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Estimates of Abundance and Extreme Catch-and-Release Exploitation in a Southern Riverine Muskellunge Fishery
Authors: Bauerlien Cory J. , Crane Derek P. , Smith Scott , Palmer George , Young Tyler , Goetz Daniel B. 
Published: July 2021

Abstract
Muskellunge Esox masquinongy fisheries have increased in abundance and popularity in numerous southern and mid-Atlantic rivers. However, the paucity of information for these fisheries has limited biologists’ ability to effectively manage these resources. We utilized data from simultaneously conducted fishery-dependent tag return and fishery-independent capture–recapture studies to estimate catch-and-release exploitation and abundance of Muskellunge in the James River, Virginia. During winter electrofishing surveys in 2016–2019, we tagged 747 individual Muskellunge with dart tags and PIT tags. Thirty-seven percent of tags were returned by anglers, and 33% of tagged Muskellunge were recaptured at least once during subsequent electrofishing surveys. Eighty-eight percent of angled fish were caught by individuals targeting Muskellunge, and only 1.1% of returned tags were from fish that were harvested. Catch-and-release exploitation (u) estimates obtained using a Brownie dead recovery model differed between the upriver (mean u ± SE = 0.57 ± 0.09) and downriver (1.00 ± 0.10) reaches of our study area. Similarly, densities of adult (≥762-mm) Muskellunge differed between the two areas (upriver: 0.80 fish/ha; downriver: 0.50 fish/ha) but were comparable to densities observed in lakes and at least one other river. The greatest site-specific density (4.69 fish/ha) was observed at a 1.6-km reach below the lowest dam, which concentrated fish and restricted upstream movement. Given the high values of u in the James River and the growing popularity of Muskellunge angling in southern waters, investigations into the effects of this level of angling on Muskellunge populations (e.g., trophy potential, abundance) will provide managers with the information needed to develop comprehensive Muskellunge management strategies.
Methodology for the nonlinear coupled multi‐physics simulation of mineral dissolution
Authors: Li Li , Rivas Endrina , Gracie Robert , Dusseault Maurice B. 
Published: July 2021

AbstractThis article presents a numerical methodology for the simulation of mineral dissolution which couples brine flow, dissolved mineral transport, and cavity evolution. The proposed model considers both (1) the varying density brine flow within the cavity governed by the compressible Navier‐Stokes equations and (2) the evolution of the cavity boundary using a sharp interface model with a physically‐derived dissolution rate equation. The proposed nonlinear multi‐physics model can capture complex flow patterns such as the generation of a vortex in the cavity. The impact of those complex flow patterns on the cavity development can be studied because of the coupling of brine flow and dissolution front movement. The model employs a new strategy to explicitly track the dissolution front, which results in low computational cost for long‐term dissolution simulations. The proposed model is verified through a convergence analysis, showing both spatial and temporal convergence. Numerical simulations of mineral dissolution in horizontal cavities are conducted to investigate the flow velocity, mass fraction of dissolved mineral, cavity shape evolution, and dissolution rate over time. Additionally, a discussion on the effect of Peclet number on mineral dissolution in the cavity is undertaken.
Relational values help explain green infrastructure preferences: The case of managing crane habitat in Hokkaido, Japan
Authors: Kim Hyerin , Shoji Yasushi , Tsuge Takahiro , Kubo Takahiro , Nakamura Futoshi 
Published: July 2021

Abstract

The initial purpose of our study was to understand preferences of stakeholders on green infrastructure for flood control using a discrete choice experiment. However, the results of our study included unexpected findings. According to the utility theory of economics, an inexpensive green infrastructure scenario should have been chosen under ceteris paribus conditions, but our results differed from this expectation.

Inconsistent results like ours are often interpreted as indicating bias and/or questionnaire design issues. However, our results can be interpreted using relational values.

We studied green infrastructure in a large‐scale flood control basin in Naganuma, a town in the Hokkaido prefecture in Northern Japan. We conducted a discrete choice experiment with town residents as stakeholders of the green infrastructure.

Through the examination of choice and membership parameters of our results, we interpreted that individual identity and place attachment, which are types of relational values, are taken into consideration in the choice situation of the discrete choice experiment. We also found that a notion of social responsibility, which is also a relational value, can help us to understand unexpected findings that cannot be interpreted in terms of economic theory alone.

Relational values contribute to our interpretation of preferences related to managing ecosystem services with implications for green infrastructure, culturally significant wildlife, wildlife‐related recreation and flood control.

A free Plain Language Summary can be found within the Supporting Information of this article.
Polycarbonate/poly(methyl methacrylate)/silica aerogel blend composites for advanced transparent thermal insulations: Mechanical, thermal, and optical studies
Authors: Estaji Sara , Paydayesh Azin , Mousavi Seyed Rasoul , Khonakdar Hossein Ali , Abiyati Mohammad Mehdi 
Published: July 2021

AbstractUsing transparent thermal insulators, which are low heat conductors and good light transmitters, is a brilliant idea to preserve heat energy. In this regard, silica aerogels (SAs) have attracted immense attention these days because of their unique nanoporous networks, consisting of connective silica nanoparticles and high‐volume nanopores. The present study investigates the influence of incorporating 3 and 5 phr SAs on the mechanical properties, thermal conductivity (TC), and optical characteristics of polycarbonate/poly(methyl methacrylate) (PC/PMMA) (75/25, 50/50, and 25/75 w/w) blends. The scanning electron microscopy studies indicated that the PC/PMMA/SA (25/75/3) composite has the best dispersion. The highest improvements in tensile strength and Young's modulus were observed for the PC/PMMA/SA (75/25/5) composite. In addition, incorporating the SA resulted in a reduction in the impact strength of all the blends. The lowest TC was observed for the PC/PMMA/SA (75/25/5) blend composite. The TC results were compared with the data predicted by the Agari, Russell, Maxwell–Eucken, and Bruggeman models. It was found that the Agari logarithmic model has the best agreement with the experimental data. Except for PC, PMMA, PC/PMMA (25/75), and PC/PMMA/SA (25/75/3), no other samples showed optical transmittance. On average, PC/PMMA/SA (25/75/3) had 13% more light absorption than PC/PMMA (25/75).
Single‐molecule, hybridization‐based strategies for short nucleic acids detection and recognition with nanopores
Authors: Luchian Tudor , Mereuta Loredana , Park Yoonkyung , Asandei Alina , Schiopu Irina 
Published: July 2021

AbstractDNA nanotechnology has seen large developments over the last 30 years through the combination of detection and discovery of DNAs, and solid phase synthesis to increase the chemical functionalities on nucleic acids, leading to the emergence of novel and sophisticated in features, nucleic acids‐based biopolymers. Arguably, nanopores developed for fast and direct detection of a large variety of molecules, are part of a revolutionary technological evolution which led to cheaper, smaller and considerably easier to use devices enabling DNA detection and sequencing at the single‐molecule level. Through their versatility, the nanopore‐based tools proved useful biomedicine, nanoscale chemistry, biology and physics, as well as other disciplines spanning materials science to ecology and anthropology. This mini‐review discusses the progress of nanopore‐ and hybridization‐based DNA detection, and explores a range of state‐of‐the‐art applications afforded through the combination of certain synthetically‐derived polymers mimicking nucleic acids and nanopores, for the single‐molecule biophysics on short DNA structures.
Direct identification of HLA‐presented CD8 T cell epitopes from transmitted founder HIV‐1 variants
Authors: Hare Jonathan , Macharia Gladys , Yue Ling , Streatfield Claire L. , Hunter Eric , Purcell Anthony , Ternette Nicola , Gilmour Jill 
Published: July 2021

AbstractCytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) are a critical arm of the immune response to viral infections. The activation and expansion of antigen specific CTL requires recognition of peptide antigens presented on class I major histocompatibility complex molecules (MHC‐1) of infected cells. Methods to identify presented peptide antigens that do not rely on the pre‐existence of antigen specific CTL are critical to the development of new vaccines. We infected activated CD4+ T cells with two HIV‐1 transmitted founder (TF) isolates and used high‐resolution mass spectrometry (MS) to identify HIV peptides bound on MHC‐1. Using this approach, we identified 14 MHC‐1 bound peptides from across the two TF isolates. Assessment of predicted binding thresholds revealed good association of the identified peptides to the shared HLA alleles between the HIV+ donors and the naïve PBMC sample with three peptides identified through peptide sequencing inducing a CD8 T‐cell response (p < 0.05). Direct infection of naïve CD4 cells by HIV TF isolates and sequencing of MHC‐I presented peptides by HPLC‐MS/MS enables identification of novel peptides that may be missed by alternative epitope mapping strategies and can provide valuable insight in to the first peptides presented by an HIV‐infected CD4 cell in the first few days post infection.
Don’t tell me, show me: Reactions from those with lived experience to the 2020 revised IASP definition of pain
Authors: Jordan Isabel , Martens Rachel , Birnie Kathryn A. 
Published: July 2021

AbstractIn 2020, the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) revised the definition of pain, providing an update to IASP’s original definition in place since 1979. The origins of the field of pediatric pain, born in part in the 1980s from the advocacy of Jill Lawson, mother to Jeffrey Lawson who experienced gross inadequacies in pain care as a premature infant, emphasize the critical need to listen to and act with the voice of people living with pain and their families and caregivers. Furthermore, the field of pediatric pain emerged in the mid‐1980s marking this revised definition of pain as the first opportunity within which the experience and science of pain in childhood has been considered. This invited commentary offers two lived experience reactions to the revised IASP definition of pain, from the perspective of one's own experience with pain during childhood and as parents and family members. Together, they highlight that the value of a revised definition must be judged on its ability to directly benefit children experiencing pain and their families. Their skeptical hope reflects their lived experience backed by empirical evidence demonstrating continued inequities and inadequacies in preventing and managing pediatric pain. We must mobilize together to ensure change in culture, knowledge, and behavior. With the combined efforts of researchers, healthcare professionals, and policymakers, in partnership with diverse people with lived experience, we can ensure that more effective action is taken to rapidly improve pain for children and their families.
The impracticality of homogeneously weighted moving average and progressive mean control chart approaches
Authors: Knoth Sven , Tercero‐Gómez Víctor G. , Khakifirooz Marzieh , Woodall William H. 
Published: July 2021

AbstractThere is growing literature on new versions of “memory‐type” control charts, where deceptively good zero‐state average run‐length (ARL) performance is misleading. Using steady‐state run‐length analysis in combination with the conditional expected delay (CED) metric, we show that the increasingly discussed progressive mean (PM) and homogeneously weighted moving average (HWMA) control charts should not be used in practice. Previously reported performance of methods based on these two approaches is misleading, as we found that performance is good only when a process change occurs at the very start of monitoring. Traditional alternatives, such as exponentially weighted moving average (EWMA) and cumulative sum (CUSUM) charts, not only have more consistent detection behavior over a range of different change points, they can also lead to better out‐of‐control zero‐state ARL performance when properly designed.
A reliability‐cost optimisation model for maintenance scheduling of wastewater treatment's power generation engines
Authors: Gorjian Jolfaei Neda , Jin Bo , van der Linden Leon , Gunawan Indra , Gorjian Nima 
Published: July 2021

AbstractPower generation engines in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are critical and strategic assets as major elements of an effective energy management system. Therefore, water utilities seek a smart tool to optimise the maintenance program on overall cost and reliability of these assets. In the previous study, a reliability model with consideration of redundancy was developed to estimate failure modes, reliability and availability of power generation engines in a WWTP. This study examines a joint model of reliability index using the Weibull model, operating maintenance cost using the steepest descent method and quasi‐Newton algorithm. This research is the first application of this joint model to power generation engines in WWTPs. A genetic algorithm has been employed to analyse and validate the modelling results as a global optimisation method. Results of the optimal solution are compared with conventional maintenance regimes of these engines based on recommended original equipment manufacturer (OEM). Results show an average of 22.3% reduction in maintenance costs of three engines after the implementation of the proposed cost‐optimization model. In addition, the manufacturer's recommended maintenance regime is not an appropriate maintenance strategy due to differences between the assumed and actual operating conditions. Also, hazard and reliability estimate using historical failure, operating and maintenance cost data has been ignored in the recommended OEM maintenance strategy.
Optimizing tropical forest bird surveys using passive acoustic monitoring and high temporal resolution sampling
Authors: Metcalf Oliver C. , Barlow Jos , Marsden Stuart , Gomes de Moura Nárgila , Berenguer Erika , Ferreira Joice , Lees Alexander C. 
Published: July 2021

AbstractEstimation of avian biodiversity is a cornerstone measure of ecosystem condition. Surveys conducted using autonomous recorders are often more efficient at estimating diversity than traditional point‐count surveys. However, there is limited research into the optimal temporal resolution for sampling—the trade‐off between the number of samples and sample duration when sampling a survey window with a fixed survey effort—despite autonomous recorders allowing easy repeat sampling compared to traditional survey methods. We assess whether the additional temporal coverage from high temporal resolution (HTR) sampling, consisting of 240 15‐s samples spread randomly across a survey window detects higher alpha and gamma diversity than low temporal resolution (LTR) sampling of four 15‐min samples at the same locations. We do so using an acoustic dataset collected from 29 locations in a region of very high avian biodiversity—the eastern Brazilian Amazon. We find HTR sampling outperforms LTR sampling in every metric considered, with HTR sampling predicted to detect approximately 50% higher alpha diversity, and 10% higher gamma diversity. This effect is primarily driven by increased coverage of variation in detectability across the morning, with the earliest period containing a distinct community that is often under sampled using LTR sampling. LTR sampling produced almost four times as many false absences for species presence. Additionally, LTR sampling incorrectly found 70 species (34%) at only a single forest type when they were in fact present in multiple forest types, while the use of HTR sampling reduced this to just two species (0.9%). When considering multiple independent detections of species, HTR sampling detected three times more uncommon species than LTR sampling. We conclude that high temporal resolution sampling of passive‐acoustic monitoring‐based surveys should be considered the primary method for estimating the species richness of bird communities in tropical forests.
The effects of school‐based interventions on physiological stress in adolescents: A meta‐analysis
Authors: van Loon Amanda W. G. , Creemers Hanneke E. , Okorn Ana , Vogelaar Simone , Miers Anne C. , Saab Nadira , Westenberg P. Michiel , Asscher Jessica J. 
Published: July 2021

AbstractChronic stress is associated with dysregulations in the physiological stress system, resulting in diverse negative developmental outcomes. Since adolescence is a period characterized by increased stress‐sensitivity, and schools are an important environment for the developing adolescent, school‐based interventions promoting psychosocial functioning are of particular interest to prevent adverse outcomes. The present study therefore aimed to investigate the effectiveness of such interventions on hypothalamic pituitary adrenal‐axis (i.e., cortisol) and cardiovascular (i.e., blood pressure [BP] and heart rate [HR]/heart rate variability [HRV]) parameters of stress in adolescents, and examined moderators of effectiveness. The search resulted in the inclusion of k = 9 studies for cortisol, k = 16 studies for BP, and k = 20 studies for HR/HRV. The results indicated a significant small overall effect on reducing BP, but no significant effect for HR/HRV. For cortisol, large methodological variation in the few primary studies did not allow for quantitative analyses, but a qualitative review demonstrated inconsistent results. For BP and HR/HRV, larger effects were observed for intervention programs with a mindfulness and/or meditation component, for interventions without a cognitive‐behavioural component and for interventions with a higher intensity. Providing adolescents with techniques to improve indicators of physiological stress may prevent emerging mental health problems.
Characterization of the genetic basis of local adaptation of wheat landraces from Iran and Pakistan using genome‐wide association study
Authors: Hanif Uzma , Alipour Hadi , Gul Alvina , Jing Li , Darvishzadeh Reza , Amir Rabia , Munir Faiza , Ilyas Muhammad Kashif , Ghafoor Abdul , Siddiqui Sadar Uddin , St. Amand Paul , Bernado Amy , Bai Guihua , Sonder Kai , Rasheed Awais , He Zhonghu , Li Huihui 
Published: July 2021

AbstractCharacterization of genomic regions underlying adaptation of landraces can reveal a quantitative genetics framework for local wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) adaptability. A collection of 512 wheat landraces from the eastern edge of the Fertile Crescent in Iran and Pakistan were genotyped using genome‐wide single nucleotide polymorphism markers generated by genotyping‐by‐sequencing. The minor allele frequency (MAF) and the heterozygosity (H) of Pakistani wheat landraces (MAF = 0.19, H = 0.008) were slightly higher than the Iranian wheat landraces (MAF = 0.17, H = 0.005), indicating that Pakistani landraces were slightly more genetically diverse. Population structure analysis clearly separated the Pakistani landraces from Iranian landraces, which indicates two separate adaptability trajectories. The large‐scale agro‐climatic data of seven variables were quite dissimilar between Iran and Pakistan as revealed by the correlation coefficients. Genome‐wide association study identified 91 and 58 loci using agroclimatic data, which likely underpin local adaptability of the wheat landraces from Iran and Pakistan, respectively. Selective sweep analysis identified significant hits on chromosomes 4A, 4B, 6B, 7B, 2D, and 6D, which were colocalized with the loci associated with local adaptability and with some known genes related to flowering time and grain size. This study provides insight into the genetic diversity with emphasis on the genetic architecture of loci involved in adaptation to local environments, which has breeding implications.
Diversity, population structure, and linkage disequilibrium among cowpea accessions
Authors: Sodedji Frejus Ariel Kpedetin , Agbahoungba Symphorien , Agoyi Eric Echikintho , Kafoutchoni Médard Konoutan , Choi Jaeyoung , Nguetta Simon‐Pierre Assanvo , Assogbadjo Achille Ephrem , Kim Ho‐Youn 
Published: July 2021

AbstractCowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp] is a globally important food security crop. However, it is susceptible to pest and disease; hence, constant breeding efforts based on its diversity are required for its improvement. The present study aims to investigate the genetic diversity, population structure, and linkage disequilibrium (LD) among 274 cowpea accessions from different origins. A total of 3,127 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers generated using diversity array technology (DArT) was used. Population structure, neighbor‐joining clustering, and principal component analyses indicated three subpopulations within the germplasm. Results of STRUCTURE analysis and discriminant analysis of principal components (DAPC) were complementary in assessing the structuration of the diversity among the germplasm, with the grouping of the accessions improved in DAPC. Genetic distances of 0.005–0.44 were observed among accessions. Accessions from western and central Africa, eastern and central Africa, and Asia were predominant and distributed across all subpopulations. The subpopulations had fixation indexes of 0.48–0.56. Analysis of molecular variance revealed that within subpopulation variation accounted for 81% of observed genetic variation in the germplasm. The subpopulations mainly consisted of inbred lines (inbreeding coefficient = 1) with common alleles, although they were from different geographical regions. This reflects considerable seed movement and germplasm exchange between regions. The LD was characterized by low decay for great physical distances between markers. The LD decay distance varied among chromosomes with the average distance of 80–100 kb across the genome. Thus, crop improvement is possible, and the LD will facilitate genome‐wide association studies on quality attributes and critical agronomic traits in cowpea.