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Isostructural and Multivalent Anion Substitution toward Improved Phosphate Cathode Materials for Sodium‐Ion Batteries
Authors: Wang Mei‐Yi , Guo Jin‐Zhi , Wang Zhi‐Wei , Gu Zhen‐Yi , Nie Xue‐Jiao , Yang Xu , Wu Xing‐Long 
Published: March 2020

AbstractPolyanion‐type phosphate materials are highly promising cathode candidates for next‐generation batteries due to their excellent structural stability during cycling; however, their poor conductivity has impeded their development. Isostructural and multivalent anion substitution combined with carbon coating is proposed to greatly improve the electrochemical properties of phosphate cathode in sodium‐ion batteries (SIBs). Specifically, multivalent tetrahedral SiO44− substitute for PO43− in Na3V2(PO4)3 (NVP) lattice, preparing the optimal Na3.1V2(PO4)2.9(SiO4)0.1 with high‐rate capability (delivering a high capacity of 82.5 mAh g−1 even at 20 C) and outstanding cyclic stability (≈98% capacity retention after 500 cycles at 1 C). Theoretical calculation and experimental analyses reveal that the anion‐substituted Na3.1V2(PO4)2.9(SiO4)0.1 reduces the bandgap of NVP lattice and enhanced its structural stability, Na+‐diffusion kinetics and electronic conductivity. This strategy of multivalent and isostructural anion substitution chemistry provides a new insight to develop advanced phosphate cathodes.
Bioactive peptides attenuate cardiac apoptosis in spontaneously hypertensive rat hearts through activation of autophagy and mitochondrial biogenesis pathway
Authors: Lin Wan Teng , Nithiyanantham Srinivasan , Hsieh Dennis Jine‐Yuan , Chen Ray‐Jade , Day Cecilia‐Hsuan , Liao Jia Ying , Kuo Chia‐Hua , Mahalakshmi B. , Kuo Wei‐Wen , Huang Chih‐Yang 
Published: March 2020

AbstractAlcalase potato protein hydrolysate (APPH) might have a very important role in therapeutic effects. This study aims to examine the beneficial effects of bioactive peptides (DIKTNKPVIF [DI] and IF) from APPH supplement in the regulation of cardiac apoptosis, autophagy, and mitochondrial biogenesis pathway in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). We have investigated ejection fraction, fractional shortening, Tunel assay, apoptosis, autophagy, and mitochondrial biogenesis pathway marker expression to show the efficacy of bioactive peptides in an SHR model. Bioactive peptides significantly upregulate ejection fraction and fractional shortening in SHR rats. SHR rats exhibited higher protein expression of apoptotic markers such as BAD, cytochrome c, and caspase 3. Finally, the bioactive peptides upregulate survival proteins (p‐AKT/p‐PI3K), autophagy (Beclin1/LC3B), and mitochondrial biogenesis (p‐AMPKα/SIRT1/PGC1α/p‐Foxo3a/Nrf2/CREB) marker expressions compared with the SHR groups. In summary, the bioactive peptides protect the heart tissues through the activation of autophagy and mitochondrial biogenesis pathway and thereby attenuate cardiac apoptosis in a spontaneously hypertensive rat model.
A Rapid Population Assessment Method for Wild Pigs Using Baited Cameras at 3 Study Sites
Authors: Schlichting Peter E. , Beasley James C. , Boughton Raoul K. , Davis Amy J. , Pepin Kim M. , Glow Michael P. , Snow Nathan P. , Miller Ryan S. , VerCauteren Kurt C. , Lewis Jesse S. 
Published: March 2020

ABSTRACTReliable and efficient population estimates are a critical need for effective management of invasive wild pigs (Sus scrofa). We evaluated the use of 10‐day camera grids for rapid population assessment (RPA) of wild pigs at 3 study sites that varied in vegetation communities and wild pig densities. Study areas included Buck Island Ranch, Florida; Tejon Ranch, California; and the Savannah River Site, South Carolina, USA, during 2016–2018. Rapid population assessments grids were composed of baited camera traps spaced approximately 500 or 750 m apart. Two RPA grids were deployed per study site and each grid was deployed twice (4–6 months apart) to assess changes in response to season or population control efforts. We assessed the ability of RPA grids to track population trends, how camera number influenced estimate precision, and how relative abundance indices related to density estimates. We detected changes in occupancy probability, detection probability, and N‐mixture estimates following removal operations and between seasons, but the ability of RPA grids to track population trends was dependent on the statistical method used and number of cameras traps. Increasing the number of cameras traps used in RPA grids increased precision, and these results can be used in determining survey design and estimate choice. We found that estimates of occupancy probability, detection probability, and N‐mixture estimates were positively correlated with spatially explicit capture–recapture density estimates. Thus, these less labor‐intensive estimates from RPA grids showed potential to index the relative abundance of wild pigs in some systems. Our evaluation of RPAs indicates that using study‐specific combinations of statistical method and number of cameras can provide a useful tool for monitoring wild pig presence, tracking population trends, and evaluating the effectiveness of management actions. © 2020 The Wildlife Society.
Band Wear and Effects on Recovery and Survival Estimates of Diving Ducks
Authors: Szymanski Michael L. , Arnold Todd W. , Garrettson Pamela R. , Afton Alan D. 
Published: March 2020

ABSTRACTWildlife biologists commonly use marked individuals to estimate population size and vital rates. If markers are lost or become too illegible to be reported (which we define as functional loss), population size and vital rates derived from marked individuals could be biased. We double‐banded 4,990 lesser scaup (Aythya affinis) and 1,429 redheads (A. americana) with a traditionally used band made of aluminum, plus another band made of incoloy designed to be more resistant to wear. Banding took place at 10 late‐summer banding stations in the northcentral United States and Canada during 2009 and 2010 and during spring at Pool 19 on the Mississippi River, Iowa, USA, during 2009–2011. We then examined bands recovered from hunter‐shot birds to assess wear of paired bands. We also conducted band‐recovery analyses to test for differences in band retention and reporting rates between birds banded with aluminum versus hard metal bands. Band wear assessments indicated that incoloy bands lost zero mass over time and showed no effects of wear. Although no bands were lost, aluminum bands showed significant mass loss and wear over time. For double‐banded lesser scaup recovered in their fourth year after banding, 71.9% of aluminum bands had contact information that was completely unreadable, compared with only 12.5% for those worn by redheads. Based on our recent double‐band recovery data, up to 34% of lesser scaup bands would be recovered during the fifth through eighth hunting seasons of band wear. Band wear affected estimated recovery rates of both species, with stronger effects in lesser scaup. Our results indicate that use of aluminum bands resulted in a substantial loss of information; thus, banders should only use bands made of hard metal alloys (e.g., incoloy or stainless steel), and discontinue all use of aluminum bands for these species and other diving ducks with sparse recovery data. Future demographic analyses using banding data for species with excessive band wear and low numbers of band‐recoveries should account for band type and functional band loss. © 2020 The Wildlife Society.
Inbreeding depression in sperm quality in a critically endangered amphibian
Authors: Hinkson Kristin M. , Poo Sinlan 
Published: March 2020

AbstractSmall, isolated populations often experience increased inbreeding and decreased heterozygosity, which increases the potential risk of inbreeding depression. The relationship between inbreeding and sperm health is well‐documented in a variety of taxa, but has yet to be explored in amphibians. The dusky gopher frog, Lithobates sevosus, is a critically endangered species with years of documented inbreeding and low genetic variability as a consequence of isolation and population size reduction. This study investigated the effects of inbreeding on sperm quality in captive L. sevosus using an outbred, sister species (Lithobates pipiens) as a standard for comparison. We found L. sevosus to have severely reduced sperm quality in terms of total motility, forward progressive motility, concentration, and viability. Additionally, we observed a significant, negative relationship between total sperm motility and mean kinship within captive‐bred individuals. These data serve to enhance our understanding of the role inbreeding plays in amphibians, and to provide valuable insight into new risk factors declining amphibian populations may face.
The European Trade Union Movement and the Issue of Statutory Minimum Wages
Authors: Furåker Bengt , Larsson Bengt 
Published: March 2020

AbstractMost countries in Europe have minimum wage legislation, but there are some exceptions such as the Nordic countries. The issue has clearly divided European trade unions and Nordic unions represent a foothold for the resistance to this kind of regulation. To provide a more detailed picture of European labour organizations’ arguments for and against minimum wage legislation, data from interviews and surveys as well as documents are used. There is obviously a deep cleavage within the European trade union movement and the chapter also describes how the ETUC has handled the diverging positions.
Concluding Discussion
Authors: Furåker Bengt , Larsson Bengt 
Published: March 2020

AbstractThis chapter summarizes the previous analyses in the book in which results from two research projects are presented. Both projects aimed at examining cross-border trade union cooperation in Europe and the conditions for its development. The studies are based on data from different sources: interviews, surveys, documents and direct observations at meetings. They concentrate on actual patterns of cooperative activities, their forms and focuses, and on attitudes among unions to such activities. One aspect that is addressed is what factors labour organizations regard as positive and negative for collaboration. The chapter also sums up how the trade unions have dealt with two vital issues during the last decades: statutory minimum wages and the Posting of Workers Directive.
Relating Relative Entropy, Optimal Transport and Fisher Information: A Quantum HWI Inequality
Authors: Datta Nilanjana , Rouzé Cambyse 
Published: March 2020

AbstractQuantum Markov semigroups characterize the time evolution of an important class of open quantum systems. Studying convergence properties of such a semigroup and determining concentration properties of its invariant state have been the focus of much research. Quantum versions of functional inequalities (like the modified logarithmic Sobolev and Poincaré inequalities) and the so-called transportation cost inequalities have proved to be essential for this purpose. Classical functional and transportation cost inequalities are seen to arise from a single geometric inequality, called the Ricci lower bound, via an inequality which interpolates between them. The latter is called the HWI inequality, where the letters I, W and H are, respectively, acronyms for the Fisher information (arising in the modified logarithmic Sobolev inequality), the so-called Wasserstein distance (arising in the transportation cost inequality) and the relative entropy (or Boltzmann H function) arising in both. Hence, classically, the above inequalities and the implications between them form a remarkable picture which relates elements from diverse mathematical fields, such as Riemannian geometry, information theory, optimal transport theory, Markov processes, concentration of measure and convexity theory. Here, we consider a quantum version of the Ricci lower bound introduced by Carlen and Maas and prove that it implies a quantum HWI inequality from which the quantum functional and transportation cost inequalities follow. Our results hence establish that the unifying picture of the classical setting carries over to the quantum one.
Adrenalectomy for Primary Aldosteronism: Significant Variability in Work‐Up Strategies and Low Guideline Adherence in Worldwide Daily Clinical Practice
Authors: Vorselaars Wessel M. C. M. , van Beek Dirk‐Jan , Suurd Diederik P. D. , Postma Emily , Spiering Wilko , Borel Rinkes Inne H. M. , Valk Gerlof D. , Vriens Menno R. ,   International CONNsortium*, Zarnegar Rasa , Fahey Thomas J. , Drake Frederick T. , Duh Quan Y. , Talutis Stephanie D. , McAneny David B. , McManus Catherine , Lee James A. , Grant Scott B. , Grogan Raymon H. , Romero Arenas Minerva A. , Perrier Nancy D. , Sturgeon Cord , Castelino Tanya , Mitmaker Elliot J. , Parente David N. , Pasternak Jesse D. , Sidhu Stan B. , Sywak Mark , D'Amato Gerardo , Raffaelli Marco , Schuermans Valerie , Bouvy Nicole D. , Eker Hasan H. , Jaap Bonjer H. , Engelsman Anton F. , Nieveen van Dijkum Els J. M. , Kerstens Michiel N. , Kruijff Schelto 
Published: March 2020

AbstractBackgroundVarious diagnostic tests are available to establish the primary aldosteronism (PA) diagnosis and to determine the disease laterality. Combined with the controversies in the literature, unawareness of guidelines and technical demands and high costs of some of these diagnostics, this could lead to significant differences in work‐up strategies worldwide. Therefore, we investigated the work‐up before surgery for PA in daily clinical practice within a multicenter study.MethodsPatients who underwent unilateral adrenalectomy for PA within 16 centers in Europe, Canada, Australia and the USA between 2010 and 2016 were included. We did not exclude patients based on the performed diagnostic tests during work‐up to make our data representative for current clinical practice. Adherence to the Endocrine Society Guideline and variables associated with not performing adrenal venous sampling (AVS) were analyzed.ResultsIn total, 435 patients were eligible. An aldosterone‐to‐renin ratio, confirmatory test, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging and AVS were performed in 82.9%, 32.9%, 86.9%, 17.0% and 65.3% of patients, respectively. A complete work‐up, as recommended by the guideline, was performed in 13.1% of patients. Bilateral disease or normal adrenal anatomy on CT (OR 16.19; CI 3.50–74.99), smaller tumor size on CT (OR 0.06; CI 0.04–0.08) and presence of hypokalemia (OR 2.00; CI 1.19–3.32) were independently associated with performing AVS.ConclusionsThis study is the first to examine the daily clinical practice work‐up of PA within a worldwide cohort of surgical patients. The results demonstrate significant variability in work‐up strategies and low adherence to The Endocrine Society guideline.
Clinical relevance of circulating tumor cells in ovarian, fallopian tube and peritoneal cancer
Authors: Banys-Paluchowski Malgorzata , Fehm Tanja , Neubauer Hans , Paluchowski Peter , Krawczyk Natalia , Meier-Stiegen Franziska , Wallach Charlotte , Kaczerowsky Anna , Gebauer Gerhard 
Published: March 2020

Abstract
Purpose
Presence of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) is associated with impaired clinical outcome in several solid cancers. Limited data are available on the significance of CTCs in gynaecological malignancies. The aims of the present study were to evaluate the dynamics of CTCs in patients with ovarian, fallopian tube and peritoneal cancer during chemotherapy and to assess their clinical relevance.

Methods
43 patients with ovarian, fallopian tube and peritoneal cancer were included into this prospective study. Patients received chemotherapy according to national guidelines. CTC analysis was performed using the CellSearch system prior to chemotherapy, after three and six cycles.

Results
In 26% of the patients, ≥ 1CTC per 7.5 ml of blood was detected at baseline (17% of patients with de novo disease, compared to 35% in recurrent patients). Presence of CTCs did not correlate with other factors. After three cycles of therapy, CTC positivity rate declined to 4.8%. After six cycles, no patient showed persistent CTCs. Patients with ≥ 1 CTC at baseline had significantly shorter overall survival and progression-free survival compared to CTC-negative patients (OS: median 3.1 months vs. not reached, p = 0.006, PFS: median 3.1 vs. 23.1 months, p = 0.005). When only the subgroup with newly diagnosed cancer was considered, the association between CTC status and survival was not significant (OS: mean 17.4 vs. 29.0 months, p = 0.192, PFS: 14.3 vs. 26.9 months, p = 0.085). Presence of ≥ 1 CTC after three cycles predicted shorter OS in the entire patient cohort (p < 0.001).

Conclusions
Hematogenous tumor cell dissemination is a common phenomenon in ovarian, fallopian tube and peritoneal cancer. CTC status before start of systemic therapy correlates with clinical outcome. Chemotherapy leads to a rapid decline in CTC counts; further research is needed to evaluate the clinical value of CTC monitoring after therapy.
CBPtools: a Python package for regional connectivity-based parcellation
Authors: Reuter Niels , Genon Sarah , Kharabian Masouleh Shahrzad , Hoffstaedter Felix , Liu Xiaojin , Kalenscher Tobias , Eickhoff Simon B. , Patil Kaustubh R. 
Published: March 2020

AbstractRegional connectivity-based parcellation (rCBP) is a widely used procedure for investigating the structural and functional differentiation within a region of interest (ROI) based on its long-range connectivity. No standardized software or guidelines currently exist for applying rCBP, making the method only accessible to those who develop their own tools. As such, there exists a discrepancy between the laboratories applying the procedure each with their own software solutions, making it difficult to compare and interpret the results. Here, we outline an rCBP procedure accompanied by an open source software package called CBPtools. CBPtools is a Python (version 3.5+) package that allows users to run an extensively evaluated rCBP analysis workflow on a given ROI. It currently supports two modalities: resting-state functional connectivity and structural connectivity based on diffusion-weighted imaging, along with support for custom connectivity matrices. Analysis parameters are customizable and the workflow can be scaled to a large number of subjects using a parallel processing environment. Parcellation results with corresponding validity metrics are provided as textual and graphical output. Thus, CBPtools provides a simple plug-and-play, yet customizable way to conduct rCBP analyses. By providing an open-source software we hope to promote reproducible and comparable rCBP analyses and, importantly, make the rCBP procedure readily available. Here, we demonstrate the utility of CBPtools using a voluminous data set on an average compute-cluster infrastructure by performing rCBP on three ROIs prominently featured in parcellation literature.
Paradoxes of curating colonial memory
Authors: Jeurgens Charles , Karabinos Michael 
Published: March 2020

AbstractIn the last decade, many initiatives were taken to digitize colonial archival legacies. In this article, we analyse Dutch policy and a number of Dutch initiatives in this field with the aim to find answers to our central question whether digitization of colonial archival legacies offers possibilities to decolonize these archives. The aspiration to decolonize colonial legacies seems to be a paradoxical statement since there is something innately colonial in the recordkeeping systems that cannot, and should not, be removed. But digitization of archives means creating new recordkeeping infrastructures, and these new infrastructures shape new interfaces between the documents which were created in the past and the users of today. We argue that decolonizing these archives can be based on a comprehensive understanding of the complexity of the variables which shape the new digital archival infrastructure. Inspired by the third-space perspective and the concept of (de)coloniality, we explore the possibilities to develop archival infrastructures that contribute to decolonizing colonial archival legacies in the sense of offering multivocality, multiple agency and multiple provenance. We conclude that what we call third-space infrastructural frameworks create promising opportunities to contribute to the decolonization of colonial archival legacies.
Schemes, Critical Questions, and Complete Argument Evaluation
Authors: Yu Shiyang , Zenker Frank 
Published: March 2020

AbstractAccording to the argument scheme approach, to evaluate a given scheme-saturating instance completely does entail asking all critical questions (CQs) relevant to it. Although this is a central task for argumentation theorists, the field currently lacks a method for providing a complete argument evaluation. Approaching this task at the meta-level, we combine a logical with a substantive approach to the argument schemes by starting from Toulmin’s schema: ‘data, warrant, so claim’. For the yet more general schema: ‘premise(s); if premise(s), then conclusion; so conclusion’, we forward a meta-level CQ-list that is arguably both complete and applicable. This list should inform ongoing theoretical efforts at generating appropriate object-level CQs for specific argument schemes.
Using citizen science in road surveys for large-scale amphibian monitoring: are biased data representative for species distribution?
Authors: Petrovan Silviu O. , Vale Cândida Gomes , Sillero Neftalí 
Published: March 2020

AbstractRoad-based citizen science surveys are increasingly used for long-term monitoring of wildlife, including amphibians, over large spatial scales. However, how representative such data are when compared to the actual species distribution remains unclear. Spatial biases in site selection or road network coverage by volunteers could skew results towards more urbanised areas and consequently produce incorrect or partial trend estimations at regional or national scales. Our objective was to compare and verify potential spatial biases of road-based data using distribution datasets of different origins. We used as a case study the common toad (Bufo bufo), a fast-declining species and the main amphibian targeted by conservation action on roads in Europe. We used Maxent models to compare road survey data obtained from the 35 year-long “Toads on Roads” project in Great Britain with models using national-scale toad distribution records as well as with models using randomly generated points on roads. Distribution models that used data collected by volunteers on roads produced similar results to those obtained from overall species distribution, indicating the lack of selection bias and high spatial coverage of volunteer-collected data on roads. Toads were generally absent from mountainous areas and, despite the high availability of potential recorders, showed nearly complete absence of road-based records in large urban areas. This is probably the first study that comparatively evaluates species distribution models created using datasets of different origin in order to verify the influence of potential spatial bias of data collected by volunteers on roads. Large-scale declines of widespread amphibians have been demonstrated using data collected on roads and our results indicate that such data are representative and certainly comparable to other existing datasets. We show that for countries with high road network coverage, such as Great Britain, road-based data collected by volunteers represent a robust dataset and a critical citizen science contribution to conservation.