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Anantrum gallopintoi sp. nov. (Bothriocephalidae Blanchard, 1849), a cestode parasite of the shorthead lizardfish Synodus scituliceps (Synodontidae) from the Pacific coast of Costa Rica
Authors: Santoro M. , López-Verdejo A. , Occhibove F. , Angulo A. , Rojas A. , Cortés J. , Solano-Barquero A. 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
A new species of bothriocephalid cestode in the genus Anantrum is described from the intestine of the shorthead lizardfish Synodus scituliceps from the north Pacific coast of Costa Rica. The new species is described based on an integrative taxonomic approach that includes the use of light and scanning electron microscopy, 28S rDNA sequencing, and phylogenetic analysis. Anantrum gallopintoi sp. nov. is the third known member of this genus and can be distinguished from A. tortum (Linton, 1905) and A. histocephalum Jensen & Heckmann, 1977 by a combination of morphological and ecological traits and, in particular, by having a vaginal sphincter, different number of testes, and different type host and type locality. The molecular analysis and the phylogenetic reconstructions supported its status as a new taxon placing it within a well-supported separate branch of Anantrum spp. subclade. According to the present finding, S. scituliceps represents a new host record and Costa Rica a new geographical record for Anantrum species, and, in general, for a bothriocephalid cestode.
Not anxious enough: The discursive articulation of ontological security in the European Parliament
Authors: Diez Thomas , von Lucke Franziskus 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
This paper makes the case for a discursive understanding of ontological security and demonstrates the utility of such an approach in an analysis of European Parliament (EP) debates between 1990 and 2020. We argue that articulations of ontological (in)security operate through the (re)inscription of a set of metanarratives in what we call ‘discursive nodal points’. Building on an extensive analysis of EP debates over 30 years, we demonstrate that in contrast to the prevailing view of the European Union (EU) as an ‘anxious community’, at least on the political level, EU actors remain surprisingly confident in the European project. While they do invoke challenges to the EU, they see these as incentives to strengthen the integration project and often consider operating in crisis mode as an essential EU characteristic. In doing so, they draw on modernist metanarratives of progress, control, and power to construct an ontologically secure EU. We argue that the future ontological security of the EU will partly depend on allowing for more ambiguity in this modernist narrative without accepting a nationalist counter-narrative that undermines the idea of European integration.
International capital flows in the process of longevity catch-up
Authors: Inagaki Kazuyuki 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
Using a polynomial cointegration technique, this paper shows that the bilateral US current account balance with China has a U-shaped relationship with the life expectancy gap between the US and China. A narrowing gap initially increases the US deficit with China, but eventually, this increased US deficit falls with the further catching-up of Chinese life expectancy. The life expectancy gap between the two countries has been below the threshold level since 2013, and this demographic trend has the potential to improve the US deficit with China. This U-shaped relationship can be theoretically reproduced. A two-country overlapping generations model indicates that the effect of life expectancy is decomposed into four components: retirement savings, social security burden, the number of elderly workers, and the productivity of elderly workers. The total effect of foreign life expectancy on the home current account balance exhibits a sign change in the catching-up of foreign life expectancy.
The potential of autonomous delivery services to increase fast-food consumption
Authors: Pettigrew Simone , Booth Leon , Farrar Victoria , Godic Branislava , Vidanaarachchi Rajith , Karl Charles , Thompson Jason 
Published: November 2024

Abstract

Objective:
Technological innovations in the online food delivery sector include the use of autonomous delivery vehicles. The aim of the present study was to investigate consumers’ intentions to use these services once they are widely available and their motivations for using them to access unhealthy food.

Design:
Online survey including a vignette describing a future world where autonomous food deliveries are in common use in both metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas.

Setting:
Australia.

Participants:
1078 Australians aged 18 years and older, nationally representative by sex, age and location (metropolitan v. non-metropolitan residence).

Results:
Around half of the sample reported intending to use an autonomous food delivery service at least once per week for fast food (53 %) and/or healthy pre-prepared food (50 %). Almost two-thirds (60 %) intended using autonomous vehicle deliveries to receive groceries. Around one in five (17 %) anticipated an increase in their fast-food intake as a result of access to autonomous delivery services compared with one in two (46 %) expecting others’ total fast-food intake to increase. The most common reason provided for using autonomous food deliveries was increased convenience. More frequent current fast-food ordering, higher socio-economic status, younger age and regional location were significantly associated with an anticipated increase in fast-food consumption.

Conclusions:
The emergence of autonomous food delivery systems may bring both benefits and adverse consequences that in combination are likely to constitute a substantial regulatory challenge. Proactive efforts will be required to avoid negative public health nutrition outcomes of this transport evolution.
Africa in Du Bois’s Internationalist Thinking
Authors: Hassanzadeh Navid 
Published: November 2024

AbstractThis article addresses the recent interest in Black Internationalism in the history of political thought and related fields by engaging with a portion of W. E. B. Du Bois’s (1868–1963) work. It examines in particular how Du Bois treats Africa in his published and unpublished writings from the 1910s to the 1940s in light of the challenges of world war and continued imperial expansionism in the global South. I argue that through a rhetorical framing of problems on the continent, and by situating Africa in relation to global economic problems as well as the goal of long-lasting peace, Du Bois comes up with novel approaches to war and empire, as well as solutions to the problems that they pose. I conclude by reflecting on how he can contribute to debates on Black Internationalism today.
Watch out for words: the wording of constitutions and constitutional compliance
Authors: Lewkowicz Jacek , Fałkowski Jan , Luo Zimin , Marut Olga 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
In recent times, the economic and social relevance of constitutions and potential determinants of their validity have been increasingly debated. However, we still know little about the relationships between the text of a constitution and constitutional compliance. Does the wording of a constitution matter in this context? In this paper, drawing on a sample of democratic countries, we apply econometric and machine learning tools to provide some insights on these issues. The results suggest that shorter texts and placing more emphasis on punishments for transgressions seem to be positively correlated with the compliance level. Regarding the precision of constitutional text, in turn, we find mixed evidence. Econometric modelling suggests no statistically significant relationship with constitutional compliance, and machine learning models instead indicate this feature as a potentially important determinant of constitutional compliance.
A miniature capsule endoscope based on spiral antenna with wireless sensing capabilities
Authors: Nan Xiang-yuan , Jiang Dao-lian , Xuan Xiu-wei , Xie Jia-jia , Hu Yi-wei , Liu Xing-qi 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
In this paper, a capsule endoscopy system with a sensing function is proposed for medical devices. A single-arm spiral antenna is designed for data transmission and is combined with the voltage controlled oscillator to achieve sensing capabilities. The designed antenna operates at a 900 MHz industrial scientific medical band. By establishing a three-layer cylindrical model of the stomach, it was concluded that the antenna in the stomach has a high peak gain of −1.1 dBi. Additionally, the antenna achieved a −10 dB impedance bandwidth of 5%. The capsule endoscopy was experimentally measured in both actual stomach and simulated environments. The maximum working distance of the capsule endoscope was measured to be 6.8 m. Additionally, the proposed capsule endoscope was tested for its sensing function using solutions with different dielectric constants. Finally, it was confirmed through link analysis that it has good communication capabilities. The results and analysis confirm that the proposed capsule endoscope can be used for examining gastric diseases.
New Wine in an Old Bottle? The Ideological Morphology of the Thai Online Right
Authors: Luxmiwattana Motoki 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
In recent years, a number of online outlets aligned with the right has emerged in Thai politics. Though it is often assumed that such actors are merely an extension of the Thai state propaganda apparatus, as the moniker “IO (short for Information Operation)” implies, closer inspection of their contents suggests a more complicated picture. Employing the morphological approach of ideological analysis, this article argues that the Thai Online Right articulates a decidedly conservative worldview, upholding a social order centred around the monarchy, and opposing particular instigators of change, similar to more traditional Thai conservatives. The concepts and ideas they deploy to bolster these core ideas, however, seem to emphasise more materialistic and personalised elements, as well as draw from more contemporaneous “Western” right-wing conspiracy theories, making their conservative expression a strange blend of the old and the new. The findings have implications to the study of conservatisms, both in the Thai context and comparatively.
Emerging Climate Change Signals in Atmospheric Circulation
Authors: Shaw T. A. , Arblaster J. M. , Birner T. , Butler A. H. , Domeisen D. I. V. , Garfinkel C. I. , Garny H. , Grise K. M. , Karpechko A. Yu. 
Published: November 2024

AbstractThe circulation response to climate change shapes regional climate and extremes. Over the last decade an increasing number of atmospheric circulation signals have been documented, with some attributed to human activities. The circulation signals represent an exciting opportunity for improving our understanding of dynamical mechanisms, testing our theories and reducing uncertainties. The signals have also presented puzzles that represent an opportunity for better understanding the circulation response to climate change, its contribution to climate extremes, interactions with moisture, and connection to thermodynamic discrepancies. The next decade is likely to be a golden age for dynamics with many advances possible.
Extreme Mantle Heterogeneity Revealed by Geochemical Investigation of In Situ Lavas at the Central Mohns Ridge, Arctic Mid‐Ocean Ridges
Authors: Stubseid Håvard Hallås , Bjerga Anders , Rydland Pedersen Leif‐Erik , Pedersen Rolf Birger 
Published: November 2024

AbstractMid‐ocean ridge basalts reflect the mantle’s composition and reveal processes from melting to eruption. The Mohns and Knipovich Ridges have ultraslow spreading rates, low magma budgets and erupted lavas indicating various mantle domains. Here, we use geochemistry and isotope systematics of in situ samples from two axial volcanic ridges (AVRs) to study mantle heterogeneity and melt production. By linking chemical variations to high‐resolution bathymetry and age data, we document systematic changes over time in the mantle source of the volcanic sequence. At Mohns Ridge AVR‐M10 (72.3°N), we observed significant variations in chemistry (e.g., (La/Sm)N from 0.7 to 2.9) and isotope systematics in basaltic samples from a small area (∼1 km2), suggesting the emplacement of multiple small‐volume lava flows. Pb isotope variations, for example, 206Pb/204Pb (17.91–18.76), are comparable with the observed range along the entire Mohns and Knipovich Ridges. Temporal constraints document that erupted basalts have changed from highly radiogenic Pb compositions to a more depleted signature within 30 ka. To explain the extreme variations in the erupted lavas at the Mohns Ridge, the mantle would need to be highly heterogeneous in composition with effective melt extraction and limited mixing prior to eruption. We use the highly heterogenous mantle underneath the Mohns Ridge to understand the melt extraction processes and mixing of melts and propose a two‐stage melting model: continuous generation of enriched melts from a deep and fertile source in the first stage, while depleted melts from a shallower and more refractory mantle occur sporadically and simultaneously with the intermittent ascent of diapirs.
Update to Friction Factor Formulations That Impact Rocky Shores and Coral Reefs
Authors: Thornton Edward B. , MacMahan Jamie 
Published: November 2024

AbstractThe bottom friction factor, , estimates for computing wave bottom frictional dissipation in Gon et al. (2020, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019jc015963), titled Wave Dissipation by Bottom Friction on the Inner Shelf of a Rocky Shore, are too large by a factor of 2 due to an error in the formulations by Thornton and Guza (1983, https://doi.org/10.1029/jc088ic10p05925), titled Transformation of Wave Height Distribution. Corrected formulations reduce the prior overestimation of the bottom friction coefficient, , which is more significant for rougher bottom surfaces, such as coral reefs and rocky shores, than for sandy beaches.
Planetary Interior Configuration Control on Thermal Evolution and Geological History
Authors: Lark L. H. , Huber C. , Parmentier E. M. , Head J. W. 
Published: November 2024

AbstractThe terrestrial planetary bodies display a wide variety of surface expressions and histories of volcanic and tectonic, and magnetic activity, even those planets with apparently similar dominant modes of heat transport (e.g., conductive on Mercury, the Moon, and Mars). Each body also experienced differentiation in its earliest evolution, which may have led to density‐stabilized layering in its mantle and a heterogenous distribution of heat‐producing elements (HPE). We explore the hypothesis that mantle structure exerts an important control on the occurrence and timing of geological processes such as volcanism and tectonism. We numerically investigate the behavior of an idealized model of a planetary body where HPE are assumed to be sequestered in a stabilized layer at the top or bottom of the mantle. We find that the mantle structure alters the patterns of heat flow at the boundaries of major heat reservoirs: The mantle and core. This modulates the way in which heat production influences geological processes. In the model, the mantle structure is a dominant control on the relative timing of fundamental processes such as volcanism, magnetic field generation, and expansion/contraction, the record of which may be observable on planetary body surfaces. We suggest that Mercury exhibits characteristics of shallow sequestration of HPE and that Mars exhibits characteristics of deep sequestration.
Synergistic involvement of the NZF domains of the LUBAC accessory subunits HOIL-1L and SHARPIN in the regulation of LUBAC function
Authors: Toda Yusuke , Fujita Hiroaki , Mino Koshiki , Koyama Takuto , Matsuoka Seiji , Kaizuka Toshie , Agawa Mari , Matsumoto Shigeyuki , Idei Akiko , Nishikori Momoko , Okuno Yasushi , Osada Hiroyuki , Yoshida Minoru , Takaori-Kondo Akifumi , Iwai Kazuhiro 
Published: November 2024

AbstractThe linear ubiquitin chain assembly complex (LUBAC) plays crucial roles in NF-κB signaling and protection against cell death by generating linear ubiquitin chains. Its accessory subunits, HOIL-1L and SHARPIN, regulate LUBAC function by binding to ubiquitin chains via their Npl4 zinc finger (NZF) domains. However, the synergistic effects of the two NZF domains on LUBAC function remain unclear. Here, we demonstrate that the ubiquitin-binding activity of the two NZF domains cooperatively regulates LUBAC functions. Simultaneous loss of the ubiquitin-binding activity of the NZF domains profoundly impaired both NF-κB activation and cell death protection functions. HOIL-1L NZF robustly binds to linear ubiquitin chains, whereas SHARPIN NZF binds to Lys(K)63-linked ubiquitin chains in addition to linear chains. Binding of both NZF domains to linear ubiquitin chains regulated NF-κB signaling, whereas SHARPIN NZF predominantly regulated the cell death protection function independently of the ubiquitin chain type, K63-linked or linear ubiquitin. However, concomitant loss of linear ubiquitin binding by HOIL-1L NZF drastically impaired cell death protection. A screen of compounds capable of inhibiting binding between HOIL-1L NZF and linear ubiquitin chains identified a small compound that inhibited SHARPIN NZF as well as HOIL-1L NZF binding to linear ubiquitin chains, supporting the synergistic effect of the two NZF domains on cell death protection and suggesting a potential therapeutic strategy for targeting increased LUBAC activity in diseases such as cancer.
Epidemiological data of an influenza A/H5N1 outbreak in elephant seals in Argentina indicates mammal-to-mammal transmission
Authors: Uhart Marcela M. , Vanstreels Ralph E. T. , Nelson Martha I. , Olivera Valeria , Campagna Julieta , Zavattieri Victoria , Lemey Philippe , Campagna Claudio , Falabella Valeria , Rimondi Agustina 
Published: November 2024

AbstractH5N1 high pathogenicity avian influenza virus has killed thousands of marine mammals in South America since 2022. Here we report epidemiological data and full genome characterization of clade 2.3.4.4b H5N1 HPAI viruses associated with a massive outbreak in southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) at Península Valdés, Argentina, in October 2023. We also report on H5N1 viruses in concurrently dead terns. Our genomic analysis shows that viruses from pinnipeds and terns in Argentina form a distinct clade with marine mammal viruses from Peru, Chile, Brazil and Uruguay. Additionally, these marine mammal clade viruses share an identical set of mammalian adaptation mutations which were also present in tern viruses. Our combined ecological and phylogenetic data support mammal-to-mammal transmission and occasional mammal-to-bird spillover and suggest multinational transmission of H5N1 viruses in mammals. We reflect that H5N1 viruses becoming more evolutionary flexible and adapting to mammals in new ways could have global consequences for wildlife, humans, and/or livestock.
Coastal lake sediments from Arctic Svalbard suggest colder summers are stormier
Authors: Stachowska Zofia , van der Bilt Willem G. M. , Strzelecki Mateusz C. 
Published: November 2024

AbstractThe Arctic is rapidly losing its sea ice cover while the region warms faster than anywhere else on Earth. As larger areas become ice-free for longer, winds strengthen and interact more with open waters. Ensuing higher waves also increase coastal erosion and flooding, threatening communities and releasing permafrost carbon. However, the future trajectory of these changes remains poorly understood as instrumental observations and geological archives remain rare and short. Here, we address this critical knowledge gap by presenting a continuous Holocene-length reconstruction of Arctic eolian activity using coastal lake sediments from Svalbard. Exposed to both polar Easterlies and Westerly storm tracks, sheltered by a bedrock barrier, and subjected to little post-glacial uplift, our study site provides a stable baseline to assess Holocene changes in the dominant wind systems of the Barents Sea region. To do so with high precision, we rely on multiple independent lines of proxy evidence for wind-blown sediment input. Our reconstructions reveal quasi-cyclic summer wind maxima during regional cold periods, and challenge the view that a warmer and less icy future Arctic will be stormier.
Impact of thermal processing on phytochemical profile and cardiovascular protection of Beta vulgaris L. in hyperlipidemic rats
Authors: Mohsen Engy , Ezzat Marwa I. , Sallam Ibrahim E. , Zaafar Dalia , Gawish Aya Y. , Ahmed Yasmine H. , Elghandour Ahmed H. , Issa Marwa Y. 
Published: November 2024

AbstractBeetroot (Beta vulgaris L.) is globally recognized for its outstanding color and flavor. It has been acknowledged for its therapeutic value since the ancient Romans. It is used to treat cardiovascular disorders. The therapeutic benefits of red beetroot are due to the substantial amounts of various bioactive metabolites, such as ascorbic acid, carotenoids, nitrates, phenolics, and betalains. However, the bioavailability and shelf life of these substances are significantly affected by the considerable variations in their processing methods among different countries. The longevity of the extracts is prolonged by employing well-established preservation techniques, such as boiling and steaming, which involve the application of heat. Our study aimed to analyze and compare the phytochemical composition of raw and heat processed beetroot using UPLC-QTOF-MS/MS. In addition, the study aimed to assess the effectiveness of processed beetroot in protecting against cardiovascular complications in a rat model of obesity induced by high-fat diet (HFD). UPLC-QTOF-MS/MS phytochemical profiling revealed the presence of 51 compounds, including organic acids, flavonoids, phenolics, betanins, and saponins. All the extracts demonstrated a significant decline in MDA, TNF- α, and IL-6 levels, suppressed the TGF-β expression, and restored the serum catalase level to normal. Among all the tested extracts, the steamed extract exhibited the slightest percentage change in body weight (10.2 ± 6.4) and effectively lowered the TNF-α level to normal levels. In contrast, the normal histological structure of heart muscle fibers was notably preserved in the cardiac sections of rats pretreated with steamed and boiled beetroot extracts. Additionally, mild caspase-3 immunoreactivity was observed in the cardiac muscles. The current study demonstrated that the steamed beetroot extract showed improved cardioprotective properties compared to the fresh and boiled extracts.