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A comprehensive mycofloral diversity of pedosphere, phyllosphere and aerosphere of Som. (Persea bombycina Kost.)
Authors: Ray Manjit Kumar , Mishra Piyush Kumar , Das Saurav 
Published: June 2018

AbstractSericulture is an important cottage industry of Assam producing natural silk of both Mulberry and Non-Mulberry silk. The sericulture industry is closely associated with the Assamese traditions and rituals. In non-mulberry silk, Muga silkworm which is endemic to North-East India only produce exquisite silks of golden color. Rearing of Muga silkworm is one of the important aspects to producing silk of high quality. The quality of the primary host plant i.e. Som (Persea bombycina Kost.) greatly affects the quality of cocoon and silk produced by these industries. Therefore, planting and growing a disease-free plant has its own importance in sericulture. However, Som is very susceptible to different foliar diseases caused by fungi, which can reduce the yield of leaf from 13.8 - 41.6% annually. Therefore, a comprehensive mycofloral study of the host plant is important to forecast the future diseases and design different disease management procedures. This study has been done for a period of two years from 2014 - 2016 in Goalpara district of Assam and overall mycoflora of pedosphere (rhizosphere and non-rhizosphere), phyllosphere and aerosphere were identified and correlated with the seasonal variation. The rhizosphere, air, and phylloplane was dominated by Rhizopus stolonifer (22.13%; 15.08; 24.01) while Aspergillus niger (12.63%) was the dominant flora of non-rhizosphere. Seasonal variation was found to play an important role in shaping the mycofloral community structure in soil and phyllosphere. In summer, soil was majorly dominated by Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus fumigatus, and Curvularia lunata while Rhizopus stolonifer, Aspergillus clavatus, Penicillium chrysogenum dominated the winter soil. In phyllosphere, the Chatuwa and Jaruwa, the winter generations were mainly dominated by Rhizopus stolonifer. While as the environmental temperature gradually increased with relative humidity in Aheruwa, Bhodia, Kotia and Jethuwa generation there was a shift in diversity with a gradual increase in occurance of Alternaria alternata, Aspergillus niger, and Aspergillus flavus. Pestaloptiopsis disseminata one of the major pathogen of Som was found highest in aerosphere followed by phyllosphere and it was only dominated in Aheruwa generation. It was found that occurrence of P. disseminata were high when the temperature ranges between 25° - 28° with 70 −80% of relative humidity. This study provides a deep insight into the fungal diversity of host plant Som with respect to pedosphere, aerosphere, and phyllosphere and this knowledge can be used to better select the plantation area and design different disease management strategies to sustain and proliferate the industry for socio-economic development and to conserve its cultural essence.
Evaluating Plastic Deformation and Damage as Potential Mechanisms for Tendon Inelasticity using a Reactive Modeling Framework
Authors: Safa Babak N. , Lee Andrea H. , Santare Michael H. , Elliott Dawn M. 
Published: June 2018

ABSTRACTInelastic behaviors, such as softening, a progressive decrease in modulus before failure, occur in tendon andare important aspect in degeneration and tendinopathy. These in elastic behaviors are generally attributed to two potential mechanisms: plastic deformation and damage. However, it is not clear which is primarily responsible.In this study, we evaluated these potential mechanisms of tendon in elasticity by using a recently developed reactive in elasticity model (RIE), which is a structurally-inspired continuum mechanics frame work that models tissue in elasticity based on the molecular bond kinetics. Using RIE, we formulated two material models, one specific toplastic deformation and the other to damage. The models were independently fit to published experimental tensiletests of rat tail tendons. We quantified the inelastic effects and compared the performance of the two models infitting the mechanical response during loading, relaxation, unloading, and reloading phases. Additionally, we validated the models by using the resulting fit parameters to predict an independent set of experimental stress-straincurves from ramp-to-failure tests. Overall, the models were both successful in fitting the experiments and predicting the validation data. However, the results did not strongly favor one mechanism over the other. As a result, to distinguish between plastic deformation and damage, different experimental protocols will be needed. Nevertheless, these findings suggest the potential of RIE as a comprehensive framework for studying tendon inelastic behaviors.
Environmentally mediated reproductive success predicts breeding dispersal decisions in an early successional amphibian
Authors: Boualit Laurent , Pichenot Julian , Besnard Aurélien , Helder Rémi , Joly Pierre , Cayuela Hugo 
Published: June 2018

AbstractDispersal is a central mechanism in ecology and evolution. Dispersal evolution is driven by a trade-off between costs and benefits, which is influenced by inter-individual variability and local environmental conditions (context-dependent dispersal). Many studies have investigated how dispersal decisions may be influenced by environmental factors, including density, predation, and interspecific competition. Yet few have attempted to examine how habitat disturbance may affect the dispersal process in spatially structured populations. In early successional species, one might expect individuals to adjust their dispersal decisions based on two main factors that potentially have an influence on reproductive success: patch size and the level of patch disturbance. In this study, we examined how these two factors affect breeding success and dispersal decisions in an early successional amphibian, the yellow-bellied toad (Bombina variegata). To this end, we used capture–recapture data collected on a spatially structured population occupying 28 breeding patches. We took advantage of recent developments in multievent capture–recapture models to detect signs of context-dependent dispersal. The results revealed that the probability of successful reproduction and the number of newly metamorphosed individuals increased with both the size and the proportion of disturbance of a patch. In addition, our results showed that the factors affecting breeding success also influenced breeding dispersal probability. Large patch size negatively influenced emigration probability; in contrast, it positively influenced immigration probability. Equally, higher disturbance (in terms of the proportion of the patch’s surface area disturbed each year) had a strong negative influence on emigration probability and slightly positively affected immigration probability. These findings strongly suggest that individuals make context-dependent dispersal decisions, adjusted to maximize future fitness prospects in a patch, allowing them to better cope with rapid changes in environmental conditions resulting from the ecological succession process. This opens new areas of potential research into the role of dispersal in organism specialization along an ecological succession gradient.
How online media synergy influences consumers’ purchase intention
Authors: Dong Xuebing , Chang Yaping , Liang Shichang , Fan Xiaojun 
Published: June 2018

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine the synergistic effects of online multimedia by categorizing it into online broadcast media (OBM) and online interactive media (OIM).

Design/methodology/approach
The authors used an online experiment method to manipulate the online message stimuli level (online media synergy and online single media repetition).

Findings
The results revealed that participants exposed to message stimuli of online media synergy reported greater source credibility, cognitive responses (brand credibility and positive thoughts about the brand), attitude toward the brand and purchase intention. In online multimedia, source credibility influences attitude toward the brand through brand credibility and positive thoughts about the brand; in online single media repetition, source credibility influences attitude toward the brand through only brand credibility.

Research limitations/implications
In addition, the relationship between online media synergy and marketing outcomes might be moderated by consumers’ goals and thought patterns, and future research could further explore the moderating effects of these variables.

Practical implications
This study contributes to media synergy research, assists marketing planners in their understanding of the importance of online media synergy and serves as a reference for marketing planners considering an integrated online marketing plan.

Originality/value
The current study investigated how the synergy of OBM and OIM influences message persuasiveness for consumers (cognitive responses, attitude toward the brand and purchase intention).
Homeownership in urban China: an empirical study of borrower characteristics and the Housing Provident Fund program in Kunming
Authors: Wang Weizhuo , Gan Christopher , Chang Zhiyou , Cohen David A. , Li Zhaohua 
Published: June 2018

Purpose
This paper aims to develop and estimate a logit model of whether homeownership could be promoted by participation in and use of the Housing Provident Fund (HPF) program, with a focus on factors that influence the use of HPF loans.

Design/methodology/approach
This paper develops and estimates a logit model of whether homeownership could be promoted by participation in and use of the HPF program, with a focus on factors that influence the use of HPF loans.

Findings
The results show that coefficients of marital status, educational level, age, duration of employment and employer are significantly related to the use of HPF loan for homeownership.

Research limitations/implications
Because of the chosen research approach, the research results may lack generalizability.

Practical implications
The research findings provide a better understanding of homeowners’ characteristics.

Originality/value
To manage the HPF program effectively, it is important for government to have a better understanding of the underlying demand for homeownership, especially with respect to the different demographic variables and accessibility to HPF loans and the HPF.
Self-determined leader motivation and follower perceptions of leadership
Authors: Gilbert Stephanie , Kelloway E. Kevin 
Published: June 2018

Purpose
A critical assumption of the organizational leadership literature is that leaders want to engage in effective leadership behaviors (Gilbert and Kelloway, 2014). However, leaders may vary in their motivation to be effective in a leadership role, leading to different levels of performance. Drawing on self-determination theory, the authors address the question of what motivates leaders to engage in transformational leadership behaviors (Gilbert et al., 2016). The paper aims to discuss these issues.

Design/methodology/approach
The current study examined the effects of self-determined leader motivation for transformational leadership on aggregated follower leadership ratings using a sample of 37 leaders matched with 179 followers in two organizations.

Findings
Results show how leaders’ own motivation relates to followers’ perceptions of leader behavior, and specifically that, across contexts, some autonomous levels of leader motivation are positively related to follower perceptions of leaders’ active-constructive leadership and negatively related to follower perceptions of passive avoidant leadership.

Research limitations/implications
The research is limited by a small level-two sample size and cross-sectional design. The results suggest that some forms of leader motivation relate to follower ratings of leadership behavior.

Originality/value
This study is the first to examine how self-determined motivation for transformational leadership predicts follower perceptions of leadership behavior using a multilevel design.
Cross‐sectional analysis of unhealthy foods, race/ethnicity, sex and cardiometabolic risk factors in U.S. adults
Authors: Vaccaro Joan A. , Zarini Gustavo G. , Huffman Fatma G. 
Published: June 2018

AimThe purpose of the present study was to determine the association of unhealthy dietary food items with cardiometabolic risk factors with and without sociodemographic factors.MethodsThis cross‐sectional study used data available to the public from the National Health and Nutrition Survey (NHANES) 2009–2010 where unhealthy food consumption was based on responses to the Dietary Screener Questionnaire (unique to this NHANES cycle), and cardiometabolic risk factors were based on laboratory results, anthropometric measures, interview and examination questions for 2045 adults aged 20–69 and belonging to four racial/ethnic groups: 473 Mexican Americans (MA); 267 Other Hispanics (OH); 389, non‐Hispanic Blacks (NHB) and 916 non‐Hispanic Whites (NHW) (characterised by NHANES).ResultsA higher percent of MA, followed by OH and NHB, consumed soft drinks as compared to NHW. Consumption of fried potatoes was over 75% across groups and was associated with higher odds dyslipidaemia (high non‐HDL cholesterol) in the reduced model: OR = 1.38 (1.10, 1.73), P = 0.009 and full model: OR = 1.50 (1.15, 1.96), P = 0.005. All unhealthy foods measured were consumed more often by males as compared to females.ConclusionsDyslipidaemia was associated with fried potato consumption and marginally with processed meats. Dietary interventions, tailored to specific populations, are needed to determine if substituting healthy foods in place of unhealthy ones will improve cardiometabolic outcomes.
De‐palmitoylation by N‐(tert‐Butyl) hydroxylamine inhibits AMPAR‐mediated synaptic transmission via affecting receptor distribution in postsynaptic densities
Authors: Xia Zhi‐Xuan , Shen Zu‐Cheng , Zhang Shao‐Qi , Wang Ji , Nie Tai‐Lei , Deng Qiao , Chen Jian‐Guo , Wang Fang , Wu Peng‐Fei 
Published: June 2018

SummaryAimsPalmitoylation of α‐amino‐3‐hydroxy‐5‐methyl‐4‐isoxazolepropionic acid receptors (AMPARs) subunits or their “scaffold” proteins produce opposite effects on AMPAR surface delivery. Considering AMPARs have long been identified as suitable drug targets for central nervous system (CNS) disorders, targeting palmitoylation signaling to regulate AMPAR function emerges as a novel therapeutic strategy. However, until now, much less is known about the effect of palmitoylation‐deficient state on AMPAR function. Herein, we set out to determine the effect of global de‐palmitoylation on AMPAR surface expression and its function, using a special chemical tool, N‐(tert‐Butyl) hydroxylamine (NtBuHA).MethodsBS3 protein cross‐linking, Western blot, immunoprecipitation, patch clamp, and biotin switch assay.ResultsBath application of NtBuHA (1.0 mM) reduced global palmitoylated proteins in the hippocampus of mice. Although NtBuHA (1.0 mM) did not affect the expression of ionotropic glutamate receptor subunits, it preferentially decreased the surface expression of AMPARs, not N‐methyl‐d‐aspartate receptors (NMDARs). Notably, NtBuHA (1.0 mM) reduces AMPAR‐mediated excitatory postsynaptic currents (mEPSCs) in the hippocampus. This effect may be largely due to the de‐palmitoylation of postsynaptic density protein 95 (PSD95) and protein kinase A‐anchoring proteins, both of which stabilized AMPAR synaptic delivery. Furthermore, we found that changing PSD95 palmitoylation by NtBuHA altered the association of PSD95 with stargazin, which interacted directly with AMPARs, but not NMDARs.ConclusionOur data suggest that the palmitoylation‐deficient state initiated by NtBuHA preferentially reduces AMPAR function, which may potentially be used for the treatment of CNS disorders, especially infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (Batten disease).
Designing rule‐based expert systems with the aid of the model‐driven development approach
Authors: Yurin Aleksandr Yurievich , Dorodnykh Nikita Olegovich , Nikolaychuk Olga Anatolievna , Grishenko Maksim Andreevich 
Published: June 2018

AbstractThe problem of improving the efficiency of designing process of knowledge bases and expert systems remains a relevant issue. The effectiveness of this process can be improved by using the principles of conceptual (cognitive) modelling and generative programming‐based approaches, in particular, a model‐driven development.This paper describes implementation and application of the model‐driven development approach for the design of rule‐based expert systems and knowledge bases. The implementation proposed takes into account peculiarities of the intelligent systems development process, such as stages of conceptualization and formalization, and provides the practical use of ontologies and conceptual models as computation‐independent and subject domain models.An extension of UML, namely, the Rule Visual Modelling Language is used to represent logical rules and create platform‐independent and platform‐specific models. Rule Visual Modelling Language elements ensure that some features of a programming language for knowledge bases, for example, CLIPS, are taken into account. Therefore, CLIPS and the Personal Knowledge Base Designer are used as the targeted platforms for generation of source codes and specifications.The applicability of the approach is demonstrated by a case study: development of the knowledge base and expert system for identification of the causes of damages and destruction of construction materials in petrochemistry.
Boccia game simulator: Serious game adapted for people with disabilities
Authors: Faria Brígida Mónica , Ribeiro José Diogo , Moreira A. Paulo , Reis Luis Paulo 
Published: June 2018

AbstractIntegration in the world of sport is one way for individuals with disabilities or motor disorders to feel more socially integrated, independent, and confident. Boccia is a Paralympic sport, which is increasingly getting more attention around the world. These facts have contributed to the objectives of this work. Including it in the serious games category enables to develop and rehabilitate the cognitive capabilities. The main focus was BC3 classification athletes (users with limited motor characteristics that require the use of an assistive device—a ramp, in this case). This paper describes a realistic Boccia game simulator adapted for people with disabilities that integrates a set of features that includes real physics and social features. These features can be used to enhance the interest of nonpractitioners of the sport and to improve the training conditions. The official Boccia regulation was added to the design of the simulator. The usability and approximation to the reality of the simulator were tested and validated based on the tests performed and data collected via a survey of users with no motor or psychological disorders. Realism and usability rating was almost excellent, and good results were achieved at the assessment of the game experience.
Risk indicators for prevalence, extent and severity of periodontitis among rural Indian population aged 35‐54 years
Authors: Bhat M , Do LG , Roberts‐Thomson K 
Published: June 2018

AbstractAimsThis study aimed to identify risk indicators associated with periodontitis and the contribution of each of the indicators towards the prevalence, extent and severity of periodontitis in a rural Indian population.MethodsA cross‐sectional study design was used to collect data according to National Survey of Adult Oral Health Australia guidelines. A multistage stratified random sampling was followed to select 1401 participants, who were in the age group of 35‐54 years. The participants were selected from 50 villages belonging to the 5 sub‐provinces of 2 Indian districts. Data were collected through face‐to‐face interviews and oral examination. Statistical analysis was performed using SAS version 9.3. The univariate, bivariate and multivariate analyses were performed to determine the risk indicators of prevalence, extent and severity of periodontitis. Population attributable fraction was estimated for each of the significant risk indicators of prevalence and extent.ResultsIn this study, factors such as age, education, tobacco chewing and plaque accumulation were significantly associated with the prevalence of periodontitis. Age, socioeconomic status, method of tooth cleaning, alcohol consumption and plaque accumulation were significant risk indicators for generalized periodontitis. Age, tobacco chewing and plaque were associated with severity of periodontitis in the population.ConclusionThe rural population had a high prevalence of periodontitis. Sociodemographic factors, poor oral hygiene, tobacco and alcohol were the main risk indicators attributable to periodontitis.
Inhibition effects of a natural inhibitor on RANKL downstream cellular signalling cascades cross‐talking
Authors: Wang Biao , Hao Dingjun , Zhang Zhen , Gao Wenjie , Pan Hu , Xiao Yuan , He Baorong , Kong Lingbo 
Published: June 2018

AbstractMyricitrin is a natural occurring flavonoid glycoside that possesses effects on inhibiting nitric oxide (NO) transmission and preventing inflammatory reaction. Although previous study showed the myricitrin possesses antibone loss effects via reducing the expression of IL‐6 and partially suppressing reactive oxygen species (ROS) production. However, the effects of myricitrin on nuclear factor‐kappaB ligand (RANKL)‐stimulated osteoclastogenesis have not yet been further investigated. The current study was aimed to demonstrating the inhibitory effects of myricitrin on RANKL‐stimulated osteoclastogenesis and relevant mechanisms. We found myricitrin significantly suppressed osteoclastogenesis suggesting that it may acts on RANKL/RANK induced downstream signal cross cascading in osteoclast precursors. In that, our Western blotting results showed myricitrin significantly attenuated RNAKL/MAPKs (phosphorylation of p38, ERK, JNK) and AKT signal cascading. Complementing previous study, our results suggesting as a natural inhibitor, myricitrin possesses the potential therapeutic effects on inflammatory osteolysis.
Chinese Adolescents' Sibling Conflicts: Links With Maternal Involvement in Sibling Relationships and Coparenting
Authors: Chen Bin‐Bin 
Published: June 2018

This study explored how maternal involvement in sibling relationships and coparenting behaviors were associated with adolescents' sibling conflicts. Adolescents (Mage = 12.25 years; 47.8% boys) and their mothers from 542 families in China participated in this research. Mothers completed questionnaires that assessed their strategies of involvement in sibling relationships, as well as their perceptions of the quality of their coparenting behaviors. Furthermore, adolescents completed questionnaires that assessed sibling conflicts. Results revealed that the mother's positive guidance was negatively related and their authoritarian control was positively related to sibling conflict. A significant interaction was also found between positive maternal guidance in sibling relationships and undermining coparenting behaviors. These findings underscore the unique and interactive effects of mothers' direct involvement in sibling relationships and coparenting behaviors in adolescents' sibling conflicts.