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Influence of river water quality on homeostasis characteristics of cypriniform and perciform fish
Authors: Klymenko M. O. , Biedunkova O. O. , Klymenko O. M. , Statnyk I. I. 
Published: April 2018

Within an integrated ecosystem approach, it is preferable to evaluate the effects of pollution of surface waters through research on the organisms of fish. The aim of this study was to analyse the impact of a set of water quality indicators on the homeostasis of fish, in order to determine the response of a hydro-ecosystem to the impact of human activity. Fish samples were obtained from control catches in 16 control sites located in the rivers of Rivne Oblast which differ in intensity of anthropogenic load. The researchers observed that increased concentrations of phosphates and suspended substances, heavy metals, iron, fluorides and nitrogen compounds have violated the environmental state of the examined hydro-ecosystems. Parameters of the morphological homeostasis were assessed by the levels of the fluctuating asymmetry of the meristic signs of fish.The scientists recorded significant impairments (within IV points of body stability) in case of roach and bleak in the majority of the control sites. We carried out the analysis of cytogenetic parameters of fish homeostasis using a micronuclear test of blood erythrocytes.The investigation revealed a significant excess of spontaneous mutagenesis (1.1–1.7 times) in such species as roach, bleak and perch, and this is certainly a clear indicator of unfavourable ecological conditions of the water environment in seven areas of hydro-ecosystems. Given the results of the analysis, the authors found that different ecological groups of fish have their own complex and multifactorial processes of morphological and cytogenetic homeostasis formation. Furthermore, the regression dependences set out in the paper indicated the decisive impact of the oxygen regime of the water environment (COD, BOD5, О2), pollutants (Cu2+, Zn2+, Mn2+), and substances of biogenic group (NH4+, NO2–, PO4‑) upon fish homeostasis. differences in scope of homeostasis characteristics of different fish species were complemented by the differences in the composition of the regression equations. In particular, in case of species that had signs of homeostasis violation, the equation consisted of a greater number of members. The dependences for morphological and cytogenetic homeostasis of bleak and roach appeared to multifactorial. This finding suggests that these species are sensitive local indicators of the water environment both at early and late stages of ontogeny . Finally, as an outcome of the research we obtained prognostic forms of the relationship between water quality indicators and fish homeostasis that may form the basis of an environmental assessment method in which fish characteristics are used to assess the health of hydro-ecosystems.
Diversity of Diatom epilithons and quality of water from the subbasin of Oued Mina (district of Tiaret, Algeria)
Authors: Negadi M. , Hassani A. , Ait Hammou M. , Dahmani W. , Miara M. D. , Kharitonov M. , Zhukov O. 
Published: April 2018

<p>After two years of work, we have explored most of water systems of the western region of Tiaret areas; represented mainly by the Oued Mina and Oued Louhou. The study started with a sampling, executed successively during Autumn and Spring, with the aim to identify the diatomic flora on the first part; and to analyze the ecology of these diatoms on the other part, regarding the Environmental factors through canonical correspondence analysis in order to estimate the organic pollution index. Our results highlighted 104 inventoried species, distributed on 20 different families, with 13 new taxa as a new record in Algeria: Brachysira microcephala, Eunotia cataractarum, Hippodonta capitata, Luticola kotschyi, Luticola nivalis Neidium binodeforme,<br />Neidium ampliatum, Neidium dubium, Nitzschia bita, Nitzschia sinuata var. Tabellaria. Pinnularia obscura, Stauroneis gracilis and Surirella crumena. Otherwise, the calculation of the Organic Pollution Index OPI along the describing stations shows a degraded condition of the quality of water in Oued Mina, due to the discharge of domestic and industrial waste water from agglomerations. Four functional groups of the diatoms were revealed. A functional group A is presented by 21 species. The high<br />trophy preference is a most important ecological property of the functional group A. Species which constitute this functional group are mainly eutraphentic. A functional group B is presented by 10 species. Species which constitute this functional group are mainly acidophilous. A functional group C is presented by 20 species. The preference of the low nitrogen level is a most important ecological property of the functional group C. A functional group D is presented by 8 species. Species which constitute this functional group are mainly facultatively nitrogen-heterotrophic taxa needing periodically elevated concentration of<br />organically bound nitrogen.</p>
Ecological distribution and population densities of raptors in the inner and outer zone of a Central European city
Authors: Kopij G. 
Published: April 2018

Five raptor species were recorded as breeding in the city of Wrocław (293 km<sup>2</sup>) during the years 2002-2010: <em>Falco tinnunculus</em> (2.4 pairs per 10 km<sup>2</sup>), <em>Buteo buteo</em> (4.1 pairs/10 km<sup>2</sup> of wooded area), <em>Accipiter gentilis</em> (3.1 pairs/10 km<sup>2</sup> of wooded area), <em>Accipiter nisus</em> (1.6 pairs/10 km<sup>2</sup> of wooded area), <em>Circus aeruginosus</em> (0.2 pairs per 10 km<sup>2</sup>). All these species have increased in numbers over the last 20-30 years, both in the inner and outer zone of the city. <em>Falco tinnunculus</em> is a well-established raptor in the inner part of the city, while <em>Accipiter nisus,</em> <em>A. gentilis, Buteo buteo</em> started to infiltrate to the inner zone. In the last 70 years, a few cases of nesting were recorded for four other raptor species in Wrocław: <em>Milvus migrans, Milvus milvus, Pernis apivorus </em>and <em>Falco subbuteo, </em>but none of them was recorded in the inner zone of the city.<em> </em> Abundant and stable food supply (small mammals, columbids, corvids and small passerine birds), and freely available nesting and perching sites may contribute to this success.
Value of Supportive Care Pharmacogenomics in Oncology Practice
Authors: Patel Jai N. , Wiebe Lauren A. , Dunnenberger Henry M. , McLeod Howard L. 
Published: April 2018

Abstract

Genomic medicine provides opportunities to personalize cancer therapy for an individual patient. Although novel targeted therapies prolong survival, most patients with cancer continue to suffer from burdensome symptoms including pain, depression, neuropathy, nausea and vomiting, and infections, which significantly impair quality of life. Suboptimal management of these symptoms can negatively affect response to cancer treatment and overall prognosis. The effect of genetic variation on drug response—otherwise known as pharmacogenomics—is well documented and directly influences an individual patient's response to antiemetics, opioids, neuromodulators, antidepressants, antifungals, and more. The growing body of pharmacogenomic data can now guide clinicians to select the safest and most effective supportive medications for an individual patient with cancer from the very first prescription. This review outlines a theoretical patient case and the implications of using pharmacogenetic test results to personalize supportive care throughout the cancer care continuum.

Implications for Practice
Integration of palliative medicine into the cancer care continuum has resulted in increased quality of life and survival for patients with many cancer types. However, suboptimal management of symptoms such as pain, neuropathy, depression, and nausea and vomiting continues to place a heavy burden on patients with cancer. As demonstrated in this theoretical case, pharmacogenomics can have a major effect on clinical response to medications used to treat these conditions. Recognizing the value of supportive care pharmacogenomics in oncology and application into routine practice offers an objective choice for the safest and most effective treatment compared with the traditional trial and error method.
A workshop experience in the intersection of design and conservation disciplines: Mediterranean architecture schools students’ workshop
Authors: Karakok M. Elif Celebi , Gokarslan Ayse Betul 
Published: April 2018

MASS’(Mediterranean Architecture Schools Students’) Workshop 2015 is jointly organised by the Department of Architecture of Suleyman Demirel University (SDU) and Akdeniz University, which was held from May 5–9, 2015 in Isparta. 60 students from SDU and 30 students from Akdeniz University were participated in this event. A main topic of this workshop is ‘Contemporary addition in the historic context’. Isparta Uzum Bazaar and Koy Bazaar including two different historic areas have been studied. The two groups of students have designed top covers to the streets of these areas. The workshop aimed to combine students’ research and theoretical information; and also, develop conversion skills of design projects. Thus, the workshop draws theory—research—application bonds in the minds of students. It offers students free interaction and sharing, to gain group work experience, to provide intellectual connection and to develop thinking skills in short time. Finally, the MASS workshop event improved with participation from the different Mediterranean countries.

Keywords: Contemporary addition in the historic context, architectural education, Workshops.
Proposal for an Italian Family Mediation Clinic
Authors: Gallinucci-Martinez Andrea 
Published: April 2018

Section A of this paper discusses the historical evolution of clinical legal programs in the United States, the homeland of clinical legal education. Next, the current framework of Italian legal clinics is discussed, focusing on its American heritage and associated nuances.Section B considers why mediation would be particularly suitable for the creation of an Italian legal clinic, given the recent incentives created by the European legislature to strengthen alternative dispute resolution. The evolution of the Columbia Law School Mediation Clinic is described, from its beginning to the recent creation of an advanced clinic model, and insights from this process are discussed in terms of the Italian legal and family environment.Section C lays out baseline considerations and recommendations for creating a family mediation clinic at LUMSA. Three different approaches to family and community mediation previously adopted in the context of clinical legal education are analysed: facilitative mediation, transformative mediation, and peacemaking circle. A model for the clinic is proposed, with suggestions for sources and materials from which the curriculum might be drawn.
<em>Accountability</em> e desenvolvimento local: possíveis convergências
Authors: Machado Neto Revair Rodrigues , Martins Murillo Araújo , Borges Pedro Pereira 
Published: April 2018

A temática deste artigo é o desenvolvimento local e a sua relação com a accountability. O objetivo da pesquisa é buscar as possíveis convergências entre ambos. Trata-se de uma pesquisa bibliográfica. O resultado obtido é o fato de que ainda persiste um déficit de accountability no Brasil e que os pressupostos do desenvolvimento local são úteis para diminuir ou mesmo eliminar esse déficit ou o descompasso entre os agentes/governo e a sociedade, no que diz respeito à eficiência e à eficácia da prestação de contas e mesmo da responsabilização.
Relationship Between Mothers’ Role and Knowledge in Recurrence Prevention of Food Allergy for Children Under Five Years-Old
Authors: Rinawarti Fitria 
Published: April 2018

There are 30-40% of people with allergies world wide in 2011, this is based on data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) more than tripled from 1993 to 2006. Parents play an important role in overcoming the recurrence of allergies in children in order of recurrence allergies and more severe recurrence. The goal of the study is to analyze association mothers’s role and knowledge in recurrence prevention of food allergy in children under five years-old. The study is an analytic observational research with cross sectional design. Method of sampling usedis simple random sampling. The samples were 39 mothers who have children under five years-old with food allergy in Rumah Sakit Islam Jemursari Surabaya. Analysis used chi-square test with α = 0.05 significance level.The results revealed the knowledge of mothers’ with allergy recurrance is 15 person (38,5%) have a good knowledge in prevention of food allergy in children under five years-old, while mothers’s role in recurrence prevention of food allergy in children under five years-old is 26 person (66,7%) have a role unfavorable. The statistical test by using chi-square revealed there were association between mothers’role (ρ=0,030) and mother’s of knowledge (ρ=0,00001)in recurrence prevention of food allergy for children under five years-old.The conclusions of the results this study is mothers’s role with unfavorable to have children under five years-old with an allergy recurrence of severe allergy, while mothers with good knowledge to have children under five years-old with an allergy reccurrance of mild allergy.Keywords: recurrence allergies, mother’s role, mother’s knowledge
Response of Grain Legumes to Phosphorus Application in the Guinea Savanna Agro‐Ecological Zones of Ghana
Authors: Adjei‐Nsiah S. , Alabi B.U. , Ahiakpa J.K. , Kanampiu F. 
Published: April 2018

Core Ideas
Rhizobium inoculation is effective in increasing soybean yields with little financial cost.Grain legumes respond significantly to P‐fertilizer application in the savanna agro‐ecological zone of Ghana.Promiscuous soybean responds well to inoculation in the savanna agro‐ecological zone of Ghana.A significant number of smallholder farmers could benefit from application of rhizobium inoculants to soybean, both agronomically and economically.
Grain legumes (cowpea, peanut, and soybean) play important roles in household food and income security in smallholder farming systems in the Guinea Savanna agro‐ecological zones of Ghana. However, yields are low, rarely exceeding 600 kg ha−1, prompting the need to evaluate responses of grain legumes to P fertilizer applications for two seasons. Conducting P studies is critical to help farmers adopt economic‐based recommendations. Treatments evaluated in 2015 for the three crops were (i) farmers’ practice (no input and planted by farmer); (ii) control (no input and planted by researcher), and (iii) triple super phosphate (TSP) fertilizer. However, for soybean, an additional two treatments (inoculant only and inoculant plus TSP fertilizer) were included. In 2016, the treatments were the same, except on‐farm demonstrations were not conducted on cowpea. The demonstrations were laid out in a Randomized Complete Block Design with each demonstration representing a replicate within a region. On average, P‐fertilizer application increased yields by 296; 527, and 390 kg ha−1 for cowpea, peanut, and soybean grains, respectively. On average over the two seasons, P‐fertilizer increased yield by 9.85; 13.00, and 17.56 per kg ha−1 kg−1 P applied for cowpea, soybean, and peanut, respectively, and these applications were cost effective. Peanut showed little response to P in the Upper East Region compared with a greater response in the Northern and Upper West Regions, suggesting that benefits from P‐fertilizer for peanut may be location‐specific. On average, rhizobium inoculation increased grain yield by 157 kg ha−1 across the three regions and significantly positive effects of inoculation were observed in both seasons. Our results show that substantial increases in grain legume yield may be achieved by applying P fertilizers, but farmers cannot afford them because of their relatively high cost. Planting adapted and improved varieties and using rhizobium inoculants may provide the most economically viable and low risk options for increasing yields of grain legumes in the savanna agro‐ecological zones of Ghana
Phosphorus Leaching from Soil Cores from a Twenty‐Year Study Evaluating Alum Treatment of Poultry Litter
Authors: Anderson Kelsey R. , Moore Philip A. , Miller David M. , DeLaune Paul B. , Edwards Dwayne R. , Kleinman Peter J. A. , Cade‐Menun Barbara J. 
Published: April 2018

Adding alum to poultry litter is a best management practice used to stabilize P in less soluble forms, reducing nonpoint‐source P runoff. However, little research has been conducted on how alum additions to litter affect subsequent leaching of P from soil. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of alum‐treated versus untreated poultry litter on P leaching from soil cores receiving long‐term poultry litter applications. Two intact soil cores were taken from each of 52 plots in a long‐term study with 13 treatments: a control, four rates each of untreated and alum‐treated litter (2.24, 4.49, 6.72, and 8.96 Mg ha−1), and four rates of ammonium nitrate (65, 130, 195, and 260 kg N ha−1). One core from each plot received the same fertilizer as for the previous 20 yr, whereas the other was unfertilized in the study year, resulting in a total of 25 treatments. Cores were exposed to natural rainfall, and P leaching was measured for 1 yr. The average soluble reactive P concentrations in the leachate varied from 0.16 to 0.44 mg P L−1 in fertilized alum‐treated cores, whereas leachate from cores fertilized with untreated litter ranged from 0.40 to 2.64 mg P L−1. At the highest litter rate (8.96 Mg ha−1), alum reduced total dissolved P and total P concentrations in leachate by 83 and 80%, respectively, compared with untreated litter. These results indicate that alum additions to poultry litter significantly reduced soluble and total P fractions in leachate.Core Ideas
This study used soil cores from a 20‐yr small plot study.
Alum additions to poultry litter have a legacy effect on soil‐test P.
Soils fertilized with alum had significantly lower Mehlich‐3 P values below 10 cm.
Alum additions bind organic P in poultry litter and soil.
Total P leachate losses were reduced by 86% with alum.
Optimization, equilibrium and kinetic studies of Zn2+ and Ni2+ adsorption from aqueous solutions using composite adsorbent
Authors: Zwain Haider M. , Vakili Mohammadtaghi , Dahlan Irvan 
Published: April 2018

AbstractA novel RHA/PFA/CFA composite adsorbent was synthesized from rice husk ash (RHA), palm oil fuel ash (PFA), and coal fly ash (CFA) by modified sol-gel method. Effect of different parameters such as adsorbent dosage, contact time, and pH were studied using batch experiment to optimize the maximum zinc (Zn2+) and nickel (Ni2) adsorption conditions. Results showed that the maximum adsorption condition occurred at adsorbent amount of 10 g/L, contact time of 60 min, and pH 7. At this condition, the removal efficiencies were 81% and 61% for Zn2+ and Ni2+, in which the adsorption capacities (qmax) were 21.74 mg/g and 17.85 mg/g, respectively. Adsorption behavior of RHA/PFA/CFA composite adsorbent was studied through the various isotherm models at different adsorbent amounts. The results indicated that the Freundlich isotherm model gave an excellent agreement with the experimental conditions. Based on the results obtained from the kinetic studies, pseudo-second-order was suitable for the adsorption of Ni2+ and Zn2+, compared to the pseudo-first-order model. The results presented in this study showed that RHA/PFA/CFA composite adsorbent successfully adsorbed Zn2+ and Ni2.
Climate change mitigation and adaptation in agriculture: the case of the olive
Authors: Montanaro G. , Nuzzo V. , Xiloyannis C. , Dichio B. 
Published: April 2018

Abstract
Agriculture might serve as a mitigation solution through carbon (C) sequestration in soil, in tree biomass and reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Increased C is beneficial for some soil structures and functions, improving the use of water and in turn the crop adaptation. This study reports on the synergy between mitigation and adaptation in agriculture through the paradigm of the olive (Olea europaea). Through data on net ecosystem productivity and soil respiration, the role of olive groves to store C in tree biomass (from 0.36 to 2.78 t CO2 ha−1 yr−1) and into soil (∼8.5 t CO2 ha−1 yr−1) is reviewed. The influence of some management practices on that role is also discussed. The overall climatic impact of olive fruit and oil production has been evaluated also considering GHG emissions by field operations (e.g., pruning, mulching of cover crop, fertilization, harvest, etc.) and by the extraction and bottling of oil. Soil C as interface between climate change mitigation and adaptation has been delineated, linking C-induced improvements in soil properties to increased water storage and reduced run-off and erosion. The outcomes may strengthen the environmental role of agriculture and promote synergistic mitigation and adaptation policies assisting in soil and water resources conservation.
Porous PVDF/PANI ion-exchange membrane (IEM) modified by polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) and lithium chloride in the application of membrane capacitive deionisation (MCDI)
Authors: Zhang Yiming , Zhang Wei , Cházaro-Ruiz Luis F. 
Published: April 2018

Abstract
In this work, polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)/polyaniline (PANI) heterogeneous anion-exchange membranes filled with pore-forming agents polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) and lithium chloride were prepared by the solution-casting technique using the solvent 1-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) and a two-step phase inversion procedure. Key properties of the as-prepared membranes, such as hydrophilicity, water content, ion exchange capacity, fixed ion concentration, conductivity and transport number were examined and compared between membranes in different conditions. The pore-forming hydrophilic additives PVP and lithium chloride to the casting solution appeared to improve the ion-exchange membranes (IEMs) by increasing the conductivity, transport number and hydrophilicity. The effects of increasing membrane drying time on the porosity of the as-prepared membranes were found to lower membrane porosity by reducing membrane water content. However, pore-forming agents were found to be able to stabilise membrane transport number with different drying times. As-prepared PVDF/PANI anion-exchange membrane with pore-forming agent is demonstrated to be a more efficient candidate for water purification (e.g. desalination) and other industrial applications.