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Temporal dynamic and economic valuation of recreational fisheries of the lower Cuiabá River, Brazilian Pantanal
Authors: Massaroli Brayan Allan R. , Araújo Joisiane Mendes , Ortega Jean C. G. , Valle Nunes André , Mateus Lúcia , Silva Samuel Elias , Penha Jerry 
Published: March 2021

AbstractFisheries are the most common ecosystem service that fish provide to human populations, yet recreational fisheries are often overlooked when evaluating such services. Here, the socioeconomic profiles of fishers, the composition of their catches and catch per unit effort (CPUE) are described, to estimate the economic value of the recreational fishery on a stretch of the Cuiabá River in the Brazilian Pantanal. Questionnaires were used to obtain socioeconomic information and fishing yield from fishers for 2013 and 2014. Additionally, a census on the number of fishers and fishing platforms along the sampled region was conducted in 2018. This recreational fishery mostly involves middle class adult males, based mostly in the Cuiabá city metropolitan region. They invested, on average, US$41.1 (SD = US$16.5, median = $35.2) per fishing visit, catching around 19 fish species. Overall, mean CPUE from the recreational fishery was 42.20 fish/fisher.day (17.4 kg/fisher/day). Annual economic value of this recreational fishery was estimated at around US$1.8 million, which highlights the importance of this activity to the local economy. Greater environmental conservation efforts are recommend to ensure the long‐term viability of this ecosystem service.
Divergent above‐ and below‐ground biodiversity pathways mediate disturbance impacts on temperate forest multifunctionality
Authors: Yuan Zuoqiang , Ali Arshad , Loreau Michel , Ding Fang , Liu Shufang , Sanaei Anvar , Zhou Wangming , Ye Ji , Lin Fei , Fang Shuai , Hao Zhanqing , Wang Xugao , Le Bagousse‐Pinguet Yoann 
Published: March 2021

AbstractBiodiversity plays a fundamental role in provisioning and regulating forest ecosystem functions and services. Above‐ground (plants) and below‐ground (soil microbes) biodiversity could have asynchronous change paces to human‐driven land‐use impacts. Yet, we know very little how they affect the provision of multiple forest functions related to carbon accumulation, water retention capacity and nutrient cycling simultaneously (i.e. ecosystem multifunctionality; EMF). We used a dataset of 22,000 temperate forest trees from 260 plots within 11 permanent forest sites in Northeastern China, which are recovering from three post‐logging disturbances. We assessed the direct and mediating effects of multiple attributes of plant biodiversity (taxonomic, phylogenetic, functional and stand structure) and soil biodiversity (bacteria and fungi) on EMF under the three disturbance levels. We found the highest EMF in highly disturbed rather than undisturbed mature forests. Plant taxonomic, phylogenetic, functional and stand structural diversity had both positive and negative effects on EMF, depending on how the EMF index was quantified, whereas soil microbial diversity exhibited a consistent positive impact. Biodiversity indices explained on average 45% (26%–58%) of the variation in EMF, whereas climate and disturbance together explained on average 7% (0.4%–15%). Our result highlighted that the tremendous effect of biodiversity on EMF, largely overpassing those of both climate and disturbance. While above‐ (β = 0.02–0.19) and below‐ground (β = 0.16–0.26) biodiversity had direct positive effects on EMF, their opposite mediating effects (β = −0.22 vs. β = 0.35 respectively) played as divergent pathways to human disturbance impacts on EMF. Our study sheds light on the need for integrative frameworks simultaneously considering above‐ and below‐ground attributes to grasp the global picture of biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioning and services. Suitable management interventions could maintain both plant and soil microbial biodiversity, and thus guarantee a long‐term functioning and provisioning of ecosystem services in an increasing disturbance frequency world.
Potential benefits of liming to acid soils on climate change mitigation and food security
Authors: Wang Yan , Yao Zhisheng , Zhan Yang , Zheng Xunhua , Zhou Minghua , Yan Guangxuan , Wang Lin , Werner Christian , Butterbach‐Bahl Klaus 
Published: March 2021

AbstractGlobally, about 50% of all arable soils are classified as acidic. As crop and plant growth are significantly hampered under acidic soil conditions, many farmers, but increasingly as well forest managers, apply lime to raise the soil pH. Besides its direct effect on soil pH, liming also affects soil C and nutrient cycles and associated greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes. In this meta‐analysis, we reviewed 1570 observations reported in 121 field‐based studies worldwide, to assess liming effects on soil GHG fluxes and plant productivity. We found that liming significantly increases crop yield by 36.3%. Also, soil organic C (SOC) stocks were found to increase by 4.51% annually, though soil respiration is stimulated too (7.57%). Moreover, liming was found to reduce soil N2O emission by 21.3%, yield‐scaled N2O emission by 21.5%, and CH4 emission and yield‐scaled CH4 emission from rice paddies by 19.0% and 12.4%, respectively. Assuming that all acid agricultural soils are limed periodically, liming results in a total GHG balance benefit of 633−749 Tg CO2‐eq year−1 due to reductions in soil N2O emissions (0.60−0.67 Tg N2O‐N year−1) and paddy soil CH4 emissions (1.75−2.21 Tg CH4 year−1) and increases in SOC stocks (65.7–110 Tg C year−1). However, this comes at the cost of an additional CO2 release (c. 624–656 Tg CO2 year−1) deriving from lime mining, transport and application, and lime dissolution, so that the overall GHG balance is likely neutral. Nevertheless, liming of acid agricultural soils will increase yields by at least 6.64 × 108 Mg year−1, covering the food supply of 876 million people. Overall, our study shows for the first time that a general strategy of liming of acid agricultural soils is likely to result in an increasing sustainability of global agricultural production, indicating the potential benefit of liming acid soils for climate change mitigation and food security.
Practical considerations for nonfactor‐replacement therapies in the treatment of haemophilia with inhibitors
Authors: Jiménez‐Yuste Victor , Auerswald Günter , Benson Gary , Dolan Gerry , Hermans Cedric , Lambert Thierry , Ljung Rolf , Morfini Massimo , Santagostino Elena , Zupančić Šalek Silva 
Published: March 2021

AbstractNew therapeutic agents for haemophilia with inhibitors that are in development or already licensed are expected to provide transformative treatment options. Many of these new therapies are not based on simply replacing the missing factor; new strategies include bispecific antibody technology that mimics factor VIII coagulation function (emicizumab), and inhibition of anticoagulant proteins such as tissue factor pathway inhibitor (eg PF‐06741086) and antithrombin (eg fitusiran). These agents are administered subcutaneously and should significantly reduce treatment burden and increase the ability to deliver prophylaxis for patients. Limited real‐world data and validated practical guidance on these recently licensed/upcoming treatments resulted in the authors convening to discuss recommendations on their use. Emicizumab is currently the only licenced nonfactor therapy; thus, our recommendations focus on this product. Target candidates for emicizumab prophylaxis are difficult‐to‐treat patients with haemophilia A and inhibitors and/or venous access issues, frequent bleeds and target joints. In case of breakthrough bleeding while receiving emicizumab, patients still require treatment with bypassing agents; the adjunct treatment of choice is recombinant activated factor VII. This treatment is also recommended to prevent bleeds in patients with inhibitors undergoing surgery. Our recommendations on suitable laboratory assays and monitoring new products, as well as the benefit of patient‐reported outcomes (such as pain and physical activity levels), are included. We also briefly discuss future treatment options for patients with haemophilia B and inhibitors. Although these nonfactor treatments offer great promise, further data and real‐world evidence are needed.
Does religiosity matter for vice product consumption among Chinese individuals?
Authors: Mok Kathy I Man , Lam Desmond Chee Shiong 
Published: March 2021

AbstractReligiosity defines the extrinsic utilitarian and intrinsic spiritual motivations of religious individuals. Many people have adopted vice product consumption, including addictive behaviours like alcohol drinking and gambling, in part to relieve daily pressure and tension. By applying the Theory of Planned Behaviour, this exploratory study examines the role of religiosity on Chinese individuals' alcohol drinking and gambling consumption urges via the mediating role of perceived (internal and external) behavioural control. Two separate studies were conducted, with a total of 1,010 respondents. The results showed a significant direct positive relationship between intrinsic religiosity and an individual's perceived behavioural control (both internal and external). There was no significant link between extrinsic religiosity and perceived behavioural control. Moreover, perceived internal behavioural control partially mediated the relationship between intrinsic religiosity and vice product consumption urges. These findings have meaningful implications for policymakers and social marketers.
Effect of thermal treatment on the antioxidant activity of egg white hydrolysate and the preparation of novel antioxidant peptides
Authors: Chen Yue , Han Peng , Ma Bin , Wang Xuefen , Ma Meihu , Qiu Ning , Fu Xing 
Published: March 2021

SummaryHeat treatment will affect the nutritional properties and potential bioactivity of food materials. The aim of this work was to evaluate the effect of different thermal treatment (4, 56, 65 and 100 ℃) and in vitro gastrointestinal digestion on the antioxidant activity of egg white hydrolysate. The results demonstrated that egg white hydrolysate treated at 65 ℃ exhibited the highest antioxidant. Remarkably, the simulated digestion significantly increased antioxidant activity of egg white hydrolysate. Furthermore, we identified twenty‐four potential antioxidant peptides by performing mass spectrometry and bioinformatic analysis. Six peptides were selected based on the activity prediction score of the online tool. The results showed that P6 (ACPECPK) possessed the most outstanding antioxidant properties and had low cytotoxicity and allergenicity. Bioinformatics technology combined with biochemical assays may offer a way for discovering novel antioxidant peptides from different kinds of food under various heat treatment conditions.
Effects of japonica rice flour on the mesoscopic and microscopic properties of wheat dough protein
Authors: Chen Feng‐lian , Ma Zhan‐qian , Yang Yang , Tan Bin , Ren Li‐kun , Liu Xiao‐fei , Bian Xin , Wang Bing , Guo Xiao‐xue , Yang Jing , Zhang Na 
Published: March 2021

SummaryThe aim of this study was to study the effects of twelve varieties of japonica rice flour on the gluten protein composition and structure of wheat dough. Experimental results indicated that the addition of japonica rice flour significantly decreased the α‐helix structure in the gluten protein sample, but increased the random coil content, indicating that the protein secondary structure became more disordered. The ratio of α‐helix/β‐sheet structures in the dough supplemented with different varieties of japonica rice flour was decreased, contributing to improved dough stability. Increasing the proportion of japonica rice flour from 10% to 40% significantly decreased the sulfhydryl content of the mixed flour dough. However, the total sulfhydryl content was only positively correlated with the amount of Longdao 19 japonica rice flour, reaching a maximum of 25.34 mol g−1 at 40% japonica rice flour. The gluten structure of mixed flour dough typically forms a porous three‐dimensional network, with the Longdao 19, 20, 23 and 25, Longjing 31 and Mudanjiang 31 japonica rice flours leading to improved gluten protein networks. In summary, the supplementation of standard wheat flour with japonica rice flour can alter dough properties and gluten structure.
Biosynthesis and profiles of fatty acids, vitamin E and carotenoids during flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) seed capsule maturation
Authors: Wang Hong , Qiu Caisheng , Wang Yufu , Guo Xinbo 
Published: March 2021

SummaryThis study investigated the profiles of major fatty acids, vitamin E and carotenoids at metabolic and transcription levels in fibre flaxseed capsule at six mature stages. From 5 days after flowering (DAF) to 15 DAF, the percentages of α‐linolenic acid and oleic acid notably increased, whereas palmitic acid and linoleic acid dramatically decreased, and finally remained stable till S6. The content of γ‐tocopherol was progressively raised to the maximum at the last stage, while α‐tocopherol presented a gradually declining trend from 5 DAF to 40 DAF. The total carotenoids in flaxseed capsules decreased continuously, and lutein remained the abundant one throughout the maturation. The varied expression pattern of genes in fatty acid, vitamin E and carotenoid biosynthetic pathway could partly explain the changes of these components during flaxseed capsule maturation. These results suggested fibre flaxseed capsules could be an attractive source of liposoluble compounds for further food and nutraceutical applications.
Efficacy of re‐do urethroplasty for post‐traumatic urethral stricture: An analysis of the anatomical and functional outcomes
Authors: Tabei Tadashi , Horiguchi Akio , Ojima Kenichiro , Shinchi Masayuki , Kobayashi Kazuki , Ito Keiichi , Azuma Ryuichi 
Published: March 2021

ObjectivesTo investigate the efficacy of re‐do urethroplasty for post‐traumatic urethral stricture in terms of anatomical and functional outcomes.MethodsA total of 48 patients who underwent re‐do urethroplasty for post‐traumatic urethral stricture due to perineal trauma (n = 21) and pelvic fracture urethral injury (n = 27) between October 2010 and March 2020 were retrospectively reviewed. Patients were followed by uroflowmetry, post‐void residual volume assessment and 17‐Fr flexible cystoscopy after re‐do urethroplasty. Successful urethroplasty was defined as having a urethral caliber adequate for the passage of a cystoscope and requiring no additional treatments. Patients completed a validated patient‐reported outcome measure for urethral stricture surgery, including overall satisfaction, and the sexual health inventory for men.ResultsThe type of re‐do urethroplasty was anastomotic urethroplasty in 45 (94%) patients and buccal mucosa urethroplasty in three (6%) patients. Urethroplasty was successful in 47 (98%) patients (median follow up 35 months, interquartile range 21–75). The patient‐reported outcome measure for urethral stricture surgery and Sexual Health Inventory for Men were assessed in 36 (75%) patients, and the mean lower urinary tract symptom‐specific quality of life, EuroQol‐5D and EuroQol‐visual analog scale scores improved from 2.86, 0.63 and 54.17 preoperatively to 0.78 (P < 0.001), 0.86 (P < 0.001) and 76.94 (P < 0.001) postoperatively, respectively. The pre‐ and postoperative mean Sexual Health Inventory for Men scores (5.92 and 4.94, respectively) did not significantly differ (P = 0.318). All 36 patients were satisfied with their urethroplasty outcomes, with 20 (56%) very satisfied patients.ConclusionsRe‐do urethroplasty for post‐traumatic urethral stricture shows a high success rate and beneficial effects on both anatomical and functional outcomes.
Integration and the struggle to turn space into “our” place: Homemaking as a way beyond the stalemate of assimilationism vs transnationalism
Authors: Boccagni Paolo , Hondagneu‐Sotelo Pierrette 
Published: March 2021

AbstractThis article investigates homemaking as a set of practices and a perspective on migrants’ ways of local incorporation, with its own material, emotional and relational underpinnings. Homemaking has the potential to emerge as an original category of analysis in immigrant integration, moving beyond the contraposition between assimilationism and transnationalism. Based also on our ongoing research, both in the United States and in Europe, we argue for the significance of migrants’ interactions with specific local structures of opportunities, including people and institutions as much as the built and natural environment. The latter is a critical site where the meanings, opportunities and contents of integration are negotiated between immigrant newcomers and their local and transnational counterparts. Migrants’ stratified rights, opportunities and aspirations to make themselves at home open a promising research perspective on group relations, as embedded in everyday materialities. While integration is a multi‐dimensional and multi‐scalar effort, it still rests on place‐bound fields of inequalities and interaction within and between groups, and on underlying differences in views, emotions and practices of home. These are both a mirror of larger asymmetries of power and of the opportunities available to challenge them.
Trait characterization of genetic resources reveals useful variation for the improvement of cultivated Nordic red clover
Authors: Zanotto Stefano , Palmé Anna , Helgadóttir Áslaug , Daugstad Kristin , Isolahti Mika , Öhlund Linda , Marum Petter , Moen Maria Ahlin , Veteläinen Merja , Rognli Odd Arne , Ergon Åshild 
Published: March 2021

AbstractRed clover (Trifolium pratense L.) is the most important forage legume in the Nordic region, but its utilization is limited by poor persistency. The improvement of cultivated red clover can potentially take advantage of the numerous wild populations and landraces conserved in gene banks; however, there is often limited information available on the phenotypic and genetic characteristics of this material. We characterized 48 populations conserved at NordGen for a number of traits and compared them to commercial cultivars. The material was evaluated in field trials at four locations over two years and in an experiment under controlled conditions. Considerable variation was identified, with stem length, growth type and flowering date having the highest broad sense heritabilities. Traits related to plant size were strongly associated with late flowering and upright growth and differed between landraces/cultivars on the one hand and wild populations on the other. There was a large genotype by environment interaction on winter survival, which only partially correlated with freezing tolerance under controlled conditions. A majority of gene bank accessions exceeded the commercial cultivars in winter survival and freezing tolerance and can therefore be a genetic resource for future improvement of these traits. The phenotypic variation among accessions was associated with two main axes of climatic variation at the collection site. Petiole length of young plants under controlled conditions as well as plant size in the field increased with increasing summer temperature and decreasing summer precipitation, while number of leaves and an apparent vernalization requirement, recorded under controlled conditions, increased with decreasing annual and winter temperature. We discuss the implications these results have for collection, conservation and utilization of red clover genetic resources in the Nordic region.
Behind the scene: Critical role of reactive oxygen species and reactive nitrogen species in salt stress tolerance
Authors: Tomar Rupal Singh , Kataria Sunita , Jajoo Anjana 
Published: March 2021

AbstractSalinity is one of the most important abiotic factors which affects plant growth and development and reduces crop productivity. Plants have stress tolerance ability to respond to a particular type of stress. For salt stress alleviation, plants retain specific mechanisms, such as activation of signalling cascades, ion channels, receptors, hormonal stimulation, ion exchange, osmolytes and antioxidant enzymes which are involved either directly or indirectly in plant protection. In plants, reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reactive nitrogen species (RNS) are produced in different cell compartments and involved in the “oxidative signalling” mechanism. Based on the recent studies in signalling and mechanisms for salt tolerance in plant, we explored the role of the salt overly sensitive system (SOS) related to antiporters of plasma and mitogen‐activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascades. Considering the importance of ROS and RNS, the present review has focused on different aspects and mechanisms that play key role in plants cell signalling network in response to salinity stress. In addition, this review highlights the differential expression of ROS, RNS and various antioxidative enzymes in C3, C4 and CAM plants. Moreover, the strategies for alleviation of salt stress such as magnetopriming, nanopriming, biopriming and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) in plants to achieve improved salt tolerance in crops under field conditions and their effects through ROS and RNS is also discussed. We conclude the review with a discussion of unseen issues and suggestions for future researches.
Flash sintering produces eutectic microstructures in Al2O3–LaPO4 versus conventional microstructures in 8YSZ–LaPO4
Authors: Yang Yingjie , Mumm Daniel R. , Mecartney Martha L. 
Published: March 2021

AbstractWhile monazite (LaPO4) does not flash sinter even at high fields of 1130 V/cm and temperatures of 1450°C, composite systems of 8YSZ–LaPO4 and Al2O3–LaPO4 have been found to more readily flash sinter. 8YSZ added to LaPO4 greatly lowered the furnace temperature for flash to 1100°C using a field of only 250 V/cm. In these experiments, ‐Al2O3 alone also did not flash sinter at 1450°C even with high fields of 1130 V/cm, but composites of Al2O3–LaPO4 powders flash sintered at 900‐1080 V/cm at 1450°C. Alumina–monazite (Al2O3–LaPO4) composites with compositions ranging from 25 vol% to 75 vol% Al2O3 were flash sintered with current limits from 2 to 25 mA/mm2. Microstructures were evaluated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). A eutectic microstructure was observed to form in all flash sintered Al2O3–LaPO4 composites. With higher power (higher current limits), eutectic structures with regular lamellar regions were found to coexist in the channeled region (where both the current and the temperature were the highest) with large hexagonal‐shaped ‐Al2O3 grains (up to 75 m) and large irregular LaPO4 grains. With lower power (lower current limits), an irregular eutectic microstructure was dominant, and there was minimal abnormal grain growth. These results indicate that Al2O3–LaPO4 is a eutectic‐forming system and the eutectic temperature was reached locally during flash sintering in regions. These eutectic microstructures with lamellar dimensions on the scale of 100 nm offer potential for improved mechanical properties.
Reply to “Comment on an article by Gonzaga et al. J Am Ceram Soc. 2020;103:6280‐6288”
Authors: Gonzaga Luiziana A. , Santana Vinicius T. , Bernardi Maria Inês B. , Hrubý Jakub , Neugebauer Petr , Mesquita Alexandre 
Published: March 2021

AbstractIn the “Comment on article by Gonzaga et al. J Am Ceram Soc. 2020;103:6280‐6288”, Paparazzo argues that the estimated value of Ce3+ amount in our CeO2 samples through X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis is ~10% and there is no dependence on the annealing temperature or Pr‐doping. However, a comparison of our XPS Ce 3d spectra with the reference presented by that author reveals characteristics in these spectra of higher at.%Ce3+ being consistent with values of around 24%. Furthermore, the intensity of the absorption in the region around the feature assigned as v′ in XPS Ce 3d spectra decreases as a function of Pr‐doping and annealing temperature, confirming different at.%Ce3+ for the samples due to these aspects.