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Fishes collected during the 2017 MarineGEO assessment of Kāne‘ohe Bay, O‘ahu, Hawai‘i
Authors: Parenti Lynne R. , Pitassy Diane E. , Jaafar Zeehan , Vinnikov Kirill , Redmond Niamh E. , Cole Kathleen S. 
Published: June 2020

AbstractWe report the results of a survey of the fishes of Kāne‘ohe Bay, O‘ahu, conducted in 2017 as part of the Smithsonian Institution MarineGEO Hawaii bioassessment. We recorded 109 species in 43 families. The most speciose families were Acanthuridae (11 species), Gobiidae (11 species), Pomacentridae (10) and Chaetodontidae (9 species). Nine of the species that we collected are known or suspected to be introduced to the Hawaiian Islands. Specimens were identified, measured and photographed. All specimen vouchers were fixed in formalin and ultimately transferred to 75% ethanol for long-term storage. For nearly all species, we took multiple tissue samples from specimen vouchers prior to formalin-fixation; we preserved tissues in 95% ethanol and then stored them at −80°C. The 5′-end of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I gene (mtCOI) was sequenced for 94 species to confirm their taxonomic identification. Using these barcode sequences, we also measured genetic distances between collected individuals and their conspecifics from other localities outside Hawaii to verify the hypothesis that Hawaiian populations of species broadly distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific may be genetically distinct. We present select case studies to demonstrate the potential for undiscovered endemism in the Hawaiian fish biota.
Comment on ‘The policy and policing of language in schools’ by Ian Cushing
Authors: Hudson Richard 
Published: June 2020

AbstractCushing argues that government policy in the UK is prescriptive and encourages similar policies at school level (as reported in the press), which in turn encourage the ‘policing’ of language by school teachers. I offer an alternative reading of the evidence in which government policy, as stated in official documents, generally avoids prescriptivism, as do an unknown number of schools and school teachers; where prescriptivism persists it reflects a prescriptive culture in society, not government policy. The conclusion is that government policy is only one influence on teachers’ behaviour, so if government wants to eliminate prescriptivism it needs to take a stronger position than simply avoiding prescriptivism in its own documents. (Education, prescriptivism, policy, Britain)
Habitually skipping breakfast is associated with chronic inflammation: a cross-sectional study
Authors: Zhu Siwei , Cui Liufu , Zhang Xinyuan , Shu Rong , VanEvery Hannah , Tucker Katherine L , Wu Shouling , Gao Xiang 
Published: June 2020

AbstractObjective:We examined whether breakfast frequency was associated with chronic inflammatory, as assessed by high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (CRP) concentration.Design:Cross-sectional study.Setting:Kailuan community, China.Participants:Included were 70 092 Chinese adults without CVD and cancer in 2014 with CRP concentrations <10 mg/l, when breakfast frequency was assessed via a questionnaire, and plasma CRP concentration was measured.Results:Breakfast frequency was associated with CRP concentration (P-trend < 0·001). The adjusted mean CRP was 1·33 mg/l (95 % CI 1·23, 1·44) for the ‘no breakfast’ group and 1·07 mg/l (95 % CI 1·0, 1·14) for the ‘breakfast everyday’ group (P-difference < 0·001), adjusting for age, sex, diet quality, total energy, obesity, education, occupation, marital status, smoking, alcohol consumption, blood pressure, sleep parameters, fasting blood glucose and lipid profiles. Consistently, the adjusted OR for CRP ≥ 1·0 mg/l and CRP ≥ 3·0 mg/l were 1·86 (95 % CI 1·73, 2·00) and 1·27 (95 % CI 1·15, 1·40), respectively, when comparing these two breakfast consumption groups (P-trend < 0·001 for both). The associations were more pronounced among older adults, relative to those who were younger (P-interaction < 0·001). Significant association between breakfast skipping and elevated CRP concentration was observed in those with poor diet quality, but not those with good diet quality.Conclusions:Habitually skipping breakfast is associated with elevated concentrations of CRP. Future prospective studies including repeated assessment of inflammatory biomarkers and a collection of detailed information on type and amount of breakfast foods are warranted.
Spirituality and quality of life in women with breast cancer: The role of hope and educational attainment
Authors: Pahlevan Sharif Saeed , Lehto Rebecca H. , Amiri Mohammadreza , Ahadzadeh Ashraf Sadat , Sharif Nia Hamid , Haghdoost Ali Akbar , Khoshnavay Fomani Fatemeh , Goudarzian Amir Hossein 
Published: June 2020

AbstractObjectiveThis study investigated relationships among spirituality, hope, and overall quality of life in Muslim women with breast cancer in Malaysia.MethodA cross-sectional descriptive design with a convenience sample of 145 Malay patients was used. The mediating role of hope in the relationship between spirituality and quality of life as well as the moderating effect of education level on the spirituality hope link were examined.ResultsParticipants with higher self-reported spirituality reported more hope (b= 6.345,p< 0.001) and higher levels of quality of life (b= 1.065,p< 0.001). Higher educational attainment weakened relationships between spirituality and hope (b= −1.460,p< 0.001).Significance of resultsThe role of advanced education in contributing to lessened hope in relation to spirituality emphasizes the importance of skilled and personalized spiritual counseling in the respective socio-cultural religious context.
Environmental factors in trade during the great transformation: advancing the geographical coverage before 1950
Authors: Brolin John , Kander Astrid 
Published: June 2020

AbstractIn the study of trade-embedded environmental factors (land, water, energy, or material flows), three conflicting interpretations prevail concerning what happened before 1950. The ‘great specialization’ narrative argues that trade served to lighten pressure on the environment by redistributing environmental services from where they were abundant to where they were scarce. The ‘great divergence’ sees an exploitative transfer from poor countries to rich and powerful ones or an environmental load displacement from rich to poor. The ‘great acceleration’ dismisses flows as insignificant either way. We review long-term national studies and find an almost exclusive focus on developed countries, mostly European and especially the UK, where more systematic studies tend to support ‘specialization’ and/or ‘acceleration’. By contrast, more qualitative studies on individual exports from developing countries often support ‘divergence’, but, since imports are excluded by design, this can never be demonstrated. We propose widening the geographical scope of long-term national studies beyond Europe and extending existing studies with bilateral trade, and suggest that ‘developing country’ trade be quantified according to existing methods of environmental accounting.
United by grass, separated by coal: Uruguay and New Zealand during the First Globalization
Authors: Travieso Emiliano 
Published: June 2020

AbstractWhile the role of coal has been the subject of long-running debate in the historiography of the Industrial Revolution, its part in the economic development of the global periphery has been comparatively neglected. The technological context of the ‘First Globalization’ (c.1870–1914) made pastoral production in the periphery increasingly dependent on modern energy, as new methods of production and transportation bridged the distance between grasslands in the south of the world and kitchens in the north. By comparing choices of meat preservation techniques in Uruguay and New Zealand – two small settler economies that prospered on the back of pastoral exports – this article highlights the usefulness of an energy perspective on agriculture-based transitions to modern economic growth. Different conditions of access to coal shaped how New Zealanders and Uruguayans exploited their livestock herds when terms of trade favoured them the most, with important consequences for the persisting income gap between them.
‘Mingled in an almost inextricable confusion’: the panics of 1873 and the experience of globalization
Authors: Davies Hannah Catherine 
Published: June 2020

AbstractThis article analyses the transatlantic financial crises of 1873 from the vantage point of the three countries that were most affected by it, Austria, Germany, and the United States, focusing on the experience of economic globalization and disintegration for actors on both sides of the Atlantic. It compares the perception of financial commentators and financiers of the panics in 1873, when the experience of integration was asymmetrical, and more pronounced in Germany and Austria than in the United States. It further argues that this asymmetrical experience of contagion shaped the monetary debates of the 1870s in all three countries. Focusing on the interrelationship and coexistence of experiences of integration and isolation, the article maintains that, despite the panics’ near-synchronicity, financial globalization remained difficult to see.
Gendering Gamson's Law
Authors: Scherpereel John A. , Adams Melinda , Hayes Katherine 
Published: June 2020

AbstractWhich factors explain variation in the gendered composition of governing cabinets? To address this question, we transpose the idea of proportionality between legislative seat shares and cabinet seats shares from studies of the partisan composition of cabinets to studies of the gender composition of cabinets. Gamson's law identifies a strong association between the proportion of legislative seats a party contributes to a governing coalition and the proportion of seats the party receives in the cabinet. We attempt to gender Gamson's law. We develop a theory of why a gendered Gamson's logic should apply to cabinets in parliamentary systems. We test our intuition via analysis of a new dataset covering 18 OECD parliamentary systems from 1990 through early 2019. We find a strong relationship between the gendered distribution of seats in governing parties’ parliamentary delegations and the gendered distribution of seats in the cabinets those parties create.
Mineralogy of Vera Rubin Ridge From the Mars Science Laboratory CheMin Instrument
Authors: Rampe E. B. , Bristow T. F. , Morris R. V. , Morrison S. M. , Achilles C. N. , Ming D. W. , Vaniman D. T. , Blake D. F. , Tu V. M. , Chipera S. J. , Yen A. S. , Peretyazhko T. S. , Downs R. T. , Hazen R. M. , Treiman A. H. , Grotzinger J. P. , Castle N. , Craig P. I. , Des Marais D. J. , Thorpe M. T. , Walroth R. C. , Downs G. W. , Fraeman A. A. , Siebach K. L. , Gellert R. , Lafuente B. , McAdam A. C. , Meslin P.‐Y. , Sutter B. , Salvatore M. R. 
Published: June 2020

AbstractVera Rubin ridge (VRR) is an erosion‐resistant feature on the northwestern slope of Mount Sharp in Gale crater, Mars, and orbital visible/shortwave infrared measurements indicate it contains red hematite. The Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover performed an extensive campaign on VRR to study its mineralogy, geochemistry, and sedimentology to determine the depositional and diagenetic history of the ridge and constrain the processes by which the hematite could have formed. X‐ray diffraction (XRD) data from the CheMin instrument of four samples drilled on and below VRR demonstrate differences in iron, phyllosilicate, and sulfate mineralogy and hematite grain size. Hematite is common across the ridge, and its detection in a gray outcrop suggest localized regions with coarse‐grained hematite, which commonly forms from warm fluids. Broad XRD peaks for hematite in one sample below VRR and the abundance of FeOT in the amorphous component suggest the presence of nanocrystalline hematite and amorphous Fe oxides/oxyhydroxides. Well crystalline akaganeite and jarosite are present in two samples drilled from VRR, indicating at least limited alteration by acid‐saline fluids. Collapsed nontronite is present below VRR, but samples from VRR contain phyllosilicate with d(001) = 9.6 Å, possibly from ferripyrophyllite or an acid‐altered smectite. The most likely cementing agents creating the ridge are hematite and opaline silica. We hypothesize late diagenesis can explain much of the mineralogical variation on the ridge, where multiple fluid episodes with variable pH, salinity, and temperature altered the rocks, causing the precipitation and crystallization of phases that are not otherwise in equilibrium.
N6-methyladenosine (m6A) methylation in ischemia–reperfusion injury
Authors: Yao Weifeng , Han Xue , Ge Mian , Chen Chaojin , Xiao Xue , Li Haobo , Hei Ziqing 
Published: June 2020

AbstractIschemia–reperfusion (I/R) injury is common during surgery and often results in organ dysfunction. The mechanisms of I/R injury are complex, diverse, and not well understood. RNA methylation is a novel epigenetic modification that is involved in the regulation of various biological processes, such as immunity, response to DNA damage, tumorigenesis, metastasis, stem cell renewal, fat differentiation, circadian rhythms, cell development and differentiation, and cell division. Research on RNA modifications, specifically N6-methyladenosine (m6A), have confirmed that they are involved in the regulation of organ I/R injury. In this review, we summarized current understanding of the regulatory roles and significance of m6A RNA methylation in I/R injury in different organs.
LncRNA ENST00000563492 promoting the osteogenesis–angiogenesis coupling process in bone mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) by functions as a ceRNA for miR-205-5p
Authors: Ouyang Zhengxiao , Tan Tingting , Zhang Xianghong , Wan Jia , Zhou Yanling , Jiang Guangyao , Yang Daishui , Liu Tang 
Published: June 2020

AbstractPain, physical dysfunction, and mental disorders caused by bone nonunion bring great burden to patients. Bone mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) isolated from bone nonunion patients with poor proliferation and osteogenic ability are compared with that from normal bone-healing patients. Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are a class of RNAs that are more than 200 nucleotides in length, lack an open-reading frame encoding a protein, and have little or no protein-coding function, and could regulate gene expression, which is involved in the regulation of important life activities, such as growth, development, aging, and death at epigenetic, transcriptional, and post-transcriptional levels. In this study, we intended to investigate the difference of lncRNA expression between patients with nonunion and normal fracture healing. Our result found that lncRNA ENST00000563492 was downregulated in bone nonunion tissues. LncRNA ENST00000563492 promotes osteogenic differentiation of BMSCs through upregulating the expression of CDH11. On the other hand, LncRNA ENST0000563492 could improve the osteogenesis–angiogenesis coupling process through enhancing the expression of VEGF during osteogenic differentiation of BMSCs. LncRNA ENST00000563492 functions as a ceRNA for miR-205-5p that was targeting CDH11 and VEGF. LncRNA ENST00000563492 could promote the osteogenesis of BMSCs in vivo. Our result indicated that lncRNA ENST00000563492 may be a new target for bone nonunion.
Large Josephson current in Weyl nodal loop semimetals due to odd-frequency superconductivity
Authors: Parhizgar Fariborz , Black-Schaffer Annica M. 
Published: June 2020

AbstractWeyl nodal loop semimetals (WNLs) host a closed nodal line loop Fermi surface in the bulk, protected zero-energy flat band, or drumhead, surface states, and strong spin-polarization. The large density of states of the drumhead states makes WNL semimetals exceedingly prone to electronic ordering. At the same time, the spin-polarization naively prevents conventional superconductivity due to its spin-singlet nature. Here we show the complete opposite: WNLs are extremely promising materials for superconducting Josephson junctions, entirely due to odd-frequency superconductivity. By sandwiching a WNL between two conventional superconductors we theoretically demonstrate the presence of very large Josephson currents, even up to orders of magnitude larger than for normal metals. The large currents are generated both by an efficient transformation of spin-singlet pairs into odd-frequency spin-triplet pairing by the Weyl dispersion and the drumhead states ensuring exceptionally proximity effect. As a result, WNL Josephson junctions offer unique possibilities for detecting and exploring odd-frequency superconductivity.
NTAL is associated with treatment outcome, cell proliferation and differentiation in acute promyelocytic leukemia
Authors: Thomé Carolina Hassibe , Ferreira Germano Aguiar , Pereira-Martins Diego Antonio , dos Santos Guilherme Augusto , Ortiz César Alexander , de Souza Lucas Eduardo Botelho , Sobral Lays Martins , Silva Cleide Lúcia Araújo , Scheucher Priscila Santos , Gil Cristiane Damas , Leopoldino Andréia Machado , Silveira Douglas R. A. , Coelho-Silva Juan L. , Traina Fabíola , Koury Luisa C. , Melo Raul A. M. , Bittencourt Rosane , Pagnano Katia , Pasquini Ricardo , Nunes Elenaide C. , Fagundes Evandro M. , Gloria Ana Beatriz F. , Kerbauy Fábio Rodrigues , Chauffaille Maria de Lourdes , Keating Armand , Tallman Martin S. , Ribeiro Raul C. , Dillon Richard , Ganser Arnold , Löwenberg Bob , Valk Peter , Lo-Coco Francesco , Sanz Miguel A. , Berliner Nancy , Faça Vitor Marcel , Rego Eduardo M. 
Published: June 2020

AbstractNon-T cell activation linker (NTAL) is a lipid raft-membrane protein expressed by normal and leukemic cells and involved in cell signaling. In acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL), NTAL depletion from lipid rafts decreases cell viability through regulation of the Akt/PI3K pathway. The role of NTAL in APL cell processes, and its association with clinical outcome, has not, however, been established. Here, we show that reduced levels of NTAL were associated with increased all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA)-induced differentiation, generation of reactive oxygen species, and mitochondrial dysfunction. Additionally, NTAL-knockdown (NTAL-KD) in APL cell lines led to activation of Ras, inhibition of Akt/mTOR pathways, and increased expression of autophagy markers, leading to an increased apoptosis rate following arsenic trioxide treatment. Furthermore, NTAL-KD in NB4 cells decreased the tumor burden in (NOD scid gamma) NSG mice, suggesting its implication in tumor growth. A retrospective analysis of NTAL expression in a cohort of patients treated with ATRA and anthracyclines, revealed that NTAL overexpression was associated with a high leukocyte count (P = 0.007) and was independently associated with shorter overall survival (Hazard Ratio: 3.6; 95% Confidence Interval: 1.17–11.28; P = 0.026). Taken together, our data highlights the importance of NTAL in APL cell survival and response to treatment.
Proton Transport in Aluminum-Substituted Mesoporous Silica Channel-Embedded High-Temperature Anhydrous Proton-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells
Authors: Seo Kwangwon , Nam Ki-Ho , Han Haksoo 
Published: June 2020

AbstractPolymer composite membrane technology is promising for enhancing the performance of membrane electrode assemblies for high-temperature fuel cells. In this study, we developed a novel anhydrous proton-exchange polybenzimidazole (m-PBI) composite membrane using Al-substituted mesoporous silica (Al-MCM-41) as a proton-carrier support. The surface-substituted Al-MCM-41 formed effective proton-transport pathways via its periodic hexagonal channel and improved the proton conductivity. The proton conductivity of an m-PBI filled with 9 wt.% filler was 0.356 S cm-1 at 160 °C and 0% humidity, representing an increase of 342% compared to that of a pristine m-PBI. Further, the current density at 0.6 V and maximum power density of m-PBI composite membranes were increased to 0.393 A cm-2 and 0.516 W cm-2, respectively. The enhanced fuel-cell performance was attributed to the proton-transfer channels and H3PO4 reservoirs formed by the mesopores of the Al-MCM-41 shell. The results indicated that Al-MCM-41 is suitable with respect to the hybrid homologues for enhancing the proton transport of the m-PBI membrane.
Leveraging risk maps of malaria vector abundance to guide control efforts reduces malaria incidence in Eastern Province, Zambia
Authors: Larsen David A. , Martin Anne , Pollard Derek , Nielsen Carrie F. , Hamainza Busiku , Burns Matthew , Stevenson Jennifer , Winters Anna 
Published: June 2020

AbstractAlthough transmission of malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases is geographically heterogeneous, in sub-Saharan Africa risk maps are rarely used to determine which communities receive vector control interventions. We compared outcomes in areas receiving different indoor residual spray (IRS) strategies in Eastern Province, Zambia: (1) concentrating IRS interventions within a geographical area, (2) prioritizing communities to receive IRS based on predicted probabilities of Anopheles funestus, and (3) prioritizing communities to receive IRS based on observed malaria incidence at nearby health centers. Here we show that the use of predicted probabilities of An. funestus to guide IRS implementation saw the largest decrease in malaria incidence at health centers, a 13% reduction (95% confidence interval = 5–21%) compared to concentrating IRS geographically and a 37% reduction (95% confidence interval = 30–44%) compared to targeting IRS based on health facility incidence. These results suggest that vector control programs could produce better outcomes by prioritizing IRS according to malaria-vector risk maps.
Tracing human mobility in central Europe during the Upper Paleolithic using sub-seasonally resolved Sr isotope records in ornaments
Authors: Kowalik Nina , Anczkiewicz Robert , Wilczyński Jarosław , Wojtal Piotr , Müller Wolfgang , Bondioli Luca , Nava Alessia , Gasparik Mihály 
Published: June 2020

AbstractMobility of people and goods during the Upper Paleolithic has proven difficult to reconstruct given the relative rareness of remains. Nevertheless, archaeological contexts like the Late Pleistocene horizon of Borsuka Cave (Southern Poland) represent a unique opportunity to explore patterns of objects’ transportation across Central Europe. We investigated the origin of four ornaments made of European elk (Alces alces L.) incisors recovered at Borsuka Cave – the oldest known burial site in Poland, possibly a child grave. Laser-ablation plasma source mass spectrometric analyses of trace elements and Sr isotopic compositions revealed that one elk was roaming within a geologically uniform area while the others changed their pastures during their lifetimes. The non-local origin of the elk teeth is inferred from their exotic Sr isotopic compositions and the lack of evidence for the presence of elk in this territory during the Pleistocene. Instead, the elks’ Sr isotopic composition show good agreement with sites near the Austria-Slovakia border region and northern Hungary, ~250 km away from the study site. We argue that the artefacts were most likely brought to Borsuka Cave by humans or by a network of exchange, so far never reported in the time range 32.5–28.8 ka cal BP for Southern Poland.