper.  We follow the faint line of two emerging techniques.  The first technique, in:tuition, emerges to help make operational a practice of participation that engages participants, students, us, on the register of the preindividual.  The second technique, intimating, works towards a notion of transindividual participation. 

We offer an immanent and processual approach to practice, involving a ‘(r)eaching toward one another, (in which) our individuations qualitatively alter our “individuality.”  With Manning, we work with ‘thinking-feeling (as) the transversality of all planes of experience in the immanent twist’ with the desire of twisting into new and socially just practices.
Fielding Fractured Masculinities: Implications for Nonrepresentational Educational Research Methodology in the Philosophy of Erin Manning
Authors: Sweet Joseph D.
Published: November 2022

In this paper, I put Erin Manning’s philosophical project into conversation with gender theory and consider possibilities regarding what it means to theorize masculinities in educational research methodology. To do this, I first speak to the urgency for reconceptualizing masculinities in education, outline how educational researchers have previously theorized the field, and problematize previous work that theorized masculinity as a relatively stable and monolithic identity marker. Following this, I consider what Manning’s process philosophy might offer educational researchers in the field of masculinities. In thinking with masculinities, the ongoing and lived experiences of gender, and Manning, I offer “fractured masculinities,” which theorizes masculinities as multiple, mobile, relational, contextual, intersectional, and fractured.
Extending the vibroscape to agroecosystems: investigating the influence of abiotic factors and monitoring insect vibrational signaling
Authors: Akassou Imane , Zapponi Livia , Verrastro Vincenzo , Ciolli Marco , Mazzoni Valerio
Published: November 2022

Environmental conditions are crucial factors that influence communication systems and affect animal behavior. Research in the field of biotremology has improved our understanding of insect behavior, ecology, and evolution. However, the interactions between vibrational signaling and environmental factors are less studied, mainly because of technical issues faced in field trials. We therefore developed and tested an approach to investigate the effect of abiotic factors on insect vibrational signaling and explored its implementation as a monitoring tool for insect vibrational signals, using a vineyard as an agroecosystem model. Our results showed a significant decrease in insect signaling activity during unsuitable conditions of high temperature and wind velocity. We determined for the first time, the daily signaling pattern of the two insect pests,Scaphoideus titanusandHalyomorpha halys, in natural conditions. Biotremology techniques could be profitably used to monitor not only the presence of target pest species but also the biodiversity associated with vibrational signaling insects. In particular, the method implemented in this study could be used as a tool to compare the quality of cultivated areas under different management systems.
Benthic invertebrates in Svalbard fjords—when metabarcoding does not outperform traditional biodiversity assessment
Authors: Willassen Endre , Westgaard Jon-Ivar , Kongsrud Jon Anders , Hanebrekke Tanja , Buhl-Mortensen Pål , Holte Børge
Published: November 2022

To protect and restore ecosystems and biodiversity is one of the 10 challenges identified by the United Nations’s Decade of the Ocean Science. In this study we used eDNA from sediments collected in two fjords of the Svalbard archipelago and compared the taxonomic composition with traditional methods through metabarcoding, targeting mitochondrial CO1, to survey benthos. Clustering of 21.6 mill sequence reads with a d value of 13 in swarm, returned about 25 K OTU reads. An identification search with the BOLD database returned 12,000 taxonomy annotated sequences spanning a similarity range of 50% to 100%. Using an acceptance filter of minimum 90% similarity to the CO1 reference sequence, we found that 74% of the ca 100 taxon identified sequence reads were Polychaeta and 22% Nematoda. Relatively few other benthic invertebrate species were detected. Many of the identified sequence reads were extra-organismal DNA from terrestrial, planktonic, and photic zone sources. For the species rich Polychaeta, we found that, on average, only 20.6% of the species identified from morphology were also detected with DNA. This discrepancy was not due to missing reference sequences in the search database, because 90–100% (mean 96.7%) of the visually identified species at each station were represented with barcodes in Boldsystems. The volume of DNA samples is small compared with the volume searched in visual sorting, and the replicate DNA-samples in sum covered only about 2% of the surface area of a grab. This may considerably reduce the detection rate of species that are not uniformly distributed in the sediments. Along with PCR amplification bias and primer mismatch, this may be an important reason for the limited congruence of species identified with the two approaches. However, metabarcoding also identified 69 additional species that are usually overlooked in visual sample sorting, demonstrating how metabarcoding can complement traditional methodology by detecting additional, less conspicuous groups of organisms.
Successful Isolation of Burkholderia pseudomallei from Soil by Extended Incubation of Ashdown’s Agar: A Cross-sectional Study
Authors: Raj Sruthi , Sistla Sujatha , Amberpet Rajesh , Peela Sreeram Chandra Murthy
Published: November 2022

Introduction: Melioidosis is an infectious disease of humans and animals caused by an environmental saprophyte Burkholderia pseudomallei. Although the organism is associated with soil and water, environmental isolation is rarely successful which could be due to the existence of viable but non-culturable forms. Aim: To isolate B. pseudomallei from the soil to detect the environmental presence of this organism in and around Puducherry, India. Materials and Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out from July 2018 to January 2021 at Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, India. A total of 473 soil samples were collected from areas surrounding the residence and workplaces of seven culture-proven melioidosis cases, from Puducherry and three districts of Tamil Nadu (Cuddalore, Nagapattinam and Villupuram) during the dry and wet seasons. Soil samples were enriched in Ashdown’s broth and cultured on Ashdown’s agar. The plates were incubated at 37°C and examined daily for seven days with a further extended period of incubation till the tenth day for samples that did not show growth. Suspected isolates were subjected to Vitek 2 system for biochemical identification. Confirmation of the isolates was carried out by antigen detection and Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). Results: From 473 soil samples processed, bacteria with colony morphology similar to B. pseudomallei were isolated in 56 (11.83%) samples. Only one isolate, which was detected on the tenth day of incubation was confirmed as B. pseudomallei using antigen detection and PCR. This sample was collected during the wet season (December 2020) from Endur, in the Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu, India. Conclusion: The study findings highlight the importance of extended incubation of culture plates at 37°C for up to ten days to improve the chances of isolation from the soil.
Students and Teachers’ Perceptions on Vocational Skills in Promoting Technical Innovation: The Case of Veta Kihonda in Morogoro Municipality
Authors: Nyanda Sylvery , Mushi Paul S. D.
Published: November 2022

The study focused on the students' and teachers' perceptions of vocational skills in promoting technical innovation; a case of Morogoro Municipality specifically at VETA Kihonda. The study employed a descriptive research design based on a mixed approach i.e., both qualitative and quantitative data were used. To select respondents, both simple random and purposive sampling techniques were used. The sample size of 105 was calculated by using Yamane's [1] formula. Therefore, 90 finalist VETA students were randomly selected while 15 teachers were purposively selected and used in this study. Both primary and secondary data sources were used in the study. Moreover, qualitative data were analyzed thematically while quantitative data were descriptively analyzed with the support of SPSS version 25 to generate frequencies and percentages. The study revealed that the high cost of raw materials, lack of access to finance, lack of qualified personnel, lack of motivation, and environmental factors were perceived by respondents to be the challenge for VETA in promoting technological innovation. Based on the study findings, researchers recommended that the modernization of workshops/training facilities periodically and the replacement of older training equipment and tools with new ones are required.
Social and Economic Analysis of Gillnet Fishermen in Karangsong, Indonesia
Authors: Nurhabibah Vika , Rizal Achmad , Lili Walim , Suryana Asep Agus Handaka
Published: November 2022

Indonesia is an archipelago with a diversity of sustainable fishery resources with economic value. This research was carried out in Karangsong village, Indramayu district, from September to October 2022 to analyze the welfare level of gill net fishermen in Karangsong village, Indramayu district. The method used is a descriptive case study with a quantitative approach. Data collection techniques were carried out by direct observation, and interviews were completed by filling out questionnaires of 30 respondents. Respondents were taken using a purposive sampling technique. The research parameters include ten welfare indicators summarized by the Central Statistics Agency (2015). The results of the research show that based on the welfare indicators according to the Central Statistics Agency (2015), it is known that the income of labor fishermen comes from wages from the fishery profit sharing system and other jobs with an average total income of IDR 5,086.667 per month. Meanwhile, total expenditures came from food and non-food spending, with an average of IDR 3,792,667 per month. Gill net fishermen in Karang song village are classified as having a high level of welfare, between a score of >2.31 and a total score of 2.76. Labor fishermen classified in high welfare were 27 respondents, while labor fishermen classified in moderate welfare were 3 respondents.
Influence of Wastes of Taro Leaf, Sugar Beet and Saw Dust on Physiochemical Parameters of Produced Vermicompost
Authors: Moustafa Yasser Thabet A. , Mustafa Nabil S. A. , El-Dahshouri Mohamad F. , Ghonim Sameh Mohamed Mohamed El-Sawy , Zuhair Raghda , Zhang Lixin , Hassoub M. A.
Published: November 2022

Climatic change and its negative impacts may consider as one of the big global challenges, and eliminate soil and water availability time by time. Adding organic fertilizers (i.e.  vermicompost) as soil amelioration may consider as one of effective approaches in order to recover soil degradation and enhance water retention in soil. Through vermicomposting, agro-wastes are converted into vermicompost that rich in humus, growth promoters (i.e. amino acids, growth hormones) and nutrients. Obtained results of this study indicated that these agro-wastes resulted in varying of physiochemical parameters and vermicompost content of amino acids and growth promoters. Whereas, adding Saw Dust (SD) to Cow dung (CD) during vermicomposting resulted in raising Organic matter and N content. Meanwhile, adding SD to Fish Sludge (FS) resulted in increment in C:N ratio and P content in vermicompost. Besides, adding Taro leaf (TL) to cow dung during vermicomposting led to increment in amino acids. In addition, adding Sugar Beet (SB) to cow dung during vermicomposting resulted in raising Abscisic acid (ABA) and gibberellins (GA3) content. Moreover, these different agro-wastes resulted in varying microbial activity and the highest activities produced when TL adding to FS during vermicomposting. Finally, these different   agro-wastes led to differing in antimicrobial activity in produced vermicompost. From the results of the study, research team concluded that there is a great potential to produce vermicompost with specific quality that may play a crucial role in combat climatic change particularly reinforce tolerant plant to drought stress.
Exploration and Assessment on the Agronomic Requirement of Taverniera abyssinica A. Rich: A Critically Endangered Medicinal Plant of Ethiopia
Authors: Asmelash Fisseha , Atnafu Hailu , Wube Sisay
Published: November 2022

We determined the distribution and abundance of Taverniera abyssinica A. Rich in the Shewa floristic region, Ethiopia. We also carried out a mesh-house experiment to know whether T. abyssinica is able to survive and grow in any soil. From the nine potential locations we made exploration, T. abyssinca populations were found only in the two, Lemen and Mojo. The abundance of mature individuals was estimated to be more than 600/hectare. The one-way ANOVA results indicated that soil does not have a significant (p>0.05) effect on seedlings survival rate. However, it was found to have significant (p<0.05) effects on seedlings growth, root nodulation, and root arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi colonization. Seedlings grown on the soil collected from Lemen and Mojo produced significantly (p<0.05) more number of leaves and grew better than those grown on Addis Ababa (where the species was never reported to grow) soil. The root fresh weight of seedlings grown on Addis Ababa soil was found to be significantly (p<0.05) and 38.89% and 54.17% lower than the root fresh weight of seedlings grown on Lemen and Mojo soils respectively. We report that T. abyssinica is N-fixer and arbuscular mycorrhizal. Seedlings grown on the Addis Ababa soil were not colonized by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi while those grown on Lemen and Mojo soils were. Although the estimated abundance of mature T. abyssinica individuals was high, there is continued exploitation of the species and habitat loss is imminent. Therefore, integrated conservation program by way of ex situ conservation, in situ conservation, and cultivation should be implemented. Taverniera abyssinica could be cultivated in areas with leptosol and degraded vertisol soils with slightly acidic to basic pH. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi could play key role in future conservation and cultivation efforts of the species.
Effect of Inorganic Fertilizers (NPK) with Organic Sources (Biomix and Humic Acid) on the Bulb Quality and Storage Quality of Onions (Allium cepa L.)
Authors: Garde A. P. , Shinde S. J. , Kale A. S.
Published: November 2022

An investigation entitled "Effect of different levels of fertilizers with organic sources on growth, yield and quality of onion (Allium cepa L.)" was undertaken at the experimental farm, Department of Horticulture, VNMKV, Parbhani, Maharashtra, in the late Kharif season of 2020–21 and 2021–22. The present investigation was laid out in a factorial randomized block design (FRBD) with three different levels of recommended dose of fertilizers (RDF): F1: RDF 80% (80:40:40 NPK kg/ha), F2: RDF 100% (100:50:50 NPK kg/ha) and F3: RDF 120% (120:60:60 NPK kg/ha) with six levels of organic sources, namely, S0 : Control, S1 : Biomix 10 kg/ha, S2 : Biomix 12.5 kg/ha, S3 : Biomix 15 kg/ha, S4 : Humic acid 05 kg/ha and S5 : Humic acid 10 kg/ha comprising eighteen treatments and replicated thrice. The aim of this work is to study the effect of different levels of RDF and organic sources on the bulb quality and storage quality of onions (Allium cepa L.). The onion bulb produced under 120% RDF has recorded the higher mean values of the quality parameters, viz., chlorophyll content (63.44 SPAD value), ascorbic acid content (11.71 mg/100 g), total soluble solids (12.23%), reducing sugar (2.33%), non-reducing sugar (5.27%) and total sugar (7.60%). Among the organic sources, humic acid at 10 kg/ha had the highest mean chlorophyll content (59.66 SPAD value), total soluble solids (11.91%), reducing sugar (2.29%), non-reducing sugar (5.03%), and total sugar (7.32%), with the exception of ascorbic acid (10.89 mg/100 g), which was highest at biomix 15 kg/ha. In five months of storage studies, the mean minimum physiological loss in weight (18.47%) at ambient storage was observed under 80:40:40 NPK kg/ha, and the maximum total soluble solids (%) were recorded at 120:60:60 NPK kg/ha. During a five-month storage study, the mean minimum PLW (18.55%) at ambient storage was recorded under biomix at 15 kg/ha. The mean maximum total soluble solids were found after humic acid treatment (10 kg/ha) in the fifth month of storage.
Status of Nitrogen Pools Under Important Cropping Systems in Inceptisols and Vertisols of Northern Telangana, India
Authors: Shalini V. , Chaithanya A. Krishna , Chandrashaker K. , Kumari CH. Aruna
Published: November 2022

Vertisols have showed 11.58, 26.92 and 19.80 % higher amount of available nitrogen, 20.42, 36.65 and 16.72 % higher amount of total nitrogen in 0-15, 15-30 and 30-45 cm depths, respectively over inceptisols. CS1 has maintained higher amount of available nitrogen content (237 kg ha-1) followed by CS2 (219 kg ha-1) > CS4 (189 kg ha-1) > CS3 (184 kg ha-1) at surface soil (0-15 cm). In vertisols, ammonical nitrogen contributed 48.72 percent to available N, whereas in inceptisols it was 44.46%. Nitrate nitrogen content was recorded significantly higher under vertisols at 0-15 and 15-30 cm soil depths. At 30-45 cm depth inceptisols recorded significantly higher values. However, NO3-N contributed 32.52 percent towards available N in inceptisols, whereas the share was 30.33 percent under vertisols. In the soil profile, percent contribution of ammonical nitrogen to available N followed as CS1 > CS4 > CS2 > CS3 with the values 53.13, 48.26, 44.49 and 41.49 %. On the other hand, percent contribution of NO3 –N towards available N followed different order as CS4 (40.08%) > CS3 (37.42%) > CS2 (32.44%) > CS1 (20.92%).
Effect of Integration Vermicompost and Nano-Fertilizer on Fig Seedlings Growth and Soil Health
Authors: Mustafa Nabil S. A. , Khoudair Ahmed A. , El-Dahshouri Mohamad F. , Zuhair Raghda , Zhang Lixin , Moustafa Yasser Thabet A. , Shaarawy H. H.
Published: November 2022

This study was conducted with the aim of making a new approach to plant fertilization based on nano-fertilizers and vermicompost and its positive effect on soil health. This work was carried out in the experimental research shade house of National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, Egypt during (2020- 2021). For this purpose, healthy 5 years old fig seedlings sultani cultivar. The seedlings were planted in black polyethylene pots with 30 cm diameter fooled. with use 10 kg washed sand mixed very good with use three concentrations of Vermicompost 500 -1000 and 1500g/seedling ,with adding varied doses of Nano-NPK(20:20:20) fertilizers (200, and 400ppm) as foliar application. Nano-NPK fertilizers treatments were applied two times monthly during active season, also fig  seedlings were irrigated twice weekly .At the end of each growth season, leaves were collected to record some vegetative parameters (leaf fresh and dry weight and leaf area) then these samples of leaves were dried and digested to determine nutrient statues under tested treatments. Moreover, Estimation of microbial and enzymatic activities of vermicompost. Obtained results indicated that, substituting half recommended dose of spraying with Nano-fertilizers at (400 ppm) positively promote most of recorded vegetative growth parameters and without any deficiency symptoms on seedlings. Also, The microbial and enzyme activities of the soil are closely related to the organic matter content and influenced by all practices applied for soil including adding fertilizers, emphasize these impacts of organic matter as vermicompost and nano-fertilizers. Besides, all treatments (vermicompost + nano-fertilizers) resulted in increasing enzyme activity comparing with control treatment. Also, indicated that at the same level of nano-fertilizers, increasing vermicompost dosses lead to increase enzyme activity particularly in level 200ppm of fertilizers.
The \(\alpha\)-analogues of r-Whitney Numbers via Normal Ordering
Authors: Kim Hye Kyung
Published: November 2022

The normal ordering of an integral power of the number operator a\(^\dagger\)a in terms of boson annihilation a and creation a\(^\dagger\) operators is expressed with the help of the Stirling numbers of the second kind. The normal ordering problems directly links the problems to combinatorics. Whit this in mind, in this paper, we define the \(\alpha\)-analogues of r-Whitney numbers of the first kind and those of second kind, which are different from degenerate r-Whitney numbers. We show that \(\alpha\)-analogues falling factorial of the number operator is expressed in terms of the \(\alpha\)-analogues of r-Whitney numbers of the first kind and its inverse formula is expressed as those of the second kind. We also derived some properties, recurrence relations and several identities on those numbers arising from Boson annihilation a and creation operators a\(^\dagger\), number operators \(\hat{h}\) and coherent states.
Increased Delay in Diagnosis, but Not Treatment, Among Patients With Oral Cancer During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors: Lo Giudice Giorgio , Colella Giuseppe , Boschetti Ciro Emiliano , Colella Chiara , Tartaro Gianpaolo , Cirillo Nicola
Published: November 2022

This retrospective cohort study assesses delays in diagnosis and treatment for patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma in a tertiary care university hospital in Naples, Italy.
Recent Progress in Synthesis and Application of Biomass‐Based Hybrid Electrodes for Rechargeable Batteries
Authors: Baskar Arun V. , Singh Gurwinder , Ruban Ajanya M. , Davidraj Jefrin M. , Bahadur Rohan , Sooriyakumar Prasanthi , Kumar Prashant , Karakoti Ajay , Yi Jiabao , Vinu Ajayan
Published: November 2022

The rapid growth in electronic and portable devices demands safe, durable, light weight, low cost, high energy, and power density electrode materials for rechargeable batteries. In this context, biomass‐based materials and their hybrids are extensively used for energy generation research, which is primarily due to their properties such as large specific surface area, fast ion/electron kinetics, restricted volume expansion, and restrained shuttle effect. In this review, the key advancements in the preparation of biomass derived porous carbons using different synthesis strategies and their modifications with species such as heteroatoms, metal oxides, metal sulfides, silicon, and other carbon forms are discussed. The electrochemical performances of these materials and the ion storage mechanisms in different batteries including lithium‐ion, lithium–sulfur, sodium‐ion, and potassium‐ion batteries are discussed. Special attention will be paid to the challenges in using porous biomass‐derived carbons and the current strategies employed for maximizing the specific capacity and lifetime for battery applications. Finally, the drawbacks in current technology and endeavors for the future research and development in the field to catapult the performances of the biomass derived materials in order to equip them to meet the demands of commercialization are highlighted.
A Multifunctional Coating Strategy for Promotion of Immunomodulatory and Osteo/Angio‐Genic Activity
Authors: Xiao Shiqi , Wei Jiawei , Jin Shue , Xia Xue , Yuan Li , Zou Qin , Zuo Yi , Li Jidong , Li Yubao
Published: November 2022

Building of multifunctional coatings in a more effective way is crucial for meeting the multilevel requirements of regenerative medicine. Herein, inspired by diatom and mussel, a specific but universal approach is proposed for building multifunctional coatings on slow‐degradable and fast‐degradable scaffolds or various substrates by using epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) and polyethyleneimine (PEI) as bridges of silicon coupling. The results reveal that the polyphenol EGCG facilitates silica precipitation and coating topological morphology in synergy with PEI, and realizes antioxidant and immunomodulatory effects. The introduction of EGCG and the release of silicon ions present effective modulation of the immune microenvironment and remarkable promotion of angiogenesis and osteogenesis. The EGCG/silica coating strategy demonstrates a promising perspective for designing multifunctional coatings and optimizing tissue regeneration and reconstruction.
Engineering Se/N Co‐Doped Hard CNTs with Localized Electron Configuration for Superior Potassium Storage
Authors: Xu Da , Cheng Qilin , Saha Petr , Hu Yanjie , Chen Ling , Jiang Hao , Li Chunzhong
Published: November 2022

The earth‐abundant hard carbons have drawn great concentration as potassium‐ion batteries (KIBs) anode materials because of their richer K‐storage sites and wider interlayer distance versus graphite, but suffer from a low electrochemical reversibility. Herein, the novel Se/N co‐doped hard‐carbon nanotubes (h‐CNTs) with localized electron configuration are demonstrated by creating unique NSeC covalent bonds stemmed from the precise doping of Se atoms into carbon edges and the subsequent bonding with pyrrole‐N. The strong electron‐donating ability of Se atoms on d‐orbital provides abundant free electrons to effectively relieve charge polarization of pyrrole‐N‐C bonds, which contributes to balance the K‐ion adsorption/desorption, therefore greatly boosting reversible K‐ion storage capacity. After filtering into self‐standing anodes with weights of 1.5–12.4 mg cm−2, all of them deliver a high reversible gravimetric capacity of 341 ± 4 mAh g−1 at 0.2 A g−1 and a linear increasing areal capacity to 4.06 mAh cm−2. The self‐standing anode can still maintain 209 mAh g−1 at 8.0 A g−1 (93.3% retention) for a long period of 2000 cycles with a constant Se/N content.
Juggling Formation of HF and LiF to Reduce Crossover Effects in Carbonate Electrolyte with Fluorinated Cosolvents for High‐Voltage Lithium Metal Batteries
Authors: Zhang Han , Zeng Ziqi , Ma Fenfen , Wang Xinlan , Wu Yuanke , Liu Mengchuang , He Renjie , Cheng Shijie , Xie Jia
Published: November 2022

Fluorinated solvents emerge as a promising strategy to improve performance of lithium metal batteries (LMBs). However, most of them are prone to produce corrosive HF and deteriorate electrode interface, inducing cathode‐to‐anode detrimental crossover of transition metal‐ions. Here, fluorinated aromatic hydrocarbons in dimethyl carbonate (DMC)‐based diluted highly concentrated electrolyte (DHCE) are employed to juggle formation of HF and LiF, enabling stable cycling of high‐voltage LiNi0.7Co0.1Mn0.2O2 (NCM712) and LiCoO2(LCO). The nature of aromatics in this carbonate‐based DHCE makes them difficult to undergo β‐hydrogen assisted defluorination, evidencing by the high energy barrier and high bond energy of β‐sites hydrogen. The advanced DHCE restrains HF formation but strengthens LiF formation, which not only suppresses impedance growth, transition‐metal dissolution, and stress crack on the cathode, but achieves highly reversible Li stripping/plating with an outstanding average Coulombic efficiency up to 99.3%. The Li||NCM712 cell and Li||LCO cell both exhibits superior cycling stability at high operation voltage. Even under stringent conditions, the 4.4 V Li||NCM712 full battery retains >95% of the initial capacity over 100 cycles, advancing practical high‐voltage LMBs. This study designs an efficient electrolyte that generates robust electrode/electrolyte interphases and restrains by‐products formation spontaneously, thus shedding new light on electrolyte toward applicable LMBs.
Unusual Spectrally Reproducible and High Q‐Factor Random Lasing in Polycrystalline Tin Perovskite Films
Authors: Chirvony Vladimir S. , Suárez Isaac , Sanchez‐Diaz Jesus , Sánchez Rafael S. , Rodríguez‐Romero Jesús , Mora‐Seró Iván , Martínez‐Pastor Juan P.
Published: November 2022

An unusual spectrally reproducible near‐IR random lasing (RL) with no fluctuation of lasing peak wavelength is disclosed in polycrystalline films of formamidinium tin triiodide perovskite, which have been chemically stabilized against Sn2+ to Sn4+ oxidation. Remarkably, a quality Q‐factor as high as ≈104 with an amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) threshold as low as 2 µJ cm−2 (both at 20 K) are achieved. The observed spectral reproducibility is unprecedented for semiconductor thin film RL systems and cannot be explained by the strong spatial localization of lasing modes. Instead, it is suggested that the spectral stability is a result of such an unique property of Sn‐based perovskites as a large inhomogeneous broadening of the emitting centers, which is a consequence of an intrinsic structural inhomogeneity of the material. Due to this, lasing can occur simultaneously in modes that are spatially strongly overlapped, as long as the spectral separation between the modes is larger than the homogeneous linewidth of the emitting centers. The discovered mechanism of RL spectral stability in semiconductor materials, possessing inhomogeneous broadening, opens up prospects for their practical use as cheap sources of narrow laser lines.
Association of sleep duration with underweight and obesity in older adults: A cross‐sectional study of the Chinese longitudinal healthy longevity survey
Authors: Zhao Xiaoguang , Yu Jiabin , Hu Fei , Chen Siyuan , Liu Nan
Published: November 2022

Objectives

Underweight and obesity are two of the main health concerns as they are associated with adverse health outcomes and nutrition disorders. This study determined the association of sleep duration with both underweight and obesity in Chinese older adults.

Methods

This cross‐sectional secondary data analysis was conducted using data from the 2018 wave of the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey. There were 13 917 participants aged 65 and above in the analysis. Body mass index (BMI) was categorized into underweight, normal weight and overweight, and obesity. Self‐reported sleep duration was divided into short, normal, and long sleep duration. Logistic regression models were used to examine the association of sleep duration with underweight and obesity.

Results

The prevalence of underweight was 16.7% and the prevalence of obesity was 8.0% in Chinese older adults aged 65 and older. Compared to the normal sleep duration group, the short sleep duration group had a higher incidence of underweight (AOR = 1.29, 95% CI: 1.01–1.65), and the long sleep duration group showed a higher incidence of obesity (AOR = 1.57, 95% CI: 1.07–2.30) in older men. A greater incidence of underweight was found in the short sleep duration group (AOR = 1.19, 95% CI: 1.02–1.40) in old‐old adults after adjusting for covariates.

Conclusions

Short sleep duration is associated with being underweight and long sleep duration is linked with obesity in older men. Short sleep duration is also a risk factor for the underweight of old‐old adults.
Synergistic effects of molybdenum disulfide on a novel intumescent flame retardant polyformaldehyde system
Authors: Yang Zheng , Kang Xinglong , Lu Shike , Wang Zhenhua , Fang Xiaomin , Li Jiantong , Liu Baoying , Ding Tao , Xu Yuanqing
Published: November 2022

A novel intumescent flame retardant (IFR) composed of ammonium polyphosphate (APP), benzoxazine containing trialkoxysilane (BA‐a‐Si) and melamine (ME), is compounded with different specifications of MoS2 as synergist to flame retard polyformaldehyde (POM). The flame retardancy and mechanism of the composites are analyzed by limiting oxygen index (LOI), vertical combustion (UL‐94) and cone calorimeter. At the same time, the mechanical properties and lubricating properties are tested by electromechanical testing machine and wear testing machine. The experimental results show that MoS2 has a good synergistic effect with IFR, and the smaller the average particle size of MoS2 is, it seems to be more beneficial to improve the flame retardancy of POM composites. Only a small amount of MoS2 (0.8 wt%) is needed to synergize with IFR, the flame retardant POM composite (FR‐POM) can achieve UL‐94 (3.2 mm) V‐0 rating, LOI of 62.5%, and heat release rate reduction of 25.3%, total smoke release decreased by 29.5%. In addition, from the mechanical properties analysis, it is found that the microscale MoS2(M2) can better improve the bending and tensile properties of the FR‐POM composites, while the nanoscale MoS2(N80) is more helpful to improve the lubricating properties.