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Amazon severe drought in 2023 triggered surface water loss
Authors: Souza Carlos M , Marengo José , Ferreira Bruno , Ribeiro Júlia , Schirmbeck Lucimara W , Schirmbeck Juliano , Hirye Mayumi , Cunha Ana , Wiederhecker Helga C , Latuf Marcelo O 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
The Amazon underwent a severe austral springtime drought attributed to the onset of El Niño in 2023 and the warmer North Atlantic, Indian, and North Pacific Oceans. The Amazon rivers, lakes, small streams, wetlands, and reservoirs quickly lowered their water level below historical records due to decreased rainfall and warmth in the region. Based on satellite imagery, this study presents the first estimate of the water loss extent in the 4.2 million km2 of the Brazilian Amazon biome (∼62% of the Amazon total biome) in 2023. We estimated the loss of 3.3 million hectares of surface water relative to 2022, with an overall accuracy of 92%. The surface water losses were concentrated in the states of Amazonas (59.4%) and Pará (25.5), adding up to 2.8 million hectares. The warmer and drier climate in the region affected the main rivers in the Amazon. Among them, the Solimões, Negro, Purus, Acre, and Branco suffered extreme drops in their levels in some regions, resulting in a high negative impact on the aquatic biodiversity, yet estimated only in local areas. A total of 1.14 million hectares of surface water loss (i.e. 35%) was detected within protected areas territories, affecting extractivist, indegenous, African-Brazilian, and fishing and traditional communities. Proximity analysis revealed that 75% of the 2023 surface water loss was within 25 km of small towns, 48% and 65.8% at 50 km from indigenous villages and urban areas, respectively. Our results reinforce people’s vulnerability to climate change, anticipating a plausible adverse impact scenario in the Amazon region and urging solutions to adaptation and mitigation. Therefore, an integrated monitoring system based on climate and water dynamics from satellite and ground stations is necessary to improve understanding of the problem for timing response of climatic change negative impacts.
The Zooarchaeological Data
Authors: Sugiyama Nawa 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
This chapter presents the rigorous zooarchaeological data of the corporeal animal forms necessary to reconstruct rich osteobiographies of individual actors and the ritualization process. The goal is to extract from the descriptions of pathologies and tabulations of cutmarks the intimacies and perils of direct human–predator contact. I evaluate each animal’s osteological evidence identifying diachronic and synchronic differences between primary and secondary burials. Corporeal animal forms encode lurid details of pathologies of trauma and infection, oral fixation, taxidermy, pelt extraction, ritual feeding, and en vivo sacrifice through distribution of element and surface modifications, age/sex of the animals, and contextual data. The animal’s behavior and biology, including accessibility and adaptability to captive environments, inform narratives of corporeal human–animal interactions etched onto the bones. Notable zooarchaeological patterns reflect how each animal negotiated its social positionality at Teotihuacan.
Forest flickers of history. Early modern woodland restoration and how it shapes postmodern options
Authors: de Jong Wil , Takahashi Takuya , Winkel Georg , Konczal Agata , Anderson Nathaniel , Andrew Wardell David 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
Forest or land restoration in general features large on current environmental agendas. Multiple examples exist of past efforts to restore tree cover. Forest restoration proliferated in the 19th and early 20th centuries in Europe, but it has been pursued in multiple locations around the world and during different historical periods. This chapter reviews past forest restoration efforts and their outcomes in Japan, Germany and Poland, the United States, and in colonial territories until the mid-20th century. A forest restoration legacy can be recognized by the imprints on contemporary forest landscapes. Some early forest restoration controversies have their counterparts in 21st-century forest restoration debates.
Regional variation in forest landscape restoration
Authors: Sabogal César , Blaser Jürgen , Shono Kenichi , Tekle Tegegne Yitagesu , Zamora Cristales Rene , Sitoe Almeida , Ammour Tania , Dontenville Adeline , Feurer Mélanie , Markovic Jelena , Besacier Christophe , Simonit Silvio , de Ridder Benjamin , Jonsson Orjan 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
This chapter explores how restoration is proposed and implemented across selected world regions and how various contextual conditions influence these processes. Gaining a better understanding of the regional/country differences provides important insights for planning and implementing national/subnational forest landscape restoration (FLR) agendas. Eight regions are compared using a set of mostly qualitative variables: Central America & Mexico, Tropical South America, West Africa, East Africa, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Central Asia, and Eastern & South-Eastern Europe. The comparison considers the implementation contexts (forest resources, drivers of land cover change, and rationales) and the implementation tools (policy, institutional, social, economic, and technical interventions undertaken at the country/regional levels) for FLR. The regional comparison includes an in-depth review of the FLR process in a suite of countries for each region. The chapter concludes with a comparison of the regional variation in FLR implementation, highlighting common challenges.
Flirting with Death
Authors: Kishi Madoka 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
This chapter portrays the figure Roosevelt designated as a “criminal against the race”: the New Woman, who turned away from motherhood to pursue her own desires. In so doing, this chapter revises critical understandings of the racial and sexual politics of Kate Chopin’s The Awakening (1899), attending to the complex racialization of Creole identities in New Orleans. In examining the landmark decision Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) and the plaintiff Homer Plessy’s status as a Creole of color, it charts the construction of whiteness under Jim Crow as formed at the intersection between biological reproduction and property reproduction. In this reading, Edna’s suicide emerges as an act that squanders whiteness as family property, embodying the narcissistic pleasures associated with turn-of-the-century consumer culture. Her desire to dissipate herself as racialized property is entangled with liberal logics of freedom, whereby liberty is defined as the ownership of one’s own person as property.
Jennifer West—“Are We Only at L?!!”
Authors: MacDonald Scott 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
Jennifer West’s One Mile Film and Film Title Poem are new kinds of epic film. One Mile Film was produced in collaboration with thousands of visitors to New York City’s High Line Park—a new kind of City Symphony. Raw filmstocks and prints of imagery shot in the neighborhood of the High Line were taped to the floor of the mile-long walkway and visitors were encouraged to interact directly with the filmstrips. The results became the raw material for the edited One Mile Film. For Film Title Poem West filmed the title cards for every film she could remember seeing since childhood, arranged the title cards in alphabetical order (with interruptive poetic riffs on certain titles), and worked with animators to provide hands-on manipulations of the title-card images. The edited result represents a new kind of comprehensive cinema scholarship and a new kind of personal film.
Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel
Authors: MacDonald Scott 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
In the wake of their immersive feature Leviathan (2012), Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel have made two feature films dealing, in various intimate ways, with the human body. Caniba (2017) is in-close on Issei Sagawa, who in 1981 killed a young woman and cannibalized her (judged insane, he is not in jail) and on his brother Jun who is addicted to mutilating himself. The home movies of the Sagawa family suggest an idyllic childhood and loving parents. For De Corporis Humani Fabrica (2022), the filmmakers explore a variety of Paris hospitals where surgical units are hard at work investigating and operating on their patients and where elderly women who can no longer function in the outside world walk the halls. The result is an unusually intimate, sometimes shockingly intimate depiction of the work of the doctors and the experiences of their patients.
Erin Espelie 2
Authors: MacDonald Scott 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
Cine-scientist, Erin Espelie, who was interviewed about her earlier work in The Sublimity of Document, has developed what she calls the RGB+K film project (the letters refer to the red green blue of LED light; “+K” refers to black). The project combines computer history, Mandarin logograms, poetry, imagery and sounds of spiders, evolutionary biology, retinal eye surgery, plus a species of mealworms that reduce Styrofoam to food—as a way of exploring the implications of the current technological revolution, specifically the implications and limitations of our increasing dependence on LED light. Her most recent films provide extraordinary views of the shape, structure, and interaction of cyanobacteria, the essential and complex microscopic organisms that provide the Earth with oxygen.
“The Film Is Our Director”
Authors: MacDonald Scott 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
For thirty years the Alloy Orchestra, three musicians—Ken Winokur (Alloy’s manager), Terry Donahue, and Roger Miller, who replaced Caleb Sampson)—composed and performed their own scores for classic motion pictures from the silent era (Metropolis, The General, Phantom of the Opera, The Man with a Movie Camera, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Blackmail, A Page of Madness . . .) for audiences large and small, across the world. Alloy’s goal was to provide modern, in-person music that would allow viewers to experience the films with the excitement original audiences might have had. The group became well known for their “Rack of Junk,” a collection of found objects used for various percussion and musical effects, and for their ability to continue performing despite technical snafus caused by weather or faulty projection equipment. The COVID-19 pandemic brought their touring to a close.
The Challenges of Measuring Socioeconomic Inequality in Pharmacoepidemiology Studies
Authors: Prener Christopher , Schley Katharina , Miles Amanda , Willis Sarah 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
Social conditions like socioeconomic status (SES) are critical sources of health disparities. In pharmacoepidemiology research, our ability to measure SES in retrospective, real world clinical data remains challenged by a lack of patient-reported data. Some broadly accepted concepts can be measured at the individual level, such as income, poverty, and education. Community-level measures such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) also exist. After reflecting on these existing measures and discussing the challenges for leveraging them with real world data, we offer three recommendations that we believe could improve the ability of pharmacoepidemiologists to better measure and interrogate the effect of SES in their own research. These recommendations include a greater collection of patient-reported metrics, reduced reliance on ZIP Codes and ZIP Code Tabulation Areas for creating community-level measures of deprivation, and the inclusion of GIS and demography specialists within pharmacoepidemiology teams.
Use of Censored Data Methods to Estimate Blood Pressure Percentiles in US Adults
Authors: Rosner Bernard , Cook Nancy R , Glynn Robert J , Bress Adam , Derington Atherine G , Falkner Bonita , Allen Norrina 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
Blood pressure (BP) levels are important modifiable risk factors for incident cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, many adults are on anti-hypertensive medication (MEDS) which lowers their BP but is a marker for increased CVD risk. To capture the association of BP and its treatment with risk, it is important to estimate BP levels in the absence of medication, i.e., Underlying BP. One proposed ad-hoc solution is to add a fixed increment e.g., 10/5 mm Hg to systolic (SBP)/diastolic (DBP) for people on MEDS to approximate their Underlying BP. However, what this increment should be, and whether it applies to all MEDS users is unclear. In this manuscript, we propose a novel time-to-event approach to estimate Underlying BP, treating BPs on MEDS as censored observations. The results indicate that the median Treatment Effect (i.e., Underlying BP – Observed BP) for SBP/DBP is 12.0/7.7 for men and 16.9/6.5 for women and is significantly modified by age, BMI and black race. The Underlying BP for MEDS users is then combined with the observed BP for non-MEDS users to derive age-sex-specific BP percentiles for Underlying BP based on a representative sample of normal weight U.S. adults aged 18-79 using NHANES data from 1999-2018.
Progression in Central Blood Pressure and Hemodynamic Parameters and Relationship With Cardiovascular Risk Factors in a Spanish Population: EVA Follow-Up Study
Authors: González-Falcón David , Gómez-Sánchez Leticia , Gómez-Sánchez Marta , Rodriguez-Sánchez Emiliano , Tamayo-Morales Olaya , Lugones-Sánchez Cristina , Gonzalez-Sánchez Susana , García-Ortiz Luis , Diaz Moises , Gómez-Marcos Manuel A , EVA investigators  
Published: September 2024

Abstract

BACKGROUND
The progression of central blood pressure (CBP) values and central hemodynamic parameters and its relationship with cardiovascular risk factors is quite unknown. We sought to investigate this association in a Spanish adult population without cardiovascular diseases.

METHODS
Prospective observational research with a 5-year follow-up. Randomly sampled 501 individuals (mean age 56 ± 14 years, 50.3% women). After 5 years, 480 individuals had a follow-up. Measurements taken using the SphygmoCor (AtCor Medical Pty Ltd., Head Office, West Ryde, Australia), following all the recommendations established in the “International task force” (Sharman JE, Avolio AP, Baulmann J, Benetos A, Blacher J, Blizzard CL, Boutouyrie P, Chen CH, Chowienczyk P, Cockcroft JR, Cruickshank JK, Ferreira I, Ghiadoni L, Hughes A, Jankowski P, Laurent S, McDonnell BJ, McEniery C, Millasseau SC, Papaioannou TG, Vlachopoulos C. Validation of non-invasive central blood pressure devices: ARTERY Society task force consensus statement on protocol standardization. Eur Heart J 2017; 38:2805–2812), giving an estimate of CBP relative to measured brachial blood pressure (type 1 device).

RESULTS
Progressions during follow-up: central systolic blood pressure (cSBP): 4.16 ± 13.71 mm Hg; central diastolic blood pressure: 2.45 ± 11.37 mm Hg; central pulse pressure: 1.72 ± 12.43 mm Hg; pulse pressure amplification (PPA): 2.85 ± 12.20 mm Hg; ejection duration: 7.00 ± 47.87 ms; subendocardial viability ratio (SEVR): −8.04 ± 36.24%. In multiple regression analysis: cSBP positively associated with: body mass index (BMI) (β = 0.476); waist size (β = 0.159); number of cigarettes per day (β = 0.192). Inversely associated with peripheral systolic blood pressure (β = −0.282). Central diastolic blood pressure increase positively associated with number of cigarettes per day (β = 0.174). Inversely associated with peripheral diastolic blood pressure (β = −0.292). Central pulse pressure increase positively associated with BMI (β = 0.330). Inversely associated with peripheral pulse pressure (β = −0.262). Pulse pressure amplification increase positively associated with: BMI (β = 0.276); number of cigarettes per day (β = 0.281). Ejection duration progress inversely associated with basal plasma glucose (β = −0.286).

CONCLUSIONS
All measures increased except for SEVR. Progressions in CBP and PPA were positively associated with anthropometric parameters and number of cigarettes and CBP inversely associated with peripheral blood pressure, although this association was different according to sex.
Multi-omics integration for both single-cell and spatially resolved data based on dual-path graph attention auto-encoder
Authors: Lv Tongxuan , Zhang Yong , Liu Junlin , Kang Qiang , Liu Lin 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
Single-cell multi-omics integration enables joint analysis at the single-cell level of resolution to provide more accurate understanding of complex biological systems, while spatial multi-omics integration is benefit to the exploration of cell spatial heterogeneity to facilitate more comprehensive downstream analyses. Existing methods are mainly designed for single-cell multi-omics data with little consideration of spatial information and still have room for performance improvement. A reliable multi-omics integration method designed for both single-cell and spatially resolved data is necessary and significant. We propose a multi-omics integration method based on dual-path graph attention auto-encoder (SSGATE). It can construct the neighborhood graphs based on single-cell expression profiles or spatial coordinates, enabling it to process single-cell data and utilize spatial information from spatially resolved data. It can also perform self-supervised learning for integration through the graph attention auto-encoders from two paths. SSGATE is applied to integration of transcriptomics and proteomics, including single-cell and spatially resolved data of various tissues from different sequencing technologies. SSGATE shows better performance and stronger robustness than competitive methods and facilitates downstream analysis.
ACP-CapsPred: an explainable computational framework for identification and functional prediction of anticancer peptides based on capsule network
Authors: Yao Lantian , Xie Peilin , Guan Jiahui , Chung Chia-Ru , Zhang Wenyang , Deng Junyang , Huang Yixian , Chiang Ying-Chih , Lee Tzong-Yi 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
Cancer is a severe illness that significantly threatens human life and health. Anticancer peptides (ACPs) represent a promising therapeutic strategy for combating cancer. In silico methods enable rapid and accurate identification of ACPs without extensive human and material resources. This study proposes a two-stage computational framework called ACP-CapsPred, which can accurately identify ACPs and characterize their functional activities across different cancer types. ACP-CapsPred integrates a protein language model with evolutionary information and physicochemical properties of peptides, constructing a comprehensive profile of peptides. ACP-CapsPred employs a next-generation neural network, specifically capsule networks, to construct predictive models. Experimental results demonstrate that ACP-CapsPred exhibits satisfactory predictive capabilities in both stages, reaching state-of-the-art performance. In the first stage, ACP-CapsPred achieves accuracies of 80.25% and 95.71%, as well as F1-scores of 79.86% and 95.90%, on benchmark datasets Set 1 and Set 2, respectively. In the second stage, tasked with characterizing the functional activities of ACPs across five selected cancer types, ACP-CapsPred attains an average accuracy of 90.75% and an F1-score of 91.38%. Furthermore, ACP-CapsPred demonstrates excellent interpretability, revealing regions and residues associated with anticancer activity. Consequently, ACP-CapsPred presents a promising solution to expedite the development of ACPs and offers a novel perspective for other biological sequence analyses.
“Being / together”: Bernardine Evaristo’s Girl, Woman, Other and the Black British Women’s Movement
Authors: Abram Nicola 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
This essay locates Bernardine Evaristo’s Booker Prize-winning novel Girl, Woman, Other (2019) within the sociopolitical history and written lineage of the Black women’s movement in Britain. It identifies contextual resonances with the 1970s and 1980s praxis of collaboration and collectivity and traces intertextual connections with Evaristo’s own early writing (including theater, verse fiction, and the radio story from which the novel evolved) and the periodicals, anthologies, and organization newsletters of the time. These references illuminate the novel’s structure, lineation, and narrative mode. I argue that Girl, Woman, Other reanimates the rallying call “we are here,” affirming the presence and diversity of Black lives in Britain, while its distinctive “fusion fiction” form actively engages readers, realizing the Black feminist political principle of “speaking out.”
Bursts of Rapid Diversification, Dispersals Out of Southern Africa, and Two Origins of Dioecy Punctuate the Evolution of Asparagus
Authors: Bentz Philip C , Burrows John E , Burrows Sandra M , Mizrachi Eshchar , Liu Zhengjie , Yang Junbo , Mao Zichao , Popecki Margot , Seberg Ole , Petersen Gitte , Leebens-Mack Jim 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
The genus Asparagus arose ∼9 to 15 million years ago (Ma), and transitions from hermaphroditism to dioecy (separate sexes) occurred ∼3 to 4 Ma. Roughly 27% of extant Asparagus species are dioecious, while the remaining are bisexual with monoclinous flowers. As such, Asparagus is an ideal model taxon for studying the early stages of dioecy and sex chromosome evolution in plants. Until now, however, understanding of diversification and shifts from hermaphroditism to dioecy in Asparagus has been hampered by the lack of robust species tree estimates for the genus. In this study, a genus-wide phylogenomic analysis including 1,726 nuclear loci and comprehensive species sampling supports two independent origins of dioecy in Asparagus—first in a widely distributed Eurasian clade and then in a clade restricted to the Mediterranean Basin. Modeling of ancestral biogeography indicates that both dioecy origins were associated with range expansion out of southern Africa. Our findings also reveal several bursts of diversification across the phylogeny, including an initial radiation in southern Africa that gave rise to 12 major clades in the genus, and more recent radiations that have resulted in paraphyly and polyphyly among closely related species, as expected given active speciation processes. Lastly, we report that the geographic origin of domesticated garden asparagus (Asparagus officinalis L.) was likely in western Asia near the Mediterranean Sea. The presented phylogenomic framework for Asparagus is foundational for ongoing genomic investigations of diversification and functional trait evolution in the genus and contributes to its utility for understanding the origin and early evolution of dioecy and sex chromosomes.