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Diversity and community structure of Odonata (Insecta) in two land use types in Purba Medinipur District, West Bengal, India
Authors: Pahari Priti Ranjan , Mandal Shubha Sankar , Maiti Subhadeep , Bhattacharya Tanmay 
Published: April 2019

The present study recorded a total of 45 species of Odonata, of which one species, Ischnura mildredae, was recorded for the first time from West Bengal in India. Thirty-eight species were found in Tamluk Municipality as compared to 21 species in Haldia Industrial Belt (IB), with 14 species common to both the localities. Index of similarity revealed that the two localities were slightly dissimilar in odonate faunal composition as only 47% of species were shared. In both the localities, Anisoptera was more abundant, comprising over 69% of the total odonates. Libellulidae was the most abundant Anisopteran family in both the localities, comprising over 66% of the total odonates. Coenagrionidae was the most abundant Zygopteran family in both the localities. Thirteen species of Anisoptera and 11 species of Zygoptera were found only in Tamluk whereas two species of Anisoptera and five species of Zygoptera were found only in Haldia IB. Crocothemis servilia, Pantala flavescens, and Ceriagrion coromandelianum were the dominant species in Tamluk while Brachythemis contaminata and Orthetrum sabina were the dominant species in Haldia IB. Based on the values of Shannon index, Tamluk was considered unpolluted (=3.16) and Haldia IB moderately polluted (=2.43). Higher equitability index (J=0.87) and very low dominance index (0.06) in Tamluk indicated homogeneity in community composition and relatively stress-free equitable environment. The present investigation suggests that Odonata can be used as bioindicators of industrial pollution.
Baseline biodiversity and physiochemical survey in Parvati Kunda and surrounding area in Rasuwa, Nepal
Authors: Moravek Jessie Anna , Shrestha Mohan Bikram , Yonzon Sanjeevani 
Published: April 2019

Parvati Kunda, a small, alpine wetland located near the village of Gatlang in Rasuwa, Nepal, is a major source of drinking water for the village, possesses spiritual significance, and is a reservoir of local biodiversity. This study presents the first scientifically conducted biodiversity survey of the wetland. Here, biodiversity data (wetland plants, birds, mammals, aquatic insects), basic water chemistry (nutrients, pH, dissolved oxygen, conductivity), and basic bacterial tests (total coliform, Escherichia coli, Giardia, Salmonella, Shigella) for the Parvati Kunda wetland is presented from November 2016 and February and May 2017. Parvati Kunda, two of three alternate village water sources, and several village taps were found to be contaminated with E. coli bacteria. Within and around the wetland, 25 species of wetland plants, nine tree species, 10 macroinvertebrate taxa, 37 bird species, and at least six mammal species were documented. Acorus calamus was the dominant wetland plant and the rapid proliferation of this species over the past twenty years has been reported by community members. Future studies that further document and monitor wetland biodiversity are necessary. This study provides a valuable baseline for future research in this culturally and ecologically important wetland.
Reassessing Chinese American Identities
Authors: Louie (吕美玲) Andrea 
Published: April 2019

AbstractComparing and contrasting two of my previous research projects, both of which focus on Chinese American youths, I examine the ways that the circumstances of their upbringings shape their relationships with China as a homeland, with the U.S. as their country of residence, and with their Chinese identities more broadly. In the process, I consider the future of diasporic relationships with the Chinese homeland as they are shaped by the politics of belonging in both the U.S. and the People’s Republic of China (PERC). The first project, conducted as multi-sited research during the 1990s, focuses on American-born Chinese Americans (ABCs) who participate in a Roots-searching program in the San Francisco Bay Area. The second project focuses on Chinese adoptees who, born in China, relinquished by birth families, and adopted, usually by white families in the U.S., share some similarities with ABCs in terms of the ways in which they are racialized in U.S. society.
Diverging Opportunities
Authors: Kwok (郭俭) Kim 
Published: April 2019

AbstractThis paper aims to explore firstly, the distribution of economic opportunities in the Chinese immigrant economy, and, secondly, how opportunities have gradually diverged among Chinese migrants against the backdrop of increased globalization and Chinese transnationalization. Conceptually, it departs from the literature of immigrant economy as well as transnationalism, in particular, Chinese transnationalism. Methodologically, qualitative and inductive methods including in-depth interviews and participant observation are employed. By revealing that some Chinese migrants enjoy economic opportunities induced by transnationalization process while some others are deprived of them, this paper questions the much-celebrated effects of the social mobility of immigrant economy. This paper sheds light on how unequal opportunities can be exported from China channeled by transnationalization, as unequal pathways of Chinese migrants in Vienna, among other cases in Europe, appear to extend the divergent experiences of winners and losers of the late-socialist economic reform in China.
Extrinsic Auditory Contributions to Food Perception & Consumer Behaviour: an Interdisciplinary Review
Authors: Spence Charles , Reinoso-Carvalho Felipe , Velasco Carlos , Wang Qian Janice 
Published: April 2019

Abstract
Food product-extrinsic sounds (i.e., those auditory stimuli that are not linked directly to a food or beverage product, or its packaging) have been shown to exert a significant influence over various aspects of food perception and consumer behaviour, often operating outside of conscious awareness. In this review, we summarise the latest evidence concerning the various ways in which what we hear can influence what we taste. According to one line of empirical research, background noise interferes with tasting, due to attentional distraction. A separate body of marketing-relevant research demonstrates that music can be used to bias consumers’ food perception, judgments, and purchasing/consumption behaviour in various ways. Some of these effects appear to be driven by the arousal elicited by loud music as well as the entrainment of people’s behaviour to the musical beat. However, semantic priming effects linked to the type and style of music are also relevant. Another route by which music influences food perception comes from the observation that our liking/preference for the music that we happen to be listening to carries over to influence our hedonic judgments of what we are tasting. A final route by which hearing influences tasting relates to the emerging field of ‘sonic seasoning’. A developing body of research now demonstrates that people often rate tasting experiences differently when listening to soundtracks that have been designed to be (or are chosen because they are) congruent with specific flavour experiences (e.g., when compared to when listening to other soundtracks, or else when tasting in silence). Taken together, such results lead to the growing realization that the crossmodal influences of music and noise on food perception and consumer behaviour may have some important if, as yet, unrecognized implications for public health.
From Fountain to Moleskine
Authors: Ferraris Maurizio 
Published: April 2019

AbstractPhotography was invented in the mid-nineteenth century, and ever since that moment painters have been asking what they are there for. Everyone has their own strategy. Some say they do not paint what is there, but their impressions. Others paint things that are not seen in the world, and therefore cannot be photographed, because they are abstractions. Others yet exhibit urinals in art galleries. This may look like the end of art but, instead, it is the dawn of a new day, not only for painting but – this is the novelty – for every form of art, as well as for the social world in general and for industry, where repetitive tasks are left to machines and humans are required to behave like artists.
Parameterization of a Clumped Model to Directly Simulate Actual Evapotranspiration over a Superintensive Drip-Irrigated Olive Orchard
Authors: Riveros-Burgos Camilo , Ortega-Farias Samuel , López-Olivari Rafael , Chávez José Luis 
Published: April 2019

Abstract
The aim of this research was to evaluate the clumped model for estimating latent heat flux (LE) and actual evapotranspiration (ETa) over a non-water-stressed olive orchard. Additionally, submodels to compute the net radiation Rn, soil heat flux G, and canopy resistance were also included. For this objective, a database was used from an experimental unit inside a commercial superintensive drip-irrigated olive orchard located in the Pencahue Valley, Maule Region, Chile (35°23′S, 71°44′W; 96 m above sea level) during the 2009/10 and 2010/11 growing seasons. The evaluation was carried out using measurements of LE obtained from an eddy covariance (EC) system. In addition, estimated values of Rn, G, and were compared with ground-truth measurements from a four-way net radiometer, soil heat flux plates with soil thermocouples, and a portable porometer, respectively. Results indicated that the clumped model underestimated LE and ETa with errors of 11.0% and 3.0%, respectively. Values of the root-mean-square error (RMSE), mean bias error (MBE), and index of agreement dr for LE were 35 W m−2, −1.0 W m−2, and 0.96, while those for ETa were 0.48 mm day−1, 0.04 mm day−1, and 0.64, respectively. The submodels computed Rn and G with errors less than 6% and RMSE values less than 65 W m−2, while the Jarvis-type model predicted with RMSE = 41 s m−1 and MBE = 7.0 s m−1. Finally, a sensitivity analysis indicated that the ETa estimated by the clumped model was significantly affected by variations of ±30% in the values of the LAI and the minimum stomatal resistance rstmin.
Mitochondrial stress-dependent regulation of cellular protein synthesis
Authors: Topf Ulrike , Uszczynska-Ratajczak Barbara , Chacinska Agnieszka 
Published: April 2019

ABSTRACT
The production of newly synthesized proteins is vital for all cellular functions and is a determinant of cell growth and proliferation. The synthesis of polypeptide chains from mRNA molecules requires sophisticated machineries and mechanisms that need to be tightly regulated, and adjustable to current needs of the cell. Failures in the regulation of translation contribute to the loss of protein homeostasis, which can have deleterious effects on cellular function and organismal health. Unsurprisingly, the regulation of translation appears to be a crucial element in stress response mechanisms. This review provides an overview of mechanisms that modulate cytosolic protein synthesis upon cellular stress, with a focus on the attenuation of translation in response to mitochondrial stress. We then highlight links between mitochondrion-derived reactive oxygen species and the attenuation of reversible cytosolic translation through the oxidation of ribosomal proteins at their cysteine residues. We also discuss emerging concepts of how cellular mechanisms to stress are adapted, including the existence of alternative ribosomes and stress granules, and the regulation of co-translational import upon organelle stress.
FKBP12 mediates necroptosis by initiating RIPK1–RIPK3–MLKL signal transduction in response to TNF receptor 1 ligation
Authors: Wang Zicheng , Feng Jiannan , Yu Jiyun , Chen Guozhu 
Published: April 2019

ABSTRACT
Necroptosis is a regulated form of necrotic cell death that is mediated by receptor-interacting serine/threonine-protein kinase 1 (RIPK1), RIPK3 and mixed-lineage kinase domain-like protein (MLKL), which mediates necroptotic signal transduction induced by tumor necrosis factor (TNF). Although many target proteins for necroptosis have been identified, no report had indicated that FK506-binding protein 12 (FKBP12, also known as FKBP1A), an endogenous protein that regulates protein folding and conformation alteration, is involved in mediating necroptosis. In this study, we found that FKBP12 acts as a novel target protein in mediating necroptosis and the related systemic inflammatory response syndrome triggered by TNF. The mechanistic study discovered that FKBP12 is essential for initiating necrosome formation and RIPK1–RIPK3–MLKL signaling pathway activation in response to TNF receptor 1 ligation. In addition, FKBP12 is indispensable for RIPK1 and RIPK3 expression and subsequent spontaneous phosphorylation, which are essential processes for initial necrosome formation and necroptotic signal transduction; therefore, FKBP12 may target RIPK1 and RIPK3 to mediate necroptosis in vitro and in vivo. Collectively, our data demonstrate that FKBP12 could be a potential therapeutic target for the clinical treatment of necroptosis-associated diseases.
Ion channel gating in cardiac ryanodine receptors from the arrhythmic RyR2-P2328S mouse
Authors: Salvage Samantha C. , Gallant Esther M. , Beard Nicole A. , Ahmad Shiraz , Valli Haseeb , Fraser James A. , Huang Christopher L.-H. , Dulhunty Angela F. 
Published: April 2019

ABSTRACT
Mutations in the cardiac ryanodine receptor Ca2+ release channel (RyR2) can cause deadly ventricular arrhythmias and atrial fibrillation (AF). The RyR2-P2328S mutation produces catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT) and AF in hearts from homozygous RyR2P2328S/P2328S (denoted RyR2S/S) mice. We have now examined P2328S RyR2 channels from RyR2S/S hearts. The activity of wild-type (WT) and P2328S RyR2 channels was similar at a cytoplasmic [Ca2+] of 1 mM, but P2328S RyR2 was significantly more active than WT at a cytoplasmic [Ca2+] of 1 µM. This was associated with a &gt;10-fold shift in the half maximal activation concentration (AC50) for Ca2+ activation, from ∼3.5 µM Ca2+ in WT RyR2 to ∼320 nM in P2328S channels and an unexpected &gt;1000-fold shift in the half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) for inactivation from ∼50 mM in WT channels to ≤7 μM in P2328S channels, which is into systolic [Ca2+] levels. Unexpectedly, the shift in Ca2+ activation was not associated with changes in sub-conductance activity, S2806 or S2814 phosphorylation or the level of FKBP12 (also known as FKBP1A) bound to the channels. The changes in channel activity seen with the P2328S mutation correlate with altered Ca2+ homeostasis in myocytes from RyR2S/S mice and the CPVT and AF phenotypes.
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Microtubule nucleation during central spindle assembly requires NEDD1 phosphorylation on serine 405 by Aurora A
Authors: Courthéoux Thibault , Reboutier David , Vazeille Thibaut , Cremet Jean-Yves , Benaud Christelle , Vernos Isabelle , Prigent Claude 
Published: April 2019

ABSTRACT
During mitosis, the cell sequentially constructs two microtubule-based spindles to ensure faithful segregation of chromosomes. A bipolar spindle first pulls apart the sister chromatids, then a central spindle further separates them away. Although the assembly of the first spindle is well described, the assembly of the second remains poorly understood. We report here that the inhibition of Aurora A leads to an absence of the central spindle resulting from a lack of nucleation of microtubules in the midzone. In the absence of Aurora A, the HURP (also known as DLGAP5) and NEDD1 proteins that are involved in nucleation of microtubules fail to concentrate in the midzone. HURP is an effector of RanGTP, whereas NEDD1 serves as an anchor for the γ-tubulin ring complex (γTURC). Interestingly, Aurora A phosphorylates HURP and NEDD1 during assembly of the initial bipolar spindle. We show here that the expression of a NEDD1 isoform mimicking phosphorylation by Aurora A is sufficient to restore microtubule nucleation in the midzone under conditions of Aurora A inhibition. These results reveal a new control mechanism of microtubule nucleation by Aurora A during assembly of the central spindle.
Managing Appointment Booking Under Customer Choices
Authors: Liu Nan , van de Ven Peter M. , Zhang Bo 
Published: April 2019

Motivated by the increasing use of online appointment booking platforms, we study how to offer appointment slots to customers to maximize the total number of slots booked. We develop two models, nonsequential offering and sequential offering, to capture different types of interactions between customers and the scheduling system. In these two models, the scheduler offers either a single set of appointment slots for the arriving customer to choose from or multiple sets in sequence, respectively. For the nonsequential model, we identify a static randomized policy, which is asymptotically optimal when the system demand and capacity increase simultaneously, and we further show that offering all available slots at all times has a constant factor of two performance guarantee. For the sequential model, we derive a closed form optimal policy for a large class of instances and develop a simple, effective heuristic for those instances without an explicit optimal policy. By comparing these two models, our study generates useful operational insights for improving the current appointment booking processes. In particular, our analysis reveals an interesting equivalence between the sequential offering model and the nonsequential offering model with perfect customer preference information. This equivalence allows us to apply sequential offering in a wide range of interactive scheduling contexts. Our extensive numerical study shows that sequential offering can significantly improve the slot fill rate (6%–8% on average and up to 18% in our testing cases) compared with nonsequential offering. Given the recent and ongoing growth of online and mobile appointment booking platforms, our research findings can be particularly useful to inform user interface design of these booking platforms. This paper was accepted by Gad Allon, operations management.
Soil Cutting by a Compact Disc Harrow Having Various Disc Arrangements
Authors: Zeng Zhiwei , Chen Ying , Qi Long 
Published: April 2019

Abstract. The compact disc harrow (CDH) is a relatively new type of conservation tillage implement. The disc arrangement on the implement is critical to the tillage performance. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of disc spacing and offset on the tillage performance of a CDH. Tests were conducted in an indoor soil bin using a CDH with three-disc units. The spacing of the two rear discs in each unit was set at 203, 254, or 305 mm, and the front discs were set at one of three offset positions (left, center, or right) relative to the rear two discs. The discs were operated at two different tillage depths: shallow (63.5 mm) and deep (127 mm). The results showed that the soil cutting area ratio (the ratio of disturbed area to the total area of the furrow) decreased as the spacing increased from 203 to 305 mm. In contrast, the soil cutting efficiency (the volume of soil cut per unit quantity energy used) remained constant in the shallow tillage depth and increased in the deep tillage depth. As for the effect of offset, the center position resulted in a soil cutting area ratio of more than 80%, which was superior to the other two offset positions. However, the right offset had the highest efficiencies of 15.3 and 22 m3 MJ-1 in the shallow and deep tillage depths, respectively. The common standard disc spacing of 254 mm with a center offset was not necessarily the optimal setting, depending on the working depth and tillage performance indicators of interest. Keywords: Disc, Offset, Performance, Soil Cutting, Spacing, Tillage.
Effect of Thermal Radiation on Magneto-Convection of a Micropolar Nanoliquid towards a Non-Linear Stretching Surface with Convective Boundary
Authors: Jagan K. , Sivasankaran S. , Bhuvaneswari M. , Rajan S. 
Published: April 2019

The objective of this paper is to analyze the effect of thermal radiation on MHD mixed convection flow of a micropolar nanoliquidÂ Â towards a non-linear stretching surface with convective boundary condition. The governing equations are converted into non-linearÂ Â Â ordinary differential equations by using suitable similarity transformations. The homotopy analysis method is used for solving the non-linear ordinary differential equations. The temperature profiles increase due to increase in thermal radiation parameter. The microrotationÂ Â profile increases when boundary parameter is increased. Also, the skin friction coefficient and local Nusselt are plotted for variousÂ Â Â parameters.Â Â
A Study on Regular Semigroups and its Idempotents
Authors: Thomas Julie , Indhira K. , M. Chandrasekaran V. 
Published: April 2019

An idempotent of a semigroup T is an element e in T such that In many semigroups, idempotents can be recognized easily. Thus it plays an important role in the structure of semigroups especially on regular semigroups. This article reviews about some research work done about the structure of regular semigroups with a special emphasis on its idempotents.
Optimal Solution of Fuzzy Transshipment Problem Using Generalized Hexagonal Fuzzy Numbers
Authors: P. Ghadle Kirtiwant , M. Ingle Sanjivani , A. Hamoud Ahmed 
Published: April 2019

In the present paper, the generalized hexagonal fuzzy number has been newly introduced to deal fuzzy transshipment problem. We solved balance and unbalance fuzzy transshipment problem by various methods. Various methods are compared to find the best solution. The objective of our paper is to find the best method for solving transshipment problem. This procedure is illustrated with numerical examples.Â Â
Numerical and Experimental Investigation on the Aerodynamic performance of roller Airfoil
Authors: Senthil Kumar M. , Vijayanandh R. , Kaviarasan N. , Dinesh Kumar R. , Adrin Issai Arasu I. , Kanmaniraja R. 
Published: April 2019

Prevailing norm is a fixed wing in a conventional aircraft, but the prospect appears bright for developing wings that could yield better aerodynamic properties with a change in the form and shape, this may have a wider application in future aviation. The main objective of this paper is to probe such a morphing technology in wings to improve their aerodynamic performance while operating at various cruise conditions. The airfoil is equipped with a rolling mechanism on its upper surface, operated by custom- designed controllers. This roller airfoil model will generate higher lift at low angles of attack and substantially increase flight performance, leading to the evolution of a create multiple-regime, aerodynamically efficient aircraft. This paper aims to compare the performance enhancement of roller airfoil over a conventional airfoil, by increasing the velocity at the upper surface of the airfoil to increase the lift to drag ratio using typical engineering analyses. The cambered airfoil chosen here is NACA 4412. Morphing concept brings about the improvement due to a reduction in lift-induced drag by promoting large laminar flow run on the upper surface of the wing.Â Â