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“We felt so alone, but at least we felt it together”: Self‐compassion among teachers
Authors: Awwad‐Tabry Sawsan , Levkovich Inbar 
Published: September 2024

AbstractIn recent years, the topic of self‐compassion has attracted increasing attention in the literature, yet little is known about teachers' perceptions of self‐compassion in their daily practice. This qualitative study adopted a phenomenological approach to deepen the understanding of self‐compassion among this population. Thirty‐four teachers in Israel aged 25–63 were interviewed face‐to‐face in 2023, using a semistructured interview guide. Thematic content analysis revealed three main themes: (1) an approach to life and professional practice—fostering connection and collaboration; (2) an evolving process—accepting and forgiving oneself; and (3) training—strengthening the self‐compassion muscle. The findings suggest that fostering self‐compassion among teachers can help alleviate occupational stress and burnout. Schools should provide resources and promote a collaborative culture, implement mentorship programs, and incorporate self‐compassion tools into teacher training programs. Additionally, policy‐makers should promote practices that focus on enhancing teacher self‐compassion. By implementing these recommendations, schools can create a supportive environment that promotes teachers' overall health and well‐being. This study offers practical implications for teachers, administrators, and teacher education programs, and highlights relevant areas for future research.
Validation of the Spanish form of a multidimensional assessment of family engagement for early childhood programs
Authors: Bouza Johayra , Bulotsky‐Shearer Rebecca J. , Bichay‐Awadala Krystal M. , Bailey Jhonelle , Gaona Patricia , White Lisa , Fernandez Veronica A. 
Published: September 2024

AbstractThe purpose of this study was to validate the Spanish version of the Family Involvement Questionnaire‐Short Form (FIQ‐SF) for use with Spanish‐speaking families of children enrolled in early childhood education programs. This study examined the factor structure of the FIQ‐SF and established criterion validity for the resulting FIQ‐SF dimension scores. Results from exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses replicated the three dimensions of the English FIQ: Home Engagement, School Engagement, and home–school Conferencing. Mean differences across family demographics were examined. Criterion‐related validity for the three FIQ‐SF dimensions was established by examining correlations with scores on measures of parent‐reported satisfaction with educational experiences, program records of family engagement, direct assessments of child language skills and teacher‐reported approaches to learning. Future directions and practice implications for the use of the Spanish FIQ‐SF to inform program policy and interventions are discussed.
On the Energy Cost for Nitrogen Fixation in DC Glow Discharges in Atmospheric‐Pressure Air
Authors: Naidis George V. , Babaeva Natalia Yu 
Published: September 2024

ABSTRACTModeling of the production of nitrogen oxide molecules in DC discharges in laminar longitudinal flows of atmospheric‐pressure air is performed. Two‐dimensional nonequilibrium discharge model includes the system of gas dynamic equations and balance equations for various plasma components. Simulations are performed for the discharge currents 50–600 mA and gas flow velocities 1–10 m/s. In considered conditions, the gas temperature in the discharge core varies in the range of 3000–6000 K. Spatial profiles of the densities and fluxes of produced species are obtained, both inside the discharge and in the afterglow region. The energy cost for the production of nitrogen oxides is calculated, depending on the discharge current, gap length, and gas flow velocity. The results of the simulation are compared with available experimental data.
Biological characteristics of Leersia japonica (Makino) Honda and its implications for weed management
Authors: Fang Jiapeng , Yuan Guohui , Gao Yuan , Shen Guohui , Tian Zhihui 
Published: September 2024

AbstractBACKGROUNDLeersia japonica (Makino) Honda is a perennial weed and currently identified as a new dominant weed species in rice fields in many countries, including China. Here, we studied the biological characteristics combined with nonchemical management of L. japonica to develop a proper control strategy of this weed.RESULTSThe results showed that 33/28 °C in a 12 h:12 h, light:dark photoperiod were the most suitable growth conditions for seedling regeneration. Salt (NaCl) inhibits the regeneration of seedlings totally at a concentration of 51.3 mm. Seedlings of L. japonica could regenerate in a wide range of pH environments (from 3.50 to 9.50), endowing L. japonica with strong pH adaptability. Osmotic stress also inhibits the regeneration of seedlings totally at −0.13 MPa. A long dehydration time inhibits the regeneration of seedlings; no seedlings could be regenerated for 15 h. With low soil moisture content (33.3% and 50%), the regeneration rate and aboveground fresh weight (FW) were significantly lower than these with high soil moisture content (66.7% and 100%). Stem segments buried in the surface (0 cm) of soil could produce seedlings with the highest regeneration rate (37.5%) and seedling aboveground FW (0.64 g). As the soil depth increased, the regeneration rate and aboveground FW decreased significantly and no seedlings could be regenerated beyond 6.9 cm.CONCLUSIONBased on these biological characteristics of L. japonica, creating an environment that is not conducive to regeneration combined with an appropriated tillage system could effectively reduce its occurrence. © 2024 Society of Chemical Industry.
Reconfiguring the Sanctions of Schooled Literacy Through Living Literacies
Authors: Johnston Kelly C. 
Published: September 2024

AbstractIn this article, the author argues that living literacies—relational, embodied forms of literacy engagement—are an integral component of literacy engagement and hold the potential to disrupt and reconfigure the power structures embedded within schooled literacy. Drawing on affect theory and rhizomatic theory, the author analyzes youths’ literacy engagement in a seventh‐grade English Language Arts and Reading classroom in a New York City public school. This research addresses how schooled literacy, constructed through a sanctioned educational system, potentially dehumanizes students who diverge from the idealized curricular norm, while a focus on living literacies challenges these limitations. Central to this study is the rhizomatic approach of tracing and mapping to analyze the complexities between imposed schooled literacy engagement and living literacies engagement. The author presents findings through two sections: (1) an analysis of the sanctioning power of schooled literacy and (2) an analysis of living literacies through youths’ in‐class literate engagement. Findings demonstrate how schooled literacy practices become normalized and sanction what types of literacy engagement are valued in the classroom—and, therefore, transfer value to students themselves. However, by mapping assemblaging moments of living literacies, including socially charged interactions and spontaneous peer assistance, findings provide insight into how embodied, interrelational forms of literacy engagement offer opportunities for reconfiguring the sanctions of schooled literacy. The author concludes by discussing implications for policy, practice, and research, advocating for a shift toward more humanizing, interrelational, and embodied forms of literacy engagement in school spaces.
“It all depends on the market”: Taste as an economic fact
Authors: Tsigkas Alexios 
Published: September 2024

AbstractHow are taste judgments made and shared? Drawing on fieldwork among Ceylon tea brokers and buyers, the industry's de facto tea tasters, this article offers an ethnographic account of aesthetic judgment in practice. I ask, what makes a tea good? Tea tasters' unanimous response amounted to a market relativism of sorts that shifted attention away from the tasted object: “It all depends on the market.” Following my informants' contention, I show how industry actors are able to enact a tentative resolution to the fundamental paradox inherent in the judgment of taste, namely, its ostensibly subjective nature and simultaneous claim to objectivity. “The market,” invoked time and again by tea tasters, and imagined as inherently objective, affords the seamless translation of taste judgments into prices, intelligible and shareable quantities, prompting a reimagining of taste as an economic fact.
High Impact AMPAkines Induce a Gq‐Protein Coupled Endoplasmic Calcium Release in Cortical Neurons: A Possible Mechanism for Explaining the Toxicity of High Impact AMPAkines
Authors: Radin Daniel P. , Zhong Sheng , Cerne Rok , Witkin Jeffrey M. , Lippa Arnold 
Published: September 2024

ABSTRACTα‐Amino‐3‐hydroxy‐5‐methyl‐4‐isoxazolepropionic acid receptor (AMPAR) positive allosteric modulators (AMPAkines) have a multitude of promising therapeutic properties. The pharmaceutical development of high impact AMPAkines has, however, been limited by the appearance of calcium‐dependent neuronal toxicity and convulsions in vivo. Such toxicity is not observed at exceptionally high concentrations of low impact AMPAkines. Because most AMPAR are somewhat impermeable to calcium, the current study sought to examine the extent to which different mechanisms contribute to the rise in intracellular calcium in the presence of high impact ampakines. In the presence of AMPA alone, cytosolic calcium elevation is shown to be sodium‐dependent. In the presence of high impact AMPAkines such as cyclothiazide (CTZ) or CX614, however, AMPAR potentiation also activates an additional mechanism that induces calcium release from endoplasmic reticular (ER) stores. The pathway that connects AMPAR to the ER system involves a Gq‐protein, phospholipase Cβ‐mediated inositol triphosphate (InsP3) formation, and ultimately stimulation of InsP3‐receptors located on the ER. The same linkage was not observed using high concentrations of the low impact AMPAkines, CX516 (Ampalex), and CX717. We also demonstrate that CX614 produces neuronal hyper‐excitability at therapeutic doses, whereas the newer generation low impact AMPAkine CX1739 is safe at exceedingly high doses. Although earlier studies have demonstrated a functional linkage between AMPAR and G‐proteins, this report demonstrates that in the presence of high impact AMPAkines, AMPAR also couple to a Gq‐protein, which triggers a secondary calcium release from the ER and provides insight into the disparate actions of high and low impact AMPAkines.
Preservice teachers' framing and noticing of elementary students' ways of communicating scientific ideas
Authors: Mercier Alison K. , Hinman Tierney B. 
Published: September 2024

AbstractChildren draw on diverse sensemaking repertoires that are inclusive of their cultural and community knowledge to make sense of science in the world around them. However, preservice teachers often do not notice the science embedded in children's explanations of phenomena. Discourses that frame children, particularly those from minoritized communities, through deficit‐based lenses contribute to this deficit‐based noticing, perpetuating inequitable science teaching practices. This exploratory case study draws on a noticing framework that uses framing, attending, interpreting, and responding to examine how preservice teachers' anti‐deficit noticing can be supported. Specifically, the study focuses on what 44 preservice teachers, enrolled in teacher preparation classes taught by the authors, notice in children's scientific explanations and how they interpret that noticing in relation to their own framing. Noticing profiles were constructed for preservice teachers using (a) data collected from written explanations of what constitutes a “good” scientific explanation and (b) written reflections of five noticing sessions during which preservice teachers viewed videos featuring elementary students providing explanations of a scientific phenomenon. Findings discuss three key patterns reflected across preservice teacher's noticing profiles: responses that reflected conventional noticing with more anti‐deficit noticing in later sessions, responses that reflected potential for anti‐deficit attending but were interpreted in deficit‐based ways, and responses that shifted across noticing sessions in a non‐linear trajectory toward more anti‐deficit noticing. Implications for science teacher education explore practices that facilitate shifts toward more anti‐deficit, equitable noticing with considerations for the dialogic nature between framing and noticing.
Risk prediction models for autogenous arteriovenous fistula failure in maintenance hemodialysis patients: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
Authors: Han Minghua , Zhao Qian , Zhao Jian , Xue Xiaoxiao , Wu Hongxia 
Published: September 2024

AbstractBackgroundThe aim of this study was to systematically retrieve and evaluate published risk prediction models for autogenous arteriovenous fistula (AVF) failure post‐formation in maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients, with the goal of assisting healthcare providers in selecting or developing appropriate risk assessment tools and providing a reference for future research.MethodsA systematic search of relevant studies was conducted in PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, CINAHL, Embase, CNKI, Wanfang Database, VIP Database, and CBM Database up to February 1, 2024. Two researchers independently performed literature screening, data extraction, and methodological quality assessment using the Prediction Model Risk of bias (ROB) Assessment Tool.ResultsA total of 4869 studies were identified, from which 25 studies with 28 prediction models were ultimately included. The incidence of autogenous AVF failure in MHD patients ranged from 3.9% to 39%. The most commonly used predictors were age, vein diameter, history of diabetes, AVF blood flow, and sex. The reported area under the curve (AUC) ranged from 0.61 to 0.911. All studies were found to have a high ROB, primarily due to inappropriate data sources and a lack of rigorous reporting in the analysis domain. The pooled AUC of five validation models was 0.80 (95% confidence interval: 0.79–0.81), indicating good predictive accuracy.ConclusionThe included studies indicated that the predictive models for AVF failure post‐formation in MHD patients are biased to some extent. Future research should focus on developing new models with larger sample sizes, strict adherence to reporting procedures, and external validation across multiple centers.
Sweetpotato: An Orphan Crop No More?
Authors: Yencho G. Craig 
Published: September 2024

AbstractSweetpotato, Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam., a globally important crop that has been recognized as an important source of nutrition and sustenance for many years, has been characterized as an orphan crop due to limited attention from global agricultural development agendas for many years. Prior to the 2000’s, investments in research, development, and promotion of sweetpotato were limited, despite its fundamental role in food security in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia. However, sweetpotato has recently ascended in the ranks of global agricultural priorities, driven by its versatility, superior nutritional value, and adaptability to diverse climatic conditions. In this chapter, the global importance of sweetpotato is reviewed with an emphasis on how breeders, geneticists, molecular biologists, and phenomics and data management experts have worked together to advance our basic understanding of the genetics sweetpotato. This research has enabled the creation of robust molecular marker systems and fostered the development of improved quantitative genetic theory for complex polyploids like sweetpotato that have facilitated linkage mapping and reference genome developments, which are being utilized by geneticists and breeders alike for crop improvement. These advances, and others yet to come, demonstrate that this extremely versatile crop is emerging from its status of an orphan crop.
Sweetpotato Breeding in the Genomic Age: Harnessing Databases, Bioinformatics, Digital Tools, and Genomic Insights
Authors: Ellerbrock Bryan J. , Simoes Christiano C. , Karaikal Srikanth Kumar , Nyaga Christine M. , Mueller Lukas A. 
Published: September 2024

AbstractVarious large breeding projects have been developed to modernize sweetpotato breeding with new ambitious targets and new genomic methods. As the data sources that these methodologies rely on grow in volume, so grows the importance of an efficient data management system. In this chapter, we introduce a digital breeding ecosystem centered around Sweetpotatobase, a database platform tailored for sweetpotato breeders across the globe to manage their breeding data effectively. We highlight a handful of complementary Android applications designed for data collection: Field Book, for phenotypic data, Coordinate, for genotypic data, and Intercross, for crossing data. We discuss the importance of roundtripping, and how BrAPI, a standard for breeding data transfer, can facilitate this via automated transfers. We present some of the many features of Sweetpotatobase that can be leveraged once the ecosystem is up and running—the Search Wizard, which explores and retrieves data intuitively and efficiently, the Pedigree Viewer, which can visualize allele inheritance patterns through pedigrees, the sweetpotato ontology, which defines standardized and measurable traits. Lastly, we discuss how Sweetpotatobase is empowered with analysis features, from a mixed model tool to genome-wide association studies (GWAS), principal component analysis (PCA), and stability analysis.
US Efforts in Sweetpotato Genome Sequencing: Advances in the Development of Reference Genomes to Facilitate Research and Breeding of a Key Food Security Crop
Authors: Wu Shan , Kitavi Mercy , Hamilton John P. , Buell C. Robin , Fei Zhangjun 
Published: September 2024

AbstractGenomic information provides a fundamental tool for modern crop breeding. Sweetpotato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.] is a globally important crop. However, the genome of sweetpotato is understudied due to its highly heterozygous hexaploid nature, preventing straightforward access to its genomic landscape. Here, we summarize the previous and on-going efforts in the US in the development of reference genomes for sweetpotato. Genomeassemblies of diploid wild relatives, I. trifida and I. triloba, were first generated to serve as robust references for the hexaploid cultivated sweetpotato. Taking advantage of recently improved sequencing technologies and assembly algorithms, we have been generating phased genomeassemblies of hexaploidy sweetpotato. Chromosome-scale haplotype-resolved genomeassemblies, along with high-quality genome annotations of hexaploid sweetpotato, have been made available to the scientific and breeding communities. Multiple reference-grade phased hexaploid sweetpotato genomes set the foundation for construction of a pan-genome comprising intra- and inter-genome variations that will facilitate biological discovery and breeding of sweetpotato.
Evolution of Molecular Marker Use in Cultivated Sweetpotato
Authors: Olukolu Bode A. , Craig Yencho G. 
Published: September 2024

AbstractThe use of molecular markers in sweetpotato spans first, second, and the more recent NGS-based (next-generation sequencing) third-generation platforms. This attests to the long-term interest in sweetpotato as an economically important crop. The six homoeologous chromosomes of sweetpotato lead to complex inheritance patterns that require accurate estimation of allele dosage. The use of NGS for dosage-based genotyping marked a significant advancement in sweetpotato research. Analytical pipelines have emerged to handle dosage-based genotype datasets that account for complex patterns of inheritance polyploid models. Recent approaches for dosage-based variant calling leverage reference genomes of putative ancestral progenitors or haplotype-resolved reference genome. Although pseudo-diploidized genotypes from second-generation platforms remain valuable for certain applications, especially when coarse genetic differentiation suffices, NGS-based genotyping offers a cost-effective, high-throughput, and cutting-edge alternative. Studies indicate that accurate dosage-based genotype datasets significantly enhance applications in linkage analysis, genome-wide association analysis, and genomic prediction. The affordability of NGS has spurred the adoption of high-density and dosage-sensitive molecular markers. Notably, in the three decades of molecular marker utilization in sweetpotato, about half of the peer-reviewed publications have emerged within the last four years, predominantly based on third-generation marker platforms.
Genetic Maps in Sweetpotato
Authors: de Siqueira Gesteira Gabriel , da Silva Pereira Guilherme , Zeng Zhao-Bang , Mollinari Marcelo 
Published: September 2024

AbstractThis chapter highlights the research and efforts that have been done to understand the composition of the genome and the mechanisms underlying the genetic inheritance in sweetpotato, with focus on the cultivated hexaploid sweetpotato. The first part of the chapter focuses on dissecting strategies and methods that have been used to study and understand key factors that affect the genetic behavior in polyploid species, with emphasis on linkage analysis, highlighting the most common types of experimental populations used for genetic mapping, the obtention of genotype information, and the choice of analytical methods to study such populations. The second part of the chapter dives deeper into the knowledge accumulated through the application of traditional methods and the more recent adoption of cutting-edge technologies, combined with state-of-the-art algorithms that were developed specifically for polyploid species, to study and shed a light on the genetic architecture and the mechanisms that drive the genetic transmission in the cultivated hexaploid sweetpotato.
Molecular Breeding of Carotenoids in Sweetpotato
Authors: Kitavi Mercy , Buell C. Robin 
Published: September 2024

AbstractThis chapter overviews molecular breeding efforts focused on enhancing carotenoid content in sweetpotato. Sweetpotato is a widely cultivated crop known for its adaptability to diverse climates and soil conditions, making it a staple food in many regions worldwide. Sweetpotato also offers notable nutritional and health benefits, owing to its rich content of essential vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. Of particular interest is β-carotene, a precursor of vitamin A, abundant in orange-fleshed sweetpotato varieties. A vital nutrient for human health, β-carotene serves as a key focus in efforts to enhance the nutritional quality of sweetpotato. Identification and expression of carotenoid biosynthesis genes provide valuable insights into the genetic mechanisms underlying carotenoid accumulation and starch metabolism in sweetpotato storage roots. Through breeding, researchers can develop sweetpotato varieties with elevated β-carotene content, improving their nutritional value and health-promoting properties. Future directions in molecular breeding of carotenoids in sweetpotato will involve the integration of advanced genetic tools and technologies to accelerate trait improvement and meet the evolving nutritional needs of diverse populations. This, in combination with other tools such as gene editing, holds promise for enhancing β-carotene content in sweetpotato to address malnutrition and promote public health initiatives globally.