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Intake, nutrient digestibility, nitrogen, and mineral balance of water-restricted Xhosa goats supplemented with vitamin C
Authors: Akinmoladun Oluwakamisi F. , Fon Fabian N. , Mpendulo Conference T. , Okoh Omobola 
Published: March 2021

Abstract
The study objective was to evaluate the effect of single and/or extra doses of vitamin C (VC) on water-restricted (WR) Xhosa goats, by evaluating their intake, digestibility, nitrogen, and mineral balance during summer. Goats (42) were randomly divided into seven groups: GI (control, received ad libitum water daily), GII (WR-70% of ad lib.), GIII (WR-50% of ad lib.), GIV (WR-70% of ad lib. + VC [3 g/day orally]), GV (WR-50% of ad lib. + VC [3 g/day orally]), GVI (WR-70% of ad lib. + VC [3 g/day orally + 5 g extras every eighth day]), and GVII (WR-50% of ad lib. + VC [3 g/day orally + 5 g extras on every eighth day]). The experiment was a complete randomized design. Data obtained were analysed using the general linear model (PROC GLM) of SAS procedure. The depression in nutrients intake was lessened with VC supplementation. Water-restriction effect was not significant on nutrient intake/metabolic weight. Retained nitrogen increased with water-restriction levels but not influenced by VC. NH3–N significantly decreased as the level of water restriction increases, while the pH was similar across the WR groups. Supplementation of VC failed to significantly influence the depression in apparent digestibility and digestible nutrients induced by water restriction levels. The retained Ca, K, and Mg increased with levels of water restriction.
Use of maturity traits to identify optimal harvestable maturity of bananaMusaAAB cv. “Embul” in dry zone of Sri Lanka
Authors: Kanchana Kasthuri , Senerath Anjali , Thiruchchelvan Nagarathnam , Kumara Aruna 
Published: March 2021

AbstractBanana is a climacteric fruit and perishable in nature having relatively high postharvest losses. Harvesting banana at a perfect maturity stage can reduce the quantity of losses during post-harvest handling. There is no identified optimal harvestable maturity time line available for local banana cultivars in Sri Lanka. Therefore, this study focused on use of maturity traits to identify optimal harvestable maturity for harvesting banana in the dry zone of Sri Lanka. Changes of fruit weight, length of banana fruits, fruit pulp weight, luminosity (L*), red-green (a*), yellow (b*), hue angle and chroma for skin of banana, total soluble solid (TSS) content, pH value and starch content of banana fruit pulp, respiration rate, and ethylene production of banana fruits during the developmental continuum were measured from seven days after flowering (DAF) to senescence. Data were statistically analyzed using one way-ANOVA at 95% confidence level. Results revealed that physical parameters such as length and weight of banana fruits were steadily increased in time. Chemical parameters such as TSS, pH and starch content of banana fruit pulp were significantly differed with the maturation. Fruit physiological parameters including ethylene production and respiration rate were significantly different with DAF. In conclusions, optimum maturity for the distant markets was observed in range of 77–84 DAF. Maturity stage from 84 to 104 DAF is better for the local/immediate consumption, and afterwards it can be recommended for the fruit processing firms.
How to Read the ‘Literary’ in the Literary Market
Authors: Lanzendörfer Tim 
Published: March 2021

Abstract
This essay argues that under contemporary capitalism, all literary production is, at first approximation, commodity production. This has consequences for our understanding of the work of literary studies. We are no longer able to easily recur to preformed theories of the ‘literary’ as a category at least in some way exempt from extrinsic pressures. Attention to the ‘literary market’ remains superficial when it insists on paying attention chiefly to so-called literary fiction on the understanding that it has prima facie higher claims to our attention than popular genre fiction—it does not. In fact, as this essay argues, appreciation of the thorough commodification of art under capitalism asks us to take seriously the need to break with our categories; to insist on the primacy of interpretative attention in determining what kinds of fiction we study.
A Twice-Told Tale? Nathaniel Hawthorne, Genre, Sponsorship
Authors: Löffler Philipp 
Published: March 2021

AbstractThis essay analyzes the gradual commercialization of the book market in the antebellum period. It shows that the reality of book publishing in the 1830s and 1840s has little to do with traditional accounts of the antebellum period developed in the wake of or in opposition to F. O. Matthiessen’sAmerican Renaissance. The essay focuses in particular on Nathaniel Hawthorne’s ascent into the literary establishment of the 1840s—based mainly on the promotion of hisTwice-Told Tales—and on the attempts to advertise Beecher-Stowe’sUncle Tom’s Cabinacross socially and politically diverse readerships in the South and the North.
From Product Placement to Boundary Work: Further Steps towards an Integrated Sociology of Literary Communication
Authors: Griem Julika 
Published: March 2021

AbstractThis essay aims at integrating conceptions of literary markets, marketing, and marketability into the study of literature. To combine textual and sociological analysis I look at spatial and spatializing strategies on various levels of literary communication: as fictional settings, as authorial placements, as reading situations, and publishing platforms. My contribution draws on Bourdieu’s interest in the economic side of literature as well as on more recent studies by Jim Collins and David Alworth, who have taken closer looks at the ecologies and affiliations linking literature to consumer culture and its affordances of product placement.
Comparative Investigation on the Curing Behavior of GS-Stabilized and Cemented Soils at Macromechanical and Microstructural Scales
Authors: Chen Xin , Yu Feng , Hong Zhe-ming , Pan Li-fang , Liu Xing-wang , Li Ying 
Published: March 2021

Abstract
In recent years, transportation engineering and construction of urban infrastructures have been developing rapidly in China. On the other hand, green construction demands recycling materials from industrial facilities and exploring the potential uses of waste during a second life cycle. Emerging soil stabilized materials, as alternatives of traditional cement materials, greatly improve the recycling of waste materials and the ground performance. Gypsum-slag (GS) curing agent is a new type of water-hardening inorganic gelling material composed of cement, steel slag, mineral slag, desulfurization gypsum, and additive. The unconfined compressive strength of soils stabilized by GS and by cement was investigated in this study. Meanwhile, the microstructure of stabilized soils was detected by means of scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive spectroscopy (SEM-EDS) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) tests. The relationship between apparent porosity and unconfined compressive strength was established by the Python image processing method. The results show that presence of the GS soil hardening agent changes the microstructure and increases the unconfined compressive strength of the original soils. A colloidal substance is generated to envelop the soil particles and fill the pores when the curing agent and soil are fully mixed and reacted. In comparison, the effect of stabilization generated by GS is proven to be greater than that of cement in view of both microstructure and macroscopic strength.
Intracranial Electroencephalography Reveals Selective Responses to Cognitive Stimuli in the Periventricular Heterotopias
Authors: Akkol Serdar , Kucyi Aaron , Hu Wenhan , Zhao Baotian , Zhang Chao , Sava-Segal Clara , Liu Su , Razavi Babak , Zhang Jianguo , Zhang Kai , Parvizi Josef 
Published: March 2021

Our recent work suggests that non-lesional epileptic brain tissue is capable of generating normal neurophysiological responses during cognitive tasks, which are then seized by ongoing pathologic epileptic activity. Here, we aim to extend the scope of our work to epileptic periventricular heterotopias (PVH) and examine whether the PVH tissue also exhibits normal neurophysiological responses and network-level integration with other non-lesional cortical regions. As part of routine clinical assessment, three adult patients with PVH underwent implantation of intracranial electrodes and participated in experimental cognitive tasks. We obtained simultaneous recordings from PVH and remote cortical sites during rest as well as controlled experimental conditions. In all three subjects (two females), cognitive experimental conditions evoked significant electrophysiological responses in discrete locations within the PVH tissue that were correlated with responses seen in non-epileptic cortical sites. Moreover, the responsive PVH sites exhibited correlated electrophysiological activity with responsive, non-lesional cortical sites during rest conditions. Taken together, our work clearly demonstrates that the PVH tissue may be functionally organized and it may be functionally integrated within cognitively engaged cortical networks despite its anatomic displacement during neurodevelopment.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENTPeriventricular heterotopias (PVH) are developmentally abnormal brain tissues that frequently cause epileptic seizures. In a rare opportunity to obtain direct electrophysiological recordings from PVH, we were able to show that, contrary to common assumptions, PVH functional activity is similar to healthy cortical sites during a well-established cognitive task and exhibits clear resting state connectivity with the responsive cortical regions.
Review of semantic research of adverbs of place in Lithuanian
Authors: Judžentytė Gintarė 
Published: March 2021

Semantic investigations of adverbs of place in Lithuanian started in 1653, when in the first grammar of the Lithuanian language Danielius Kleinas offered a classification of adverbs of place that consisted of four semantic groups: 1) In Loco; 2) De Loco; 3) Per Locum; 4) Ad Locum. This semantic division remained unchanged for over two centuries, i.e. 17th – 18th century.The comparative-historical method that was introduced in the 19th century influenced Lithuanian linguistics and, as a result, such figures as A. Šleicheris, the author of the first theoretical Lithuanian language grammar and F. Kuršaitis, another author of an important grammar volume focused more on the origin of adverbs (of place) rather than their semantics.The 20th century in Lithuanian linguistics had still retained some reverberations of the 19th century, the author of the first standard Lithuanian grammar J. Jablonskis still pays more attention to the origin of adverbs of place and not its meanings.The most significant semantic research of adverbs of place in this century is considered to be K. Ulvydas’ analysis in the academic “grammar of the Lithuanian language” as it was the first one to provide a comprehensive description of what an adverb is in general as well as a definition of an adverb of place. In comparison to other grammars written earlier, this work provides the most extensive semantic classification of adverbs of place; in addition, it provides a detailed account of the meanings of adverbs of place, the overlaps of those meanings, etc.
Along with grammars of Lithuanian, adverbs of place were extensively investigated in other scholarly works. The most important of them is B. Forsman’s monograph “Das baltische Adverb” which, in comparison to other works devoted to Lithuanian adverbs of place, provides a detailed analysis and description of the semantics of adverbs of place in Lithuanian:
1. B. Forssman was the first one to apply the notion of space in the investigation of Lithuanian adverbs of place;

he was the first one to research Lithuanian adverbs of place by naming an object in relation to which the place/location is described;
he was the first one to include the notion of deixis into the history of semantic research of Lithuanian adverbs of place;
he was the first one to distinguish the meanings of Lithuanian adverbs of place according to the manner of localisation and division of space.
Euphemistic names of a snake based on its habitat and behaviour
Authors: Smetona Marius 
Published: March 2021

Scholarly works on snake euphemisms have not been numerous, yet it is worth mentioning a recent article “Euphemistic snake names” by B. Jasiūnaitė and M. Smetona (2013). This publication deals with euphemistic words that refer to a snake, the motivation of which is based on a snake’s appearance. The article “Euphemistic names of a snake based on its habitat and behaviour” may be considered as a further study on euphemistic snake names adding further knowledge to the above-mentioned publication. The present article relies on the definitions of euphemisms provided in the works by V. Želvis and J. Frazer and aims at classifying, analysing and describing 66 euphemistic snake names which appeared on the basis of the habitats snakes like to live in, their supposed or actual traits and behaviour. With respect to function, the majority of snake euphemisms are enigmatic (serving the functional purpose of disguise) and only a small part constitutes the class of complimentary euphemisms. Both enigmatic and complimentary euphemisms most often are suffixal derivatives. It is common that the motivating factors for such euphemisms to occur are physical reality related to snakes. In other words, once people have encountered a snake and got familiar with its environment, they have ascribed certain behavioural traits to it and noted in which areas it is usually known to occur. Euphemisms the base word of which refers to mystical beliefs (skraiduõlė and skraiduõlinė paskraiduõlinė) or euphemisms that are based on words the meaning of which presumably has nothing in common to snakes which are used in order to flatter them (e.g., čilbùtė, čiulbùtė ) are not common.
The mental image of the hepatica in modern Lithuanian prose
Authors: Gritėnienė Aurelija 
Published: March 2021

Hepatica (Hepatica nobilis) is a very well-known plant, which is common in Lithuania from early times. The works of art are filled with the images of it. The material for this article was collected from works of fiction and prose of the twenty-first century Lithuanian authors including novels, short stories, novellas, tales and other works of similar genres. The whole text is not analysed but rather separate sentences or their fragments – the collocations of hepatica. The material of this research contains 56 works of 46 prose writers, in which the hepatica is portrayed in various ways and purposes. In the compiled collocations the root žibut-/žibuč was located 76 times and žibuokl-/ was mentioned 40 times. The article investigates, which qualities of this plant rise as the most important ones, in other words, what concept of hepatica develops and how. It is found that in most cases Lithuanian prose writers emphasize on visible features of the plant – the colour and shape of the blossoms, their quality to wilt quickly and the like. The most dominant function of the image of hepatica is to express the idea of spring and because of that the parameters of time and space are used frequently in the collocations of hepatica – the exact time of emergence of the blossoms is defined and the growing places of hepaticas are indicated. The smell and purpose of the plant are also becoming quite significant components. It is ascertained that this plant is mostly depicted as the component of traditional Lithuanian scenery, however beside the domestic, realistic and concrete mental image of the plant it is often possible to identify the secondary meanings of the image as well (hepaticas help to express the state and feelings of a character, they become a symbol of faith and hope). Moreover, in the texts of prose there are plenty of cases when hepatica becomes a proper noun – through the process of onimization this title is transferred with a purpose to name people, domestic animals, streets or cafes.
Slavic-root verbs in CP: loanwords and problematic cases
Authors: Smetonienė Anželika 
Published: March 2021

Although being a comparatively small-volume source, the Catechism of Merkelis Petkevičius (CP) discloses the complexity of analysing Lithuanian loan verbs and Slavic-root hybrids. Conducting research on loanwords from the Slavic languages, the main focus is usually laid on nominal words. The key rule applied while analysing the verbs of Slavic origin is based on the compliance between the distinguished suffixes in the analysed words and the suffixes characteristic of the Slavic languages. However, Slavic-root loanwords are also found, the suffixes of which do not have any equivalents in the Slavic languages. Traditionally such verbs are assigned to hybrids but they may be of two types. The Slavic-root verbs were selected from CP, which contributed to revealing the problems encountered while analysing them. The majority of Slavic-root verbs in the CP are attributed to regular loanwords, which are also reflected in the adjacent text in Polish. Several words fall under the category of problematic Slavic-root verbs. The suggested division of hybrids into derivational and adaptational ones is determined by several principles. The hybrid, when a Slavic-root verb does not have precise suffix equivalents and due to the objective reasons cannot be seen as a loanword (there is no word in the Lithuanian language, which can serve as a derivational base word), is regarded to be an adaptational one, i.e., its morphological component that formally complies with the suffix, underwent changes in the process of integration but modifications in the meaning are rarely identified in such cases (liecavoti, -avoja, -vojo CP 217,23). Derivational hybrids are the verbs, which have a word of common root in the recipient language and the derivational link can be envisaged between them (prarakauti, -auja, -avo CP 160,17, pasnykauti, -auja, -avo CP 88,25). Such hybrids are more frequently based on the meanings of base word and this may lead to some differences in the meanings of respective root verbs in the Slavic languages.
Tendencies of the accentuation of polysyllabic nouns of the West Aukštaitian of Kaunas in the written sources of the 1950s and 1960s
Authors: Ragaišienė Vilija 
Published: March 2021

The article analyses the dialectal material collected in the area of the West Aukštaitian of the Kaunas subdialect in the written sources of the 1950s and 1960s at the Dialect Archive of the Geolinguistic Centre of the Institute of the Lithuanian Language. Based on the data of the written sources, the goal is to describe the accentuation peculiarities of the polysyllabic nouns of the West Aukštaitian of the Kaunas subdialect in the written sources of that time, to discuss their accent models and to establish the accentuation tendencies of this subdialect. After the research was completed it was established that there is a tendency in the West Aukštaitian of the Kaunas subdialect to stress polysyllabic suffixed nouns according to three accentual models: 1) fixed, 2) mobile and 3) fixed-mobile. The author of the article is of the opinion that the accentual variance of parallel derivatives with suffixes could have been determined not by one factor, but by a set of factors. The appearance of accentual variants is linked to semantics, the accentual and semantic model of two plurals, the accentual variance of the root words, the soft ending of the stem of words and is explained by the stress analogy of the same type of word formation. The author surmises that the phenomena of oxytogenesis and baritogenesis in the subdialect under research could have worked by the principle of structure. The accentuation of some suffixes (e.g., -iena and -ėja) can demonstrate the change of the accentual models in the Aukštaitian subdialect – the movement of the mobile accentuation model from the South Aukštaitian subdialect in the direction of the North.
Dysregulation of Principal Cell miRNAs Facilitates Epigenetic Regulation of AQP2 and Results in Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus
Authors: Petrillo Federica , Iervolino Anna , Angrisano Tiziana , Jelen Sabina , Costanzo Vincenzo , D’Acierno Mariavittoria , Cheng Lei , Wu Qi , Guerriero Ilaria , Mazzarella Maria Cristina , De Falco Alfonso , D’Angelo Fulvio , Ceccarelli Michele , Caraglia Michele , Capasso Giovambattista , Fenton Robert A. , Trepiccione Francesco 
Published: March 2021

Significance Statement
Water reabsorption along the collecting duct is dependent on the function of aquaporin 2 (AQP2). Currently, information on microRNA (miRNA)-mediated, post-transcriptional regulation of AQP2, which may influence water reabsorption, is limited. In mice, ablation of the Dicer enzyme (crucial for miRNA maturation) in AQP2-expressing cells induces nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (NDI) with dysregulation of the miRNA profile. A major finding is the identification of miRNAs associated with NDI through mediating epigenetic control of AQP2. This study offers novel targets for AQP2 regulation and potential treatment for governing renal water reabsorption.

Background
MicroRNAs (miRNAs), formed by cleavage of pre-microRNA by the endoribonuclease Dicer, are critical modulators of cell function by post-transcriptionally regulating gene expression.

Methods
Selective ablation of Dicer in AQP2-expressing cells (DicerAQP2Cre+ mice) was used to investigate the role of miRNAs in the kidney collecting duct of mice.

Results
The mice had severe polyuria and nephrogenic diabetes insipidus, potentially due to greatly reduced AQP2 and AQP4 levels. Although epithelial sodium channel levels were decreased in cortex and increased in inner medulla, amiloride-sensitive sodium reabsorption was equivalent in DicerAQP2Cre+ mice and controls. Small-RNA sequencing and proteomic analysis revealed 31 and 178 significantly regulated miRNAs and proteins, respectively. Integrated bioinformatic analysis of the miRNAome and proteome suggested alterations in the epigenetic machinery and various transcription factors regulating AQP2 expression in DicerAQP2Cre+ mice. The expression profile and function of three miRNAs (miR-7688-5p, miR-8114, and miR-409-3p) whose predicted targets were involved in epigenetic control (Phf2, Kdm5c, and Kdm4a) or transcriptional regulation (GATA3, GATA2, and ELF3) of AQP2 were validated. Luciferase assays could not demonstrate direct interaction of AQP2 or the three potential transcription factors with miR-7688-5p, miR-8114, and miR-409–3p. However, transfection of respective miRNA mimics reduced AQP2 expression. Chromatin immunoprecipitation assays demonstrated decreased Phf2 and significantly increased Kdm5c interactions at the Aqp2 gene promoter in DicerAQP2Cre+ mice, resulting in decreased RNA Pol II association.

Conclusions
Novel evidence indicates miRNA-mediated epigenetic regulation of AQP2 expression.
Az Euphorbia myrsinites elvadulása Egerben
Authors: Mykyta Peregrym 
Published: March 2021

Az Euphorbia myrsinites L. (Euphorbiaceae) közismert dísznövényünk. A Földközi-tenger medencéjében, a Fekete-tenger körül, a Kaukázusban és Kis-Ázsiában őshonos. Elvadulásának számos esete ismert Nyugat- és Közép-Európából, illetve Észak-Amerikából. Magyarországon mintegy fél évszázada ismertek alkalmi kivadulásai. Újabban az ország több pontjáról jelezték a jelenlétét. Jelen közleményben a faj kivadulásának újabb esetét mutatom be, Egerből. A rendelkezésre álló adatok alap­ján az E. myrsinites-t Magyarországon lokálisan meghonosodottnak tekinthető, de a formális kritériu­mok alapján lokálisan invá­ziós képessége is lehet. A faj pontos magyarországi státuszának megállapítá­sához további megfigyelések szükségesek.