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Linking via Pseudo‐Equivalent Group Design: Methodological Considerations and an Application to the PISA and PIAAC Assessments
Authors: Pokropek Artur , Borgonovi Francesca 
Published: November 2019

AbstractThis article presents the pseudo‐equivalent group approach and discusses how it can enhance the quality of linking in the presence of nonequivalent groups. The pseudo‐equivalent group approach allows to achieve pseudo‐equivalence using propensity score reweighting techniques. We use it to perform linking to establish scale concordance between two assessments. The article presents Monte‐Carlo simulations and a real data application based on data from the Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC) and the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). Monte‐Carlo simulations suggest that the pseudo‐equivalent group design is particularly useful whenever there is a large overlap across the two groups with respect to balancing variables and when the correlation between such variables and ability is medium or high. The example based on PISA and PIAAC data indicates that the approach can provide reasonable accurate linking that can be used for group‐level comparisons.
Collaborating with individuals with lived experience to adapt CANMAT clinical depression guidelines into a patient treatment guide: The CHOICE‐D co‐design process
Authors: Fonseka Trehani M. , Pong Janice T. , Kcomt Andrew , Kennedy Sidney H. , Parikh Sagar V. 
Published: November 2019

AbstractEffective treatment of depression involves collaboration with informed patients and families and appropriate knowledge sharing. We describe here our experience, as a case example, of a collaboration to “translate” a clinical guideline designed for practitioners into an accessible, plainlanguage version that patients and families can use during the care process, both to provide basic educational information and to foster informed discussions with their treatment providers. Content experts in knowledge translation, patient advocacy, patient‐oriented research, and psychiatry guided overall project design. Our first step was to identify lived experience writers to join in the codesign and co‐writing of the “CHOICE‐D Patient and Family Guide to Depression Treatment.” A national call for writers attracted 62 applicants, from whom eight individuals with lived experience of depression and writing experience were selected. Individuals subsequently attended a welcoming teleconference, followed by a 1‐day workshop designed to provide (a) a detailed overview of the clinician guideline, (b) an opportunity to select what should be included in the Guide, and (c) key principles of knowledge translation/lay writing. Both from the workshop and subsequently through the codesign process, lived experience writers recommended that the Guide address symptoms, effects of illness course on treatment, first‐line treatments, safety/side effects, and treatment misconceptions. To promote patient autonomy, question scripts (how and what to ask your treatment provider), self‐triaging resources, and treatment selection aids were suggested. Stylistic considerations included use of simple yet hopeful language, brevity, white space, key terms glossary, and graphics. Several strategies were particularly useful to optimize writer engagement in the codesign process: a pre‐workshop conference call and circulation of project resources, an in‐person workshop to increase content knowledge, structured discussion with co‐writers and project leads to develop ideas, and practical training exercises with the provision of feedback. Both during and at the end of the project, writers provided additional recommendations for improving the process, including more in‐person meetings, distribution of step‐by‐step instructions on the writing task, and a key terms glossary of technical terms to support their role. In conclusion, we describe a process with practical tips and reflective feedback on important considerations for engaging persons with lived experience as leaders in the codesign and writing process of lay treatment guidelines. These methods may serve as a model for similar projects in other areas of healthcare.
Mode of miniaturisation influences body shape evolution in New World anchovies (Engraulidae)
Authors: Bloom Devin D. , Kolmann Matthew , Foster Kimberly , Watrous Helen 
Published: November 2019

AbstractWe explored the macroevolutionary dynamics of miniaturisation in New World anchovies by integrating a time‐calibrated phylogeny, geometric morphometrics and phylogenetic comparative methods. We found that the paedomorphic species Amazonsprattus scintilla occupies a novel region of shape space, while the dwarf species Anchoviella manamensis has an overall shape consistent with other anchovies. We found that miniaturisation did not increase overall clade disparity in size or shape beyond the expectations of Brownian motion, nor were there differences in rates of size or shape evolution among clades. Overall, our study shows that while the mode of miniaturisation influences shape evolution, the phenotypic novelty produced by the evolution of miniaturisation did not seem to alter macroevolutionary dynamics.
Evidence of a landlocked reproducing population of the marine pejerreyOdontesthes argentinensis(Actinopterygii; Atherinopsidae)
Authors: Colautti Darío C. , Miranda Leandro , Gonzalez‐Castro Mariano , Villanova Vanina , Strüssmann Carlos A. , Mancini Miguel , Maiztegui Tomas , Berasain Gustavo , Hattori Ricardo , Grosman Fabian , Sanzano Pablo , Lozano Ismael , Vegh Sabina L. , Salinas Victor , Del Ponti Omar , del Fresno Pamela , Minotti Priscila , Yamamoto Yoji , Baigún Claudio R. M. 
Published: November 2019

AbstractIn South America, the order Atheriniformes includes the monophyletic genusOdontestheswith 20 species that inhabit freshwater, estuarine and coastal environments. PejerreyOdontesthes argentinensisis widely distributed in coastal and estuarine areas of the Atlantic Ocean and is known to foray into estuaries of river systems, particularly in conditions of elevated salinity. However, to our knowledge, a landlocked self‐sustaining population has never been recorded. In this study, we examined the pejerrey population of Salada de Pedro Luro Lake (south‐east of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina) to clarify its taxonomic identity. An integrative taxonomic analysis based on traditional meristic, landmark‐based morphometrics and genetic techniques suggests that the Salada de Pedro Luro pejerrey population represents a novel case of physiological and morphological adaptation of a marine pejerrey species to a landlocked environment and emphasises the environmental plasticity of this group of fishes.
Influence of coating pretreatment with carboxymethyl cellulose in an electrohydrodynamic system on convective drying of banana slices
Authors: Nadery Dehsheikh Fereshteh , Taghian Dinani Somayeh 
Published: November 2019

AbstractFor the first time, a carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) coating pretreatment was used in an electrohydrodynamic (EHD) system to produce convectively dried banana slices with improved quality and nutritional attributes. To this end, the impacts of the sample to CMC solution ratio (S:CSR) parameter at two levels of 1:1 and 1:2 and the EHD voltage parameter at four levels of 0, 16, 18, and 20 kV were investigated. The results showed that an increase in the EHD voltage from 0 to 20 kV significantly increased the water absorption capacity (WAC) (117.86%) and the total phenolic content (TPC) (20.83%) of the dried banana slices and significantly reduced their total energy consumption (SETotal) (30.03%), the drying time (27.9%), the shrinkage (74.52%), the shear stress (SS) (76.48%), and the total color difference (ΔE) (78.74%). Moreover, an increase in the S:CSR from 1:1 to 1:2 significantly reduced the shrinkage (20.62%), the SS (21.93%), and ΔE (33.02%) of the dried banana slices and significantly increased their WAC (24.40%) and TPC (16.88%).Practical applicationsAccording to the results obtained in this study, carboxymethyl cellulose coating pretreatment in an EHD system can be introduced as an innovative and practical pretreatment technique for production of convectively dried products. This approach improves both the quality indexes and nutritional attributes while increasing the performance of the convective drying process.
Subduction and accumulation of lawsonite eclogite and garnet blueschist in eastern Australia
Authors: Tamblyn Renée , Hand Martin , Kelsey David , Anczkiewicz Robert , Och David 
Published: November 2019

AbstractLawsonite eclogite and garnet blueschist occur as metre‐scale blocks within serpentinite mélange in the southern New England Orogen (SNEO) in eastern Australia. These high‐P fragments are the products of early Palaeozoic subduction of the palaeo‐Pacific plate beneath East Gondwana. Lu–Hf, Sm–Nd, and U–Pb geochronological data from Port Macquarie show that eclogite mineral assemblages formed between c. 500 and 470 Ma ago and became mixed together within a serpentinite‐filled subduction channel. Age data and P–T modelling indicate lawsonite eclogite formed at ~2.7 GPa and 590°C at c. 490 Ma, whereas peak garnet in blueschist formed at ~2.0 GPa and 550°C at c. 470 Ma. The post‐peak evolution of lawsonite eclogite was associated with the preservation of pristine lawsonite‐bearing assemblages and the formation of glaucophane. By contrast, the garnet blueschist was derived from a precursor garnet–omphacite assemblage. The geochronological data from these different aged high‐P assemblages indicate the high‐P rocks were formed during subduction on the margin of cratonic Australia during the Cambro‐Ordovician. The rocks however now reside in the Devonian–Carboniferous southern SNEO, which forms the youngest and most outboard of the eastern Gondwanan Australian orogenic belts. Geodynamic modelling suggests that over the time‐scales that subduction products accumulated, the high‐P rocks migrated large distances (~>1,000 km) during slab retreat. Consequently, high‐P rocks that are trapped in subduction channels may also migrate large distances prior to exhumation, potentially becoming incorporated into younger orogenic belts whose evolution is not directly related to the formation of the exhumed high‐P rocks.
Shared Children in Stepfamilies: Experiences Living in a Hybrid Family Structure
Authors: Sanner Caroline , Ganong Lawrence , Coleman Marilyn 
Published: November 2019

AbstractObjectiveTo explore the lived experiences of shared children in stepfamilies (i.e., those born into a repartnered family who live with married parents and older half‐siblings).BackgroundShared children have been found to fare worse than other sibling groups on a variety of outcomes (e.g., educational outcomes, antisocial behavior, depressive symptoms). Little is known, however, about the lived experiences of these individuals.MethodUsing descriptive phenomenology, we conducted interviews with 20 shared children to answer the following research question: What is the nature of the experience of being a shared child in a stepfamily? Participants ranged in age from 19 to 30 years and lived in the same household with their half‐sibling(s) for at least some time growing up.ResultsShared children's experiences were shaped by living in a hybrid “step‐nuclear” family; their upbringings were characterized by the tension of “reorganizing” as a nuclear unit but doing so within a larger stepfamily structure. The overriding phenomenon of participants' experiences was regulating family privacy boundaries—privacy rules existed surrounding sensitive information about family structure, marital histories, stepfamily dynamics, and more. In the absence of information, these children hypothesized about the topics that were not openly discussed in their families—a key part of their lived experiences.ConclusionOpen communication with shared children surrounding family histories and dynamics may help reduce the ambiguity of living in a step‐nuclear family.ImplicationsThis study is an important step in understanding what about shared children's lived experiences might put them at higher risk for negative outcomes.
Charting self‐esteem during marital dissolution
Authors: Bleidorn Wiebke , Schwaba Ted , Denissen Jaap J. A. , Hopwood Christopher J. 
Published: November 2019

AbstractObjectiveThe purpose of this study was to chart changes in self‐esteem before and after marital dissolution to identify the factors that shape individuals’ self‐esteem during this life transition.MethodWe analyzed 10 annual waves of self‐esteem data from 291 divorcees from a nationally representative panel study of the Netherlands (N ~ 13,000). We charted the course of self‐esteem before and after marital dissolution and tested a broad set of moderator variables that may shape individuals’ self‐esteem trajectories.ResultsThe average divorcee experienced significant decrease in self‐esteem preceding marital dissolution and remained stable afterward. There were substantial individual differences in self‐esteem trajectories, both before and after marital separation. Divorcees who experienced financial hardship, were affiliated with a church or religion, or scored low in Conscientiousness showed the most pronounced decrease in self‐esteem during the years approaching marital dissolution.ConclusionThis study highlights the importance of assessing people multiple times before and after marital dissolution to dissect how people approach and respond to this life event. Results are consistent with perspectives that view divorce as an opportunity to abate the strains of an unhappy marriage.
Incidence and aetiology of serious viral infections in young febrile infants
Authors: Hayakawa Itaru , Nomura Osamu , Uda Kazuhiro , Funakoshi Yu , Sakakibara Hiroshi , Horikoshi Yuho 
Published: November 2019

AimWhile the incidence and aetiology of serious bacterial infections among febrile infants younger than 90 days old are well studied, those concerning viral infection are not. There are severe life‐threatening viral infections requiring immediate intense therapy. The objective of the study is to describe the incidence and aetiology of serious viral infections (SVI) among young febrile infants.MethodsA retrospective audit was performed covering all the febrile infants younger than 90 days old admitted to a paediatric emergency department in Japan from 2011 to 2013. SVI was defined as a viral illness that may result in permanent organ dysfunctions or life‐threatening complications. Diagnostic investigation consisted of urine and blood culture for all infants, cerebrospinal fluid cultures for infants who do not fulfil the low‐risk criteria, rapid antigen tests for several viruses in infants with specific symptoms and blood and/or cerebrospinal fluid polymerase chain reaction of possible viruses for infants with fever without a localising source.ResultsOf 275 cases, 32 and 45 cases were diagnosed as serious viral and bacterial infections, respectively. Intensive care unit admission occurred for three viral and four bacterial infections. Viral aetiology consisted of respiratory syncytial virus (11 cases), aseptic meningitis (9 cases), enterovirus (6 cases), influenza virus (3 cases), rotavirus (2 cases) and herpes simplex virus‐1 (1 case). Respiratory (14 cases), central nervous (12 cases) and circulatory (6 cases) systems were affected.ConclusionSVI was observed in 11.6% of febrile young infants in a paediatric emergency department.
Paradoxical pseudomyotonia in English Springer and Cocker Spaniels
Authors: Stee Kimberley , Van Poucke Mario , Peelman Luc , Lowrie Mark 
Published: November 2019

AbstractBackgroundParamyotonia congenita and Brody disease are well‐described conditions in humans, characterized by exercise‐induced myotonic‐like muscle stiffness. A syndrome similar to Brody disease has been reported in cattle. Reports of a similar syndrome in dogs are scarce.ObjectivesTo define and describe the clinical, diagnostic, and genetic features and disease course of paradoxical pseudomyotonia in Spaniel dogs.AnimalsSeven client‐owned dogs (4 English Springer Spaniels and 3 English Cocker Spaniels) with clinically confirmed episodes of exercise‐induced generalized myotonic‐like muscle stiffness.MethodsSequential case study.ResultsAll dogs were <24 months of age at onset. The episodes of myotonic‐like generalized muscle stiffness always occurred with exercise, and spontaneously resolved with rest in <45 seconds in all but 1 dog. Extreme outside temperatures seemed to considerably worsen episode frequency and severity in most dogs. Complete blood count, serum biochemistry including electrolytes, urinalysis, brain magnetic resonance imaging, cerebrospinal fluid analysis, electromyography, motor nerve conduction velocity, ECG, and echocardiography were unremarkable. Muscle biopsy samples showed moderate but nonspecific muscle atrophy. The episodes seemed to remain stable or decrease in severity and frequency in 6/7 dogs, and often could be decreased or prevented by avoiding the episode triggers. The underlying genetic cause is not identified yet, because no disease‐causing variants could be found in the coding sequence or splice sites of the 2 major candidate genes, SCN4A and ATP2A1.Conclusions and Clinical ImportanceParadoxical pseudomyotonia is a disease affecting Spaniels. It is of variable severity but benign in most cases.
Examining the Alignment of Mathematics Instructional Practices and Mathematics Vocabulary between Core and Intervention Materials
Authors: Nelson Gena , Hughes Pfannenstiel Kathleen , Zumeta Edmonds Rebecca 
Published: November 2019

AbstractWithin a multitiered system of support (MTSS), students who struggle to learn mathematics often receive core instruction and supplemental intervention in different settings, with different teachers and different sets of curriculum materials, all of which can result in poor alignment. This curriculum crosswalk describes how three sets of materials commonly used to provide core instruction and intervention differ with regard to mathematics practices and vocabulary. The results indicate that there is little overlap among all three programs for the majority (n = 6) of the mathematics practices, and very little overlap in mathematics vocabulary (ranging from 6.3 to 24 percent). We also provide a set of research‐based instructional recommendations intended to help teachers address gaps and improve alignment of core instruction and intervention.
Inorganic nitrogen availability alters Eucalyptus grandis receptivity to the ectomycorrhizal fungus Pisolithus albus but not symbiotic nitrogen transfer
Authors: Plett Krista L. , Singan Vasanth R. , Wang Mei , Ng Vivian , Grigoriev Igor V. , Martin Francis , Plett Jonathan M. , Anderson Ian C. 
Published: November 2019

Summary

Forest trees are able to thrive in nutrient‐poor soils in part because they obtain growth‐limiting nutrients, especially nitrogen (N), through mutualistic symbiosis with ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi. Addition of inorganic N into these soils is known to disrupt this mutualism and reduce the diversity of ECM fungi. Despite its ecological impact, the mechanisms governing the observed effects of elevated inorganic N on mycorrhizal communities remain unknown.

We address this by using a compartmentalized in vitro system to independently alter nutrients to each symbiont. Using stable isotopes, we traced the nutrient flux under different nutrient regimes between Eucalyptus grandis and its ectomycorrhizal symbiont, Pisolithus albus.

We demonstrate that giving E. grandis independent access to N causes a significant reduction in root colonization by P. albus. Transcriptional analysis suggests that the observed reduction in colonization may be caused, in part, by altered transcription of microbe perception genes and defence genes. We show that delivery of N to host leaves is not increased by host nutrient deficiency but by fungal nutrient availability instead.

Overall, this advances our understanding of the effects of N fertilization on ECM fungi and the factors governing nutrient transfer in the E. grandis–P. microcarpus interaction.
Is dynamic arterial elastance a predictor of an increase in blood pressure after fluid administration in pediatric patients with hypotension? Reanalysis of prospective observational studies
Authors: Lee Ji‐Hyun , Kwon Yea‐La , Na Jung‐Hwan , Jang Young‐Eun , Kim Eun‐Hee , Kim Hee‐Soo , Kim Jin‐Tae 
Published: November 2019

AbstractBackgroundDynamic arterial elastance (Eadyn) has been proposed to predict an increase in mean arterial pressure (MAP) after volume expansion in hypotensive adults. We aimed to evaluate the clinical usefulness of Eadyn as a predictor of arterial pressure response after fluid loading in pediatric patients with hypotension.MethodsWe re‐analyzed data of 63 hypotensive children (age, ≤5 years), collected from three previous prospective observational studies about fluid responsiveness. Pulse pressure variation (PPV), stroke volume variation (SVV), and respiratory variation in aortic blood flow velocity (ΔVpeak) were used to calculate Eadyn (PPV/SVV) and modified Eadyn (PPV/ΔVpeak). Preload‐dependent patients were defined as those with ΔVpeak ≥12% before fluid loading. Patients were classified as pressure responders, if their MAP increased ≥15% after fluid administration.ResultsMean Eadyn (SD) was 1.06 (0.47) in pressure responders (n=39) and 0.99 (0.48) in nonresponders (n = 24) (mean difference, 0.08; 95% confidence interval [CI], −0.19‐0.34; P = .567). Additionally, mean modified Eadyn was 1.27 (0.64) in responders and 1.11 (0.43) in nonresponders (mean difference, 0.17; 95% CI, −0.13‐0.46; P = 0.269). Both Eadyn (AUC 0.506; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.337 to 0.675; P = 0.948) and modified Eadyn (AUC 0.498; 95% CI, 0.328‐0.669; P = 0.983), as well as other dynamic variables, could not predict pressure responsiveness in children. Sub‐group analysis revealed similar findings in both in 39 preload‐dependent and hypotensive patients (26 pressure responders and 13 nonpressure responders).ConclusionBoth Eadyn and modified Eadyn cannot predict whether blood pressure increases with fluid administration in pediatric patients with hypotension.
Second‐Order Devolution or Local Activism? Local Air Agencies Revisited
Authors: Fowler Luke , Jones Bryant 
Published: November 2019

AbstractIn response to calls from previous scholarship for further bottom‐up examination of local government roles in environmental policy, the authors revisit local air agencies to examine two separate phenomena occurring in environmental federalism: one from the top down (second‐order devolution) and one from the bottom up (local activism). Using survey data from local air agencies on devolved authorities to set air quality standards and to enforce federal and/or state standards, the authors identify three different types of local agencies: state administrative subunits (only enforcement authority), fully devolved agencies (authority to both set and enforce standards), and activist agencies (neither authority). Further findings indicate that state administrative subunits and fully devolved agencies are likely functions of second‐order devolution, while activist agencies are likely functions of local activism. Conclusions suggest that both top‐down and bottom‐up approaches to environmental federalism are shaping local government roles in environmental management.