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Size Effects of Brittle Particles in Aerosol Deposition—Molecular Dynamics Simulation
Authors: Daneshian Bahman , Gaertner Frank , Assadi Hamid , Hoeche Daniel , Weber Wolfgang , Klassen Thomas 
Published: February 2021

AbstractUp to now, the role of particle sizes on the impact behavior of ceramic particles in aerosol deposition not yet fully understood. Hence, with the aim to supply a more general understanding, modeling series of low strain rate compression and high-speed impact were performed by molecular dynamics on single-crystalline particles in sizes of 10-300 nm that are tuned to match mechanical properties of TiO2-anatase. The modeling results reveal that particles with original diameter of 25-75 nm exhibit three different impact behaviors that could be distinguished as (i) rebounding, (ii) bonding and (iii) fragmentation, depending on their initial impact velocity. In contrast, particles larger than 75 nm do not exhibit the bonding behavior. Detailed stress and strain field distributions reveal that combination of “localized inelastic deformation” along the slip systems and “shear localization” cause bonding of the small and large particles to the substrate. The analyses of associated temperature rise by the inelastic deformation revealed that heat diffusion at these small scales depend on size. Whereas small particles could reach a rather homogeneous temperature distribution, the evolved heat in the larger ones keeps rather localized to areas of highest deformation and may support deformation and the formation of dense layers in aerosol deposition.
In honor of John Bissett: authoritative guidelines on molecular identification of Trichoderma
Authors: Cai Feng , Druzhinina Irina S. 
Published: February 2021

AbstractModern taxonomy has developed towards the establishment of global authoritative lists of species that assume the standardized principles of species recognition, at least in a given taxonomic group. However, in fungi, species delimitation is frequently subjective because it depends on the choice of a species concept and the criteria selected by a taxonomist. Contrary to it, identification of fungal species is expected to be accurate and precise because it should predict the properties that are required for applications or that are relevant in pathology. The industrial and plant-beneficial fungi from the genus Trichoderma (Hypocreales) offer a suitable model to address this collision between species delimitation and species identification. A few decades ago, Trichoderma diversity was limited to a few dozen species. The introduction of molecular evolutionary methods resulted in the exponential expansion of Trichoderma taxonomy, with up to 50 new species recognized per year. Here, we have reviewed the genus-wide taxonomy of Trichoderma and compiled a complete inventory of all Trichoderma species and DNA barcoding material deposited in public databases (the inventory is available at the website of the International Subcommission on Taxonomy of Trichodermawww.trichoderma.info). Among the 375 species with valid names as of July 2020, 361 (96%) have been cultivated in vitro and DNA barcoded. Thus, we have developed a protocol for molecular identification of Trichoderma that requires analysis of the three DNA barcodes (ITS, tef1, and rpb2), and it is supported by online tools that are available on www.trichokey.info. We then used all the whole-genome sequenced (WGS) Trichoderma strains that are available in public databases to provide versatile practical examples of molecular identification, reveal shortcomings, and discuss possible ambiguities. Based on the Trichoderma example, this study shows why the identification of a fungal species is an intricate and laborious task that requires a background in mycology, molecular biological skills, training in molecular evolutionary analysis, and knowledge of taxonomic literature. We provide an in-depth discussion of species concepts that are applied in Trichoderma taxonomy, and conclude that these fungi are particularly suitable for the implementation of a polyphasic approach that was first introduced in Trichoderma taxonomy by John Bissett (1948–2020), whose work inspired the current study. We also propose a regulatory and unifying role of international commissions on the taxonomy of particular fungal groups. An important outcome of this work is the demonstration of an urgent need for cooperation between Trichoderma researchers to get prepared to the efficient use of the upcoming wave of Trichoderma genomic data.
Malmquist-Type Theorems for Cubic Hamiltonians
Authors: Steinmetz Norbert 
Published: February 2021

AbstractThe aim of this paper is to classify the cubic polynomials $$\begin{aligned} H(z,x,y)=\sum _{j+k\le 3}a_{jk}(z)x^jy^k \end{aligned}$$

H

(
z
,
x
,
y
)

=

∑

j
+
k
≤
3

a

jk

(
z
)

x
j

y
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over the field of algebraic functions such that the corresponding Hamiltonian system $$x'=H_y,$$

x
′

=

H
y

,

$$y'=-H_x$$

y
′

=
-

H
x

has at least one transcendental algebroid solution. Ignoring trivial subcases, the investigations essentially lead to several non-trivial Hamiltonians which are closely related to Painlevé’s equations $$\mathrm{P_{I}}$$

P
I

, $$\mathrm{P_{II}}$$

P
II

, $$\mathrm{P_{34}}$$

P
34

, and $$\mathrm{P_{IV}}$$

P
IV

. Up to normalisation of the leading coefficients, common Hamiltonians are $$\begin{aligned} \begin{array}{rl} \mathrm{H_I}:&{}-2y^3+\frac{1}{2}x^2-zy\\ \mathrm{H_{II/34}}:&{} x^2y-\frac{1}{2}y^2+\frac{1}{2}zy+\kappa x\\ \mathrm{H_{IV}}:&{}\begin{array}{l} x^2y+xy^2+2zxy+2\kappa x+2\lambda y\\ \frac{1}{3}(x^3+y^3)+zxy+\kappa x+\lambda y,\end{array} \end{array} \end{aligned}$$

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:

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/
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+
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:

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+
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+
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,

but the zoo of non-equivalent Hamiltonians turns out to be much larger.
Tariff Elimination and the Competitiveness of Wine-Exporting Countries in Japan
Authors: Greear Emily K. , Muhammad Andrew 
Published: February 2021

AbstractBilateral trade agreements between Japan and major wine-exporting countries have resulted in tariff eliminations in Japan. This raises questions about how tariffs affect the competitiveness of wine-exporting countries. The generalized dynamic Rotterdam model was used in estimating Japanese wine demand by source. Estimates were then used to project the impact of tariffs on imports of Australian, Chilean, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and U.S. wine. Tariff reductions primarily benefit affected countries, with limited adverse effects on competing countries. The elimination of tariffs on U.S. wine should offset any losses from competing trade agreements.
AN ANALOGUE OF HUPPERT’S CONJECTURE FOR CHARACTER CODEGREES
Authors: BAHRI A. , AKHLAGHI Z. , KHOSRAVI B. 
Published: February 2021

AbstractLet G be a finite group, let

${\mathrm{Irr}}(G)$
be the set of all irreducible complex characters of G and let

$\chi \in {\mathrm{Irr}}(G)$
. Define the codegrees,

${\mathrm{cod}}(\chi ) = |G: {\mathrm{ker}}\chi |/\chi (1)$
and

${\mathrm{cod}}(G) = \{{\mathrm{cod}}(\chi ) \mid \chi \in {\mathrm{Irr}}(G)\} $
. We show that the simple group

${\mathrm{PSL}}(2,q)$
, for a prime power

$q>3$
, is uniquely determined by the set of its codegrees.
The effect of table olive wastewater extract administration on the adult ovariectomised rat model of osteoporosis
Authors: Zervas Alexandros S. , Lelovas Pavlos P. , Galanos Antonios , Galanis Dimitrios , Makropoulou Maria , Beteinakis Stavros , Patsaki Anastasia , Passali Christina , Kourkoulis Stavros K. , Triantafyllou Aggeliki , Chronopoulos Efstathios , Skaltsounis Alexios L. , Dontas Ismene A. 
Published: February 2021

AbstractRecent efforts for alternative non-pharmaceutical treatments for postmenopausal osteoporosis are focused on nutritional measures. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of table olive wastewater extract (OE) administration on bone mineral density (BMD) and biomechanical strength in ovariectomised rats. Thirty mature 9-month-old female Wistar rats were separated into three groups of ten: Control, Ovariectomised (OVX) and OVX + OE. BMD was measured before ovariectomy, 3 and 6 months afterwards. At the end of the study, blood, both femurs and tibias, internal organs and abdominal fat were collected. After 3 months, the percentage changes from baseline of the total and proximal tibial BMD of the OVX + OE group were both higher compared with the OVX group (P < 0·005). Similar results were found after 6 months, when the percentage changes from baseline of the total and proximal tibial BMD of the OVX + OE group were both higher compared with the OVX group (P < 0·005). Biomechanical testing of the femurs did not reveal any statistically significant difference between the groups. Body weights throughout the study, organs’ and abdominal fat ratios to final body weight and blood results (alanine aminotransferase (ALT), gamma-glutamyltransferase (γ-GT), total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, Ca and P) were within normal limits and did not show any significant difference between the treated and untreated groups. As a conclusion, the administration of OE for 6 months protected tibial BMD loss in comparison with the untreated OVX group without causing adverse effects.
Curcumin induces mitochondrial biogenesis by increasing cyclic AMP levels via phosphodiesterase 4A inhibition in skeletal muscle
Authors: Hamidie Ronald D R , Shibaguchi Tsubasa , Yamada Tatsuya , Koma Rikuhide , Ishizawa Rie , Saito Yoko , Hosoi Tatsunori , Masuda Kazumi 
Published: February 2021

AbstractBackground:Previous research has suggested that curcumin potentially induces mitochondrial biogenesis in skeletal muscle via increasing cyclic AMP (cAMP) levels. However, the regulatory mechanisms for this phenomenon remain unknown. The purpose of the present study was to clarify the mechanism by which curcumin activates cAMP-related signalling pathways that upregulate mitochondrial biogenesis and respiration in skeletal muscle.Methods:The effect of curcumin treatment (i.p., 100 mg/kg-BW/d for 28 d) on mitochondrial biogenesis was determined in rats. The effects of curcumin and exercise (swimming for 2 h/d for 3 d) on the cAMP signalling pathway were determined in the absence and presence of phosphodiesterase (PDE) or protein kinase A (PKA) inhibitors. Mitochondrial respiration, citrate synthase (CS) activity, cAMP content and protein expression of cAMP/PKA signalling molecules were analysed.Results:Curcumin administration increased cytochrome c oxidase subunit (COX-IV) protein expression, and CS and complex I activity, consistent with the induction of mitochondrial biogenesis by curcumin. Mitochondrial respiration was not altered by curcumin treatment. Curcumin and PDE inhibition tended to increase cAMP levels with or without exercise. In addition, exercise increased the phosphorylation of phosphodiesterase 4A (PDE4A), whereas curcumin treatment strongly inhibited PDE4A phosphorylation regardless of exercise. Furthermore, curcumin promoted AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) phosphorylation and PPAR gamma coactivator (PGC-1α) deacetylation. Inhibition of PKA abolished the phosphorylation of AMPK.Conclusion:The present results suggest that curcumin increases cAMP levels via inhibition of PDE4A phosphorylation, which induces mitochondrial biogenesis through a cAMP/PKA/AMPK signalling pathway. Our data also suggest the possibility that curcumin utilises a regulatory mechanism for mitochondrial biogenesis that is distinct from the exercise-induced mechanism in skeletal muscle.
Reproductive strategies under different environmental conditions: total output vs investment per egg in the slipper lobster Scyllarus arctus
Authors: Fernández L. , García-Soler C. , Alborés I. 
Published: February 2021

AbstractThe slipper lobster Scyllarus arctus is an important fishery resource in Galicia (NW Iberian Peninsula), with a large reduction of its populations in recent decades in the North-east Atlantic and Mediterranean, but only limited information on its reproduction. This study provides an analysis of the reproductive potential of this scyllarid during two breeding cycles (2008 and 2009) in the NE Atlantic (43°20′N 8°50′W). We studied several reproductive traits (fecundity, brood weight, egg weight and volume) in broods with eggs both in an early and late embryonic stage, in relation to female size and temporal variations. Total output (fecundity and weight) and egg weight were closely linked to maternal size, and this relationship remained in broods with late-stage eggs. In relation to temporal variations, our data revealed an important seasonal variability in fecundity and egg weight, showing an inverse pattern in the reproductive strategy in the first two seasons of the reproductive period, with a maximum egg weight in winter (December–February) and a maximum number of eggs produced in spring (April–May). A predictive model for realized fecundity was developed: log (FE) = 0.064 + 2.907 log (length)−0.018 Month2 + 0.174 Month, which accounted for over 90% of variation in the total data.
Do infants have abstract grammatical knowledge of word order at 17 months? Evidence from Mandarin Chinese.
Authors: ZHU Jingtao , FRANCK Julie , RIZZI Luigi , GAVARRÓ Anna 
Published: February 2021

AbstractWe test the comprehension of transitive sentences in very young learners of Mandarin Chinese using a combination of the weird word order paradigm with the use of pseudo-verbs and the preferential looking paradigm, replicating the experiment of Francket al.(2013) on French. Seventeen typically-developing Mandarin infants (mean age: 17.4 months) participated and the same experiment was conducted with eighteen adults. The results show that hearing well-formed NP-V-NP sentences triggered infants to fixate more on a transitive scene than on a reflexive scene. In contrast, when they heard deviant NP-NP-V sequences, no such preference pattern was found, a performance pattern that is adult-like. This is at variance with some of the results from Candanet al.(2012), who only found evidence for canonical word order comprehension at almost age 3 when considering fixation time. Furthermore, within the age range tested, performance showed no effect of age or vocabulary size.
Unilateral Stroke: Computer-based Assessment Uncovers Non-Lateralized and Contralesional Visuoattentive Deficits
Authors: Villarreal Sanna , Linnavuo Matti , Sepponen Raimo , Vuori Outi , Bonato Mario , Jokinen Hanna , Hietanen Marja 
Published: February 2021

AbstractObjective:Patients with unilateral stroke commonly show hemispatial neglect or milder contralesional visuoattentive deficits, but spatially non-lateralized visuoattentive deficits have also been reported. The aim of the present study was to compare spatially lateralized (i.e., contralesional) and non-lateralized (i.e., general) visuoattentive deficits in left and right hemisphere stroke patients.Method:Participants included 40 patients with chronic unilateral stroke in either the left hemisphere (LH group,n= 20) or the right hemisphere (RH group,n= 20) and 20 healthy controls. To assess the contralesional deficits, we used a traditional paper-and-pencil cancellation task (the Bells Test) and a Lateralized Targets Computer Task. To assess the non-lateralized deficits, we developed a novel large-screen (173 × 277 cm) computer method, the Ball Rain task, with moving visual stimuli and fast-paced requirements for selective attention.Results:There were no contralesional visuoattentive deficits according to the cancellation task. However, in the Lateralized Targets Computer Task, RH patients missed significantly more left-sided than right-sided targets in bilateral trials. This omission distribution differed significantly from those of the controls and LH patients. In the assessment of non-lateralized attention, RH and LH patients missed significantly more Ball Rain targets than controls in both the left and right hemifields.Conclusions:Computer-based assessment sensitively reveals various aspects of visuoattentive deficits in unilateral stroke. Patients with either right or left hemisphere stroke demonstrate non-lateralized visual inattention. In right hemisphere stroke, these symptoms can be accompanied by subtle contralesional visuoattentive deficits that have remained unnoticed in cancellation task.
Rice Inundation Assessment Using Polarimetric UAVSAR Data
Authors: Huang Xiaodong , Runkle Benjamin R. K. , Isbell Mark , Moreno‐García Beatriz , McNairn Heather , Reba Michele L. , Torbick Nathan 
Published: February 2021

AbstractIrrigated rice requires intense water management under typical agronomic practices. Cost effective tools to improve the efficiency and assessment of water use is a key need for industry and resource managers to scale ecosystem services. In this research we advance model‐based decomposition and machine learning to map inundated rice using time‐series polarimetric, L‐band Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR) observations. Simultaneous ground truth observations recorded water depth inundation during the 2019 crop season using instrumented fields across the study site in Arkansas, USA. A three‐component model‐based decomposition generated metrics representing surface‐, double bounce‐, and volume‐scattering along with a shape factor, randomness factor, and the Radar Vegetation Index (RVI). These physically meaningful metrics characterized crop inundation status independent of growth stage including under dense canopy cover. Machine learning (ML) comparisons employed Random Forest (RF) using the UAVSAR derived parameters to identify cropland inundation status across the region. Outcomes show that RVI, proportion of the double‐bounce within total scattering, and the relative comparison between the double‐bounce and the volume scattering have moderate to strong mechanistic ability to identify rice inundation status with Overall Accuracy (OA) achieving 75%. The use of relative ratios further helped mitigate the impacts of far range incidence angles. The RF approach, which requires training data, achieved a higher OA and Kappa of 88% and 71%, respectively, when leveraging multiple SAR parameters. Thus, the combination of physical characterization and ML provides a powerful approach to retrieving cropland inundation under the canopy. The growth of polarimetric L‐band availability should enhance cropland inundation metrics beyond open water that are required for tracking water quantity at field scale over large areas.
Financial Feasibility of Water Conservation in Agriculture
Authors: Siderius Christian , Biemans Hester , Conway Declan , Immerzeel Walter , Jaegermeyr Jonas , Ahmad Bashir , Hellegers Petra 
Published: February 2021

AbstractGlobal water use for food production needs to be reduced to remain within planetary boundaries, yet the financial feasibility of crucial measures to reduce water use is poorly quantified. Here, we introduce a novel method to compare the costs of water conservation measures with the added value that reallocation of water savings might generate if used for expansion of irrigation. Based on detailed water accounting through the use of a high‐resolution hydrology‐crop model, we modify the traditional cost curve approach with an improved estimation of demand and increasing marginal cost per water conservation measure combination, adding a correction to control for impacts on downstream water availability. We apply the method to three major river basins in the Indo‐Gangetic plain (Indus, Ganges and Brahmaputra), a major global food producing region but increasingly water stressed. Our analysis shows that at basin level only about 10% (Brahmaputra) to just over 20% (Indus and Ganges) of potential water savings would be realized; the equilibrium price for water is too low to make the majority of water conservation measures cost effective. The associated expansion of irrigated area is moderate, about 7% in the Indus basin, 5% in the Ganges and negligible in the Brahmaputra, but farmers' gross profit increases more substantially, by 11%. Increasing the volumetric cost of irrigation water influences supply and demand in a similar way and has little influence on water reallocation. Controlling for the impact on return flows is important and more than halves the amount of water available for reallocation.
The Greater Mekong's Climate‐Water‐Energy Nexus: How ENSO‐Triggered Regional Droughts Affect Power Supply and CO2 Emissions
Authors: Chowdhury A. F. M. Kamal , Dang Thanh Duc , Nguyen Hung T. T. , Koh Rachel , Galelli Stefano 
Published: February 2021

AbstractThe Greater Mekong Subregion is a transnational area bound together by the Mekong River basin and its immense hydropower resources, historically seen as the backbone of regional economic development. The basin is now punctuated by several dams, successful in attracting both international investors and fierce criticisms for their environmental and societal impacts. Surprisingly, no attention has been paid so far to the actual performance of these infrastructures: is hydropower supply robust with respect to the hydroclimatic variability characterizing Southeast Asia? When water availability is altered, what are the implications for power production costs and CO2 emissions? To answer these questions, we focus on the Laotian–Thai grid—the first international power‐trade infrastructure developed in the region—and use a power system model driven by a spatially distributed hydrological‐water management model. Simulation results over a 30‐year period show that production costs and carbon footprint are significantly affected by droughts, which reduce hydropower availability and increase reliance on thermoelectric resources. Regional droughts across the Mekong basin are of particular concern, as they reduce the export of cheap hydropower from Laos to Thailand. To put the analysis into a broader climate‐water‐energy context, we show that the El Niño Southern Oscillation modulates not only the summer monsoon, but also the power system behavior, shaping the relationship between hydroclimatological conditions, power production costs, and CO2 emissions. Overall, our results and models provide a knowledge basis for informing robust management strategies at the water‐energy scale and designing more sustainable power plans in the Greater Mekong Subregion.