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When the Leviathan goes to the market: A critical evaluation of the rules governing state-owned enterprises in trade agreements
Authors: Borlini Leonardo 
Published: February 2020

AbstractState-owned enterprises (SOEs) have long constituted, and are likely to remain, an important instrument in any government’s toolbox for a variety of economic and societal goals. However, the significant extent of state ownership among the world’s top companies, and the quantitative and qualitative transformation and hybrid nature of SOEs, raises the issue of their impact on international trade flows and the competitive process. This article addresses the question of how international trade agreements regulate SOEs, with a view to furthering the international contestability of markets, while, at the same time, allowing governments to provide support to SOEs as a means of dealing with market failures and the pursuit of public goals. After a brief introduction to contemporary state capitalism, the argument is developed in three main parts. The first part situates SOEs within the GATT and WTO frameworks and elaborates on the findings of previous literature with a view to highlighting the main shortcomings of such discipline. The second part re-examines the notion of ‘competitive neutrality’ by locating contemporary trade agreements within the larger contextual relationships between the state, the market, and the social, and thus reconstructs the normative rationales and general policy implications of the disciplines under examination. Against this background, the third part critically assesses the new disciplines on SOEs in recent preferential trading areas (PTAs). The main conclusion is that the search for binding rules has not led to balanced regimes and, despite the wider scope of the new rules, notable problems that have emerged within the WTO context remain unsolved.
Family history of associated disorders in patients with postural tachycardia syndrome
Authors: Boris Jeffrey R. , Huang Jing , Shuey Timothy , Bernadzikowski Thomas 
Published: February 2020

AbstractIntroduction:Postural tachycardia syndrome is more frequently being recognised in adolescents and adults. However, its pathophysiology remains undefined. We evaluated our database for patterns in family history of clinical symptoms and associated disorders in these patients.Materials and methods:Patients with postural tachycardia syndrome diagnosed in our clinic between 2014 and 2018 and who were less than 19 years at diagnosis were included. The history was reviewed for family members with postural tachycardia syndrome, dizziness and/or syncope, joint hypermobility with or without hypermobile Ehlers–Danlos syndrome, and autoimmune disorders. Statistical analysis assessed the entire cohort plus differences in gender, presence or absence of joint hypermobility, and presence or absence of familial autoimmune disease.Results:A total of 579 patients met inclusion criteria. We found that 14.2% of patients had a family member with postural tachycardia syndrome, with male patients more likely to have an affected family member (20% versus 12.7%, p = 0.04). If the patient also had joint hypermobility, male patients were more likely to have a family member with postural tachycardia syndrome (25% versus 12.6%, p = 0.017), more than one affected family member (7.1% versus 0.74%, p = 0.001), and a family member with joint hypermobility (37.5% versus 23.7%, p = 0.032). Autoimmune disease was seen in 45.1% of family members, but more likely in female patients with concurrent hypermobility (21.1% versus 8.9%, p = 0.035).Discussion:This in-depth analysis of associated familial disorders in patients with postural tachycardia syndrome offers further insight into the pathophysiology of the disorder, and informs further screening of family members in these patients.
The gender congruency effect in Catalan–Spanish bilinguals: Behavioral and electrophysiological evidence
Authors: Paolieri Daniela , Demestre Josep , Guasch Marc , Bajo Teresa , Ferré Pilar 
Published: February 2020

AbstractThe present study examines whether processing a word in one language is affected by the grammatical gender of its translation equivalent in another language. To this end, a group of Catalan–Spanish bilinguals performed a translation–recognition task while event-related potentials (ERPs) were recorded. Participants were presented with Catalan and Spanish pairs of words and had to decide if they were translation equivalents. Correct translations included words that were gender congruent (estiuMAS/veranoMAS–summer) or gender incongruent (tardorFEM/otoñoMAS–autumn). The behavioral results showed that participants were faster and more accurate in the gender-congruent condition than in the incongruent condition. The ERP data showed a reduced N400 for the congruent condition. The facilitative effect of gender congruency observed in this study constitutes evidence of the obligatory access to grammatical gender information during bare noun processing and suggests that the bilinguals’ gender systems interact, even in highly proficient early bilinguals.
Follow-up effect of white clover (Trifolium repens L.) intercropping system on biomass and morphology of willow (Salix viminalis L.)
Authors: Helios Waldemar , Kozak Marcin , Kotecki Andrzej , Lewandowska Sylwia 
Published: February 2020

AbstractIn 2010, a split-plot experiment was set up in Poland in order to determine the follow-up effect of the white clover intercropping system on biomass and morphology of willow. In 2010 willow was planted in a pure stand and intercropped with white clover. In 2013, after willow achieved a proper growth stage (2010–2012), plant measurements were made in the years 2013–2014. The experiment was carried out with two factors in a split-plot design: the first factor was the cultivation system (main plot) (a) without white clover and (b) with white clover, and the second factor was three basket willow clones: 1047, 1052 and 1057 (subplot). The investigated characters were biomass yield, height of plants, shoot diameter and plant loss. No N fertilization or pesticides were used. The intercropping system (willow with white clover) reduced the number of willow plants, but the willow height was lower in the pure stand (368 cm) than in the intercropping system (409 cm). The highest dry matter yield (30.8 t ha−1), crude ash yield (434 kg ha−1) and macronutrient (N, P, K and Mg) content were obtained with clone 1047.
Facilitating livelihoods diversification through flood-based land restoration in pastoral systems of Afar, Ethiopia
Authors: Amede Tilahun , Van den Akker Elisabeth , Berdel Wolf , Keller Christina , Tilahun Gebeyaw , Dejen Asmare , Legesse Gizachew , Abebe Hunegnaw 
Published: February 2020

AbstractThe pastoral systems of Eastern Africa have been affected by the alternated incidence of recurrent drought and flood for the last decades, aggravating poverty and local conflicts. We have introduced an innovation to convert floods to productive use using water spreading weirs (WSW) as an entry point to capture and spread the torrential flood emerging in the neighboring highlands into rangelands and crop fields of low-lying pastoral systems in Afar, Ethiopia. The productivity and landscape feature have changed from an abandoned field to a productive landscape within 3 years of intervention. The flood patterns and sediment loads created at least four different crop management zones and productivity levels. Based on moisture and nutrient regimes, we developed land suitability maps for integrating crops and forages fitting to specific niches. The outcome was a fast recovery of landscapes, with 150% biomass yield increment, increased access to dry season feed and food. These positive outcomes could be attributed to the proper design of weirs, joint planning and execution between pastoralists, researchers and development agents, identification and availing best-fitting varieties for each management zone and developing simple GIS-based parcel level maps to guide development agents and pastoralists. The major ‘agents’ were community leaders (‘Kedoh Abbobati’) who keenly debated potential benefits and drawbacks of innovations, enforced customary rules and byelaw and suggested changes in approaches and choices of interventions. In general, an innovation system approach helped to create local confidence, attract attention of government institutions and helped local actors to identify investment areas, develop implementation strategies to increase productivity, define changes as it occurs and minimize conflicts between competing communities. However, the risk of de facto use of a plot of communal land translating into long-term occupation and ownership may be impacting a communal territory and social cohesion that was subject to other collective choice customary rules.
International humanitarian law, Islamic law and the protection of children in armed conflict
Authors: Al-Dawoody Ahmed , Murphy Vanessa 
Published: February 2020

AbstractThis paper compares how rules of international humanitarian law and rules of Islamic law protect children in armed conflict. It examines areas of convergence and divergence, and areas where there is room for clarification between these two legal systems. This comparative exercise spotlights four key topics marking the wartime experience of children: the unlawful recruitment and use of children by armed forces and armed groups, the detention of children, their access to education, and the situation of children separated from their families.
Epigenetic Influences on Neurodevelopment at 11 Years of Age: Protocol for the Longitudinal Peri/Postnatal Epigenetic Twins Study at 11 Years of Age (PETS@11)
Authors: Leong Pamela , Loke Yuk Jing , Saffery Richard , Silk Tim , Burnett Alice , Josev Elisha , Scurrah Katrina , Theda Christiane , Czajko Anna , Pua Emmanuel PK , Seal Marc L , Craig Jeffrey M 
Published: February 2020

AbstractNeurodevelopment is sensitive to genetic and pre/postnatal environmental influences. These effects are likely mediated by epigenetic factors, yet current knowledge is limited. Longitudinal twin studies can delineate the link between genetic and environmental factors, epigenetic state at birth and neurodevelopment later in childhood. Building upon our study of the Peri/postnatal Epigenetic Twin Study (PETS) from gestation to 6 years of age, here we describe the PETS 11-year follow-up in which we will use neuroimaging and cognitive testing to examine the relationship between early-life environment, epigenetics and neurocognitive outcomes in mid-childhood. Using a within-pair twin model, the primary aims are to (1) identify early-life epigenetic correlates of neurocognitive outcomes; (2) determine the developmental stability of epigenetic effects and (3) identify modifiable environmental risk factors. Secondary aims are to identify factors influencing gut microbiota between 6 and 11 years of age to investigate links between gut microbiota and neurodevelopmental outcomes in mid-childhood. Approximately 210 twin pairs will undergo an assessment at 11 years of age. This includes a direct child cognitive assessment, multimodal magnetic resonance imaging, biological sampling, anthropometric measurements and a range of questionnaires on health and development, behavior, dietary habits and sleeping patterns. Data from complementary data sources, including the National Assessment Program — Literacy and Numeracy and the Australian Early Development Census, will also be sought. Following on from our previous focus on relationships between growth, cardiovascular health and oral health, this next phase of PETS will significantly advance our understanding of the environmental interactions that shape the developing brain.
Spatiotemporal Characteristics and Generation Mechanisms of Submesoscale Currents in the Northeastern South China Sea Revealed by Numerical Simulations
Authors: Zhang Zhiwei , Zhang Yuchen , Qiu Bo , Sasaki Hideharu , Sun Zhongbin , Zhang Xincheng , Zhao Wei , Tian Jiwei 
Published: February 2020

AbstractAlthough both geostrophic‐balanced mesoscale eddies and unbalanced small‐scale processes have been well studied in the northeastern South China Sea (NE‐SCS), less attention has been devoted to the submesoscales in between (i.e., O(1–10 km)), which is recognized as an important conduit connecting the balanced and unbalanced motions. Based on the output from a 1/30° OGCM simulation, spatiotemporal characteristics and generation mechanisms of submesoscales in the NE‐SCS are investigated in this study. Through examining the submesoscale relative vorticity and vertical velocity, the regions southwest of Taiwan (ST) and Luzon Strait (LS) are identified as two hot spots of submesoscales in the NE‐SCS. Seasonally, the submesoscales in region ST are much stronger in winter than summer, while those in LS do not show a significant seasonality. Statistical analysis suggests that the strength of submesoscales in regions ST and LS is highly correlated with the product of mixed‐layer depth and mesoscale strain rate (MSR) and with the MSR itself, respectively. By conducting theoretical scaling and energetics analysis, the authors find that the mixed‐layer instability whose strength is determined by the combination of mixed‐layer depth and MSR and the barotropic instability associated with current‐islands interactions are the dominant generation mechanisms of submesoscales in the above two regions, respectively. Further examinations of the submesoscale energy budget indicate that, to keep a balanced state, the generated submesoscales have to be dissipated by a forward energy cascade, highlighting the important role of submesoscales in the energy balance of the NE‐SCS circulation.
Decoupling Between Phytoplankton Growth and Microzooplankton Grazing Enhances Productivity in Subantarctic Waters on Campbell Plateau, Southeast of New Zealand
Authors: Gutiérrez‐Rodríguez A. , Safi K. , Fernández D. , Forcén‐Vázquez A. , Gourvil P. , Hoffmann L. , Pinkerton M. , Sutton P. , Nodder S. D. 
Published: February 2020

AbstractThe Subantarctic zone is one of the largest High‐Nutrient Low‐Chlorophyll zones of the Southern Ocean. Despite widespread iron limitation, phytoplankton accumulation (chlorophyll a (chla) > 0.3 mg m−3) often occurs near islands and bathymetric features such as on the Campbell Plateau, southeast of New Zealand. To investigate the processes responsible for localized increases in chla commonly observed by satellites, we characterized phytoplankton biomass structure, production, and microzooplankton grazing on Campbell Plateau and surrounding waters in austral autumn (March 2017). Chla on the plateau tended to be higher, more variable (0.52 ± 0.38 mg chla m−3, mean ± standard deviation), and characterized by larger phytoplankton forms (22 ± 27%chla > 20 μm) than surrounding waters (0.29 ± 0.12 mg chla m−3, 5 ± 2%). The increased contribution of diatoms, together with higher photosystem II maximum photochemical efficiency (Fv/Fm = 0.45 ± 0.05) and lower effective absorption cross‐section (σPSII = 774 ± 90 Å RCII−1) on the plateau, suggests an alleviation of iron stress relative to surrounding waters (Fv/Fm = 0.37 ± 0.04, σPSII = 974 ± 89 Å RCII−1). Phytoplankton growth (μ0 = 0.42 ± 0.20 day−1) and production rates (6.1 ± 3.2 mg C m−3 day−1) were also higher compared to surrounding waters (0.27 ± 0.04 day−1, 3.5 ± 1.9 mg C m−3 day−1). While microzooplankton grazing (g = 0.28 ± 0.18 day−1) balanced phytoplankton growth off the plateau (g:μ0 = 1.13 ± 0.18), the imbalance observed on Campbell Plateau (g = 0.25 ± 0.25 day−1) allowed a substantial proportion of primary production to escape microzooplankton grazing control (g:μ0 = 0.48 ± 0.31). Overall, the degree of coupling tended to decrease with the depth of the mixed layer (R2 > 0.6, p < 0.001). We hypothesize that the entrainment of deeper water into the mixed layer regulates the onset and fate of the autumn bloom by altering nutrient supply and microzooplankton grazing pressure.
Transport of Oil Droplets in the Upper Ocean: Impact of the Eddy Diffusivity
Authors: Boufadel Michel , Liu Ruixue , Zhao Lin , Lu Youyu , Özgökmen Tamay , Nedwed Timothy , Lee Kenneth 
Published: February 2020

AbstractThe transport of oil droplets following a surface oil spill was investigated using a uniform vertical eddy diffusivity model and the K‐profile parameterization model, which assumes a maximum K value at 1/3 depth of the mixed layer. The initial droplet size distribution was obtained based on the Delvigne and Sweeney (1988, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131‐013‐0364‐7) model. Using a uniform eddy diffusivity Kave, an exact analytical solution was used to produce the transient and steady state profile of the concentration of droplets of all sizes. It was found that the concentration at the surface is proportional to the droplet rise velocity and inversely proportional to Kave. Thus, small droplets (smaller than 100 μm) do not persist at the water surface. It was found that K‐profile parameterization produces smaller concentrations at the water surface than the uniform K model. The impact of waves was introduced into the K‐profile parameterization model through a roughness height, zo, that is comparable to the wave height. The investigation herein reveals that the Delvigne and Sweeney approach, commonly used in oil spill modeling, is not sufficient to predict the oil droplet size distribution, and that one needs to use a vertical eddy diffusivity to accurately predict the transport in the following hours and days. A new dimensionless formulation was provided to generalize the results, and showed that transport depends on three major parameters, the water friction speed, the mixed layer depth, and the droplet diameter.
Evaluation of Evaporation Climatology for the Congo Basin Wet Seasons in 11 Global Climate Models
Authors: Crowhurst David M. , Dadson Simon J. , Washington Richard 
Published: February 2020

AbstractAcross the Congo, there is a wide spread in rainfall in the two wet seasons in Coupled Model Intercomparison Project 5 global climate models (GCMs). As the Congo is believed to be a moisture recycling hot spot, the evaporation of excess water from the land surface in some models could be amplifying the model spread in rainfall. This study performs an exploratory process‐based evaluation of Congo Basin evaporation in 11 Coupled Model Intercomparison Project 5 GCMs that took part in the Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project. Our aims are to improve scientific understanding about Congo evaporation, and to determine whether there are opportunities to improve how models produce Congo evaporation. Climatologically, we find that models with “realistic” rainfall simulate higher rainfall in November, the peak of the second wet season, than March, the peak of the first. However, models with “realistic” evaporation simulate lower evaporation in November than March, because these models suppress the transpiration component of the evaporation in November relative to March. In both wet seasons, subgrid rainfall schemes make these models simulate a credible ratio of transpiration to canopy evaporation, and cause them to generate evaporation in a more realistic manner. We therefore trust how these models produce evaporation in the wet seasons, and argue that lower transpiration is likely to explain why evaporation is lower in November than March in reality. We also suggest that using subgrid rainfall schemes in all GCMs could improve how models produce Congo evaporation during the wet seasons. This might reduce the model spread in Congo rainfall.
Toward a Reanalysis of Stratospheric Ozone for Trend Studies: Assimilation of the Aura Microwave Limb Sounder and Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite Limb Profiler Data
Authors: Wargan Krzysztof , Kramarova Natalya , Weir Brad , Pawson Steven , Davis Sean M. 
Published: February 2020

AbstractCompatibility of the stratospheric ozone profile data from the Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite Limb Profiler (OMPS‐LP) and the Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) is assessed in the context of a continuity requirement for future reanalyses. A methodology for the assimilation of OMPS‐LP data into the Goddard Earth Observing System data assimilation system with a stratospheric chemistry module is developed. It is demonstrated that a simple homogenization technique significantly reduces the bias between OMPS‐LP and MLS analyses. With the homogenization applied, the mean difference between the two analyses is within 3% and the difference standard deviation within 10%, consistent with the estimated uncertainties of the satellite ozone data. Larger differences are seen in the tropical lower stratosphere. The MLS and OMPS‐LP assimilation experiments agree very well with independent data from ozonesondes and the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment Fourier Transform Spectrometer. Heterogeneous ozone depletion during polar spring in both hemispheres as well as ozone transport during the 2016 quasi‐biennial oscillation disruption event are realistically represented in both analyses. This work establishes a step toward achieving continuity of the post‐2004 ozone record in future reanalyses, necessary for trend and long‐term ozone variability studies, although further development is needed to address a drift in the OMPS‐LP ozone data.
δ18O and Mg/Ca Thermometry in Planktonic Foraminifera: A Multiproxy Approach Toward Tracing Coastal Upwelling Dynamics
Authors: Salgueiro E. , Voelker A. H. L. , Martin P. A. , Rodrigues T. , Zúñiga D. , Froján M. , de la Granda F. , Villacieros‐Robineau N. , Alonso‐Pérez F. , Alberto A. , Rebotim A. , González‐Álvarez R. , Castro C. G. , Abrantes F. 
Published: February 2020

AbstractPlanktonic foraminifera δ18O and Mg/Ca ratios are widely considered as a powerful proxy to reconstruct past seawater‐column temperature. Due to the complex interpretation of planktonic foraminifera δ18O data in regard to past seawater temperatures, temperature determination based on the foraminifera shell Mg/Ca ratio is believed to be more accurate. Scarce Mg/Ca calibration data exists for coastal upwelling regions, resulting in incoherent results of past seawater reconstructions. The current study along the NW Iberia coastal upwelling system intends to define the best Mg/Ca temperature equation for the most representative species of this region (Neogloboquadrina incompta, Globigerina bulloides, and Globorotalia inflata). Seawater temperature from δ18O and Mg/Ca of these three planktonic foraminifera species was compared with the surface sediments alkenone derived SST and with the in situ temperatures measured at the depths where these foraminifera species currently live and calcify. The equations that better reflect each species calcification depth were selected as our regional equations for δ18O and Mg/Ca temperature reconstructions. The δ18O‐estimated temperatures for surface sediment specimens were comparable with in situ seawater‐column temperature measurements, whereas the Mg/Ca derived temperatures seem to underestimate in situ values, in special for G. bulloides from samples affected by stronger coastal upwelling. The G. bulloides δ18O and Mg/Ca estimated temperatures from samples located offshore, further from coastal upwelling influence, are comparable to surface sediment alkenone derived temperatures. Our study shows that in upwelling areas, regional calibration of planktonic foraminifera Mg/Ca temperature equations is necessary for reliable interpretations of high‐resolution past temperature variability in these important environments.