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Three-dimensional thermomechanical wave propagation analysis of sandwich nanoplate with graphene-reinforced foam core and magneto-electro-elastic face layers using nonlocal strain gradient elasticity theory
Authors: Aktaş Kerim Gökhan 
Published: July 2024

AbstractThis article investigates the propagation of bending, longitudinal, and shear waves in a smart sandwich nanoplate with a graphene platelet (GPL)-reinforced foam core and magneto-electro-elastic (MEE) surface layers using sinusoidal higher-order shear deformation theory (SHSDT). The suggested nanoplate is comprised of a Ti–6Al–4V foam core placed between MEE surface layers. The MEE surface layers are composed of a volumetric combination of cobalt-ferrite (CoFe2O4) and barium-titanate (BaTiO3). The foam core and MEE face layers’ material characteristics are temperature dependent. In this study, three different core types are considered: metallic solid core (Type-I), GPL-reinforced solid core (Type-II) and GPL-reinforced foam core (Type-III), as well as three different foam distributions: symmetrical foam I (S-Foam I), symmetrical foam II (S-Foam II) and uniform foam (U-Foam). To derive the nanoplate's equations of motion and determine the system response, Hamilton's principle and Navier's method are employed. The effects of various parameters such as the wave number, nonlocal parameter, foam void coefficient and distribution pattern, GPL volume fraction, and thermal, electric, and magnetic charges, on the phase velocity and wave frequency are investigated via analytical calculations. The findings of the research indicate that the 3-D wave propagation characteristics of the sandwich nanoplate can be considerably modified or tuned with respect to external loads and material parameters. Thus, the proposed sandwich structure is expected to provide important contributions to radar stealth applications, protection of nanoelectromechanical devices from high frequency and temperature environments, advancement of smart nanoelectromechanical sensors characterized by lightweight and temperature sensitivity and wearable health equipment applications.
Repetitions as a participation practice in children’s argumentative peer interactions
Authors: Arendt Birte , Ehrlich Sara Zadunaisky 
Published: July 2024

AbstractBoth participation and argumentation (OECD, 2022) are important keywords in educational contexts. While participation is seen as a crucial prerequisite for education and collaborative learning in general, argumentation as a discursive practice serves to convey and negotiate—also school-specific—knowledge. This paper explores repetition in argumentative events as a technique of establishing—or even hindering—participation in terms of alignment and affiliation. It can serve as a strategy for participation by signalling responsiveness and thematic coherence—and thus inclusion. At the same time, however, studies show that repetition can also signal contradiction and rejection—and thus exclusion. So far, we know little about how exactly these functional differences are produced—especially in younger children. Therefore, the paper explores how children use repetition as a resource for negotiating participation in argumentative events. Using authentic data in the form of observations and transcriptions of audio and video recordings from child-child-interactions of 15 Hebrew- and 31 German-speaking children aged 3–6 years, we identify oral argumentative events and investigate different forms of repetitions and their respective relevance for enabling participation. Our results show that, on the one hand, minimal and partial repetitions are used by the children in an inclusive way, creating closeness between the participants. On the other hand, children use complete repetitions more as an excluding technique, displaying misalignment and disaffiliation, in order to challenge and mock each other. The findings suggest that this line of research has significant potential to provide new insights into the formation of social relationships between peers, into the prevention or establishment of participation, which itself is a prerequisite for joint learning, as well as insights into the acquisition of argumentative competence.
Harmonizing Growth Symphony: Unraveling the Intricacies of Apricot Seedling Enhancement Through Humic Acid and Silicon Applications
Authors: Karakecili Ramazan , Bolat Ibrahim , Dogan Meral , Kaya Ozkan 
Published: July 2024

AbstractUnderstanding the physiological responses of apricot (Prunus armenica L.) seedlings to treatments involving Humic Acid (HA), Silicon (Si), and their combination (HA + Si) is crucial for advancing sustainable agricultural practices. Focused on growth parameters, physiological attributes, and leaf mineral concentrations, this study addressed critical knowledge gaps in the influence of these treatments on apricot seedlings. The study highlighted a significant increase in stomatal conductance (SC), with the combined HA + Si treatment displaying the highest SC value at 303.98 mmol.m-2s-1. In contrast, control seedlings of the Alyanak apricot cultivar showed the lowest SC, registering at 122.52 mmol.m-2s-1. Regarding chlorophyll concentrations, the Şekerpare apricot cultivar treated with HA + Si achieved the highest value of 43.74, while in the Alyanak apricot cultivar, the Si treatment alone marked the second highest concentration at 43.02. The combined treatment (HA + Si) also reduced leaf temperatures (32.28 °C), notably in apricot cultivar Hacıhaliloğlu. Visual evaluation analyses underscored significant increases in Leaf Area (LA), Total Leaf Number (TLN), Shoot Length (SL), and other parameters, with the combined HA + Si treatment consistently outperforming individual ones. Mineral analysis revealed elevated Nitrogen (N) and Phosphorus (P) with HA, increased Magnesium (Mg) with Si and HA + Si, and significant effects on Potassium (K) and Calcium (Ca). Principal Component Analysis (PCA) confirmed the positive impacts on overall plant performance, corresponding to a cumulative explanation of 53.82%. This study provided crucial insights for tailoring agricultural practices to optimize apricot seedlings growth, emphasizing the effectiveness of HA and Si treatments, particularly in combination, for enhanced physiological responses.
Emergence Pattern of Argemone mexicana, Brassica tournefortii, and Rapistrum rugosum in Eastern Australia
Authors: Mahajan Gulshan , Singh Chauhan Bhagirath 
Published: July 2024

AbstractA study assessed the potential for using cumulative growing degree days (CGDD) to predict the weed emergence periodicity of three weed species:Argemone mexicana,Brassica tournefortii, andRapistrum rugosum. Weed emergence was monitored regularly by placing 200 fresh seeds of each weed species on the soil surface. Weed emergence data was fit using a three-parameter sigmoidal Gompertz model. The CGDD required for 50% emergence ofA. mexicanaranged from 3380 to 5302, depending upon the seasonal variation in temperature and rainfall. The majority of emergence appeared from March to June. The seeds ofA. mexicanaexhibited dormancy, as the majority of seeds germinated in the second season. The CGDD required for 50% emergence ofB. tournefortiiranged from 824 to 2311, depending upon the seasonal variation in temperature and intensity of rainfall. Most cohorts ofB. tournefortiiappeared in the first season from February to June, indicating little dormancy in seeds. The CGDD required for 50% emergence ofR. rugosumranged from 2242 to 2699, depending upon weather parameters (temperature and rainfall). The main cohorts ofR. rugosumappeared from February to June, and 60% of seeds germinated in the first season, while 40% germinated in the second season, indicating dormancy in seeds. The coefficients of determination for the model verification on the emergence pattern of three weeds were > 85%, suggesting that CGDD are good predictors for the emergence of these weeds. These results suggest that forecasting the emergence of three weed species on the basis of CGDD and rainfall patterns will help growers to make better weed management decisions.
Are the size of the organizational units and the type of activities of an information technology company associated to the level of work-related stress indicators? Results of an observational study in Italy
Authors: La Torre Giuseppe , Manai Maria Vittoria , Shaholli David , Chiappetta Marta , Cocchiara Rosario Andrea , Casini Leandro 
Published: July 2024

Abstract
Aim
Work-related stress is caused by many aspects related to the work organization and environment. The aim of this research was to assess, according to the INAIL (National Institute for Insurance against Accidents at Work) methodology, the stress factors in an information technology (IT) company, in order to detect possible improvement actions and monitor the impact of organizational change on individuals' physical and mental health.

Subject and methods
A cross-sectional study was conducted between December 2022 and March 2023, recruiting 39 senior executives of an IT company. Data were collected by interviews using the INAIL questionnaire on work-related stress (66 questions in three distinct groups: sentinel events, work content, and work context).

Results
The bivariate analysis showed a significant correlation between sentinel events and “work content” score (ῤ = 0.347; ῤ = 0.031) and between “work content” score and “work context” score (ῤ = 0.336; ῤ = 0.037). On the other hand, the regression analysis showed that “work content” score proved to be relevant in influencing sentinel events (β = 0.348; p = 0.030), and that “work context” score was influenced by the population belonging to the technical function (β = 0.389; p = 0.011).

Conclusion
The study showed that an instable work environment could increase stress levels. Furthermore, it was observed that the type of organizational unit does not increase the stress levels, whilst the type of activity does. Future work should explore support systems that could be improved to reduce stress and develop coping strategies among employees.
Review on Mechanical Performance of Fibre-Reinforced Plastics in Marine Environments
Authors: Osa-uwagboe Norman , Silberschmidt Vadim V. , Demirci Emrah 
Published: July 2024

AbstractFibre-reinforced plastics (FRPs) are increasingly popular in marine applications, such as boats, offshore wind-power installations, as well as oil and gas offshore systems thanks to their high stiffness, light weight, and damage resistance. This paper aims to examine the recent developments in the investigation of the effects of moisture uptake on the mechanical performance of FRP for maritime applications, to identify the gaps in the literature, and to suggest likely future research directions in this area. While the review is limited to recent studies—within the last two decades, it discusses in detail the current advances in the experimental investigations of moisture uptake on critical mechanical performance including tensile, flexural, shear and viscoelastic properties, thus covering the major quasi-static and dynamic regimes of FRPs subjected to seawater exposure.
Cancer treatments as paradoxical catalysts of tumor awakening in the lung
Authors: Nicolas Emmanuelle , Kosmider Beata , Cukierman Edna , Borghaei Hossein , Golemis Erica A. , Borriello Lucia 
Published: July 2024

AbstractMuch of the fatality of tumors is linked to the growth of metastases, which can emerge months to years after apparently successful treatment of primary tumors. Metastases arise from disseminated tumor cells (DTCs), which disperse through the body in a dormant state to seed distant sites. While some DTCs lodge in pre-metastatic niches (PMNs) and rapidly develop into metastases, other DTCs settle in distinct microenvironments that maintain them in a dormant state. Subsequent awakening, induced by changes in the microenvironment of the DTC, causes outgrowth of metastases. Hence, there has been extensive investigation of the factors causing survival and subsequent awakening of DTCs, with the goal of disrupting these processes to decrease cancer lethality. We here provide a detailed overview of recent developments in understanding of the factors controlling dormancy and awakening in the lung, a common site of metastasis for many solid tumors. These factors include dynamic interactions between DTCs and diverse epithelial, mesenchymal, and immune cell populations resident in the lung. Paradoxically, among key triggers for metastatic outgrowth, lung tissue remodeling arising from damage induced by the treatment of primary tumors play a significant role. In addition, growing evidence emphasizes roles for inflammation and aging in opposing the factors that maintain dormancy. Finally, we discuss strategies being developed or employed to reduce the risk of metastatic recurrence.
How Do Situational Cues Influence Honest and Deceptive Impression Management in Selection Interviews? A Grounded Theory Study
Authors: Bill Benedikt , Schmitz-Wilhelmy Annika , Heinzelmann Rebecca , Melchers Klaus G. 
Published: July 2024

AbstractIn selection interviews, most applicants use deceptive as well as honest impression management (IM) to seem like a better candidate. To date, however, little is known about situational cues that determine these behaviors, about the psychological processes in the form of affect and cognitions caused by situational cues, and about how these processes affect subsequent impression management. Given that the absence of a conceptual model that explicitly considers both kinds of IM is holding the literature back, we explored situational cues and associated psychological processes. To do so, we conducted a qualitative study using a Grounded Theory approach. Based on the data, we were able to establish a main model and three submodels that include both deceptive and honest impression management. The submodels describe situational cues related to either the interviewer or interview content. In these submodels, we were also able to identify several cues that have not yet received attention in the literature. We also found that these situational cues are associated with positive and/or negative affect, and that affect subsequently influences IM behavior. In addition, we were able to identify IM tactics that go beyond the existing literature.
When government’s economic ideology shapes income redistribution. Empirical evidence from the OECD
Authors: Román-Aso Juan A. , Bellido Héctor , Olmos Lorena 
Published: July 2024

AbstractThis paper studies the relationship between Government´s economic ideology and income redistribution, using a panel of OECD countries spanning the years 2004–2020. Our results point to the existence of a partisan effect, showing that taxes and transfer policies implemented by parties on the left reduce income inequality more than those of parties on the right. Other political and electoral factors (the proximity of the elections, the number of years for which the chief executive has been in office, and the presence of coalitional and minority governments) do not seem to be as relevant. We also analyze the role that the Great Recession and the globalization process have played in the relationship between Government´s economic ideology and income redistribution, finding that they have significantly altered it.
Integrating ecosystem services, stakeholders’ perspective, and land-use scenarios to safeguard sustainability of the Mulberry-Dyke and Fish-Pond System
Authors: Lin Jingya , Huang Lu , Zheng Yihong , Chen Chongzhi , Wang Li , Wang Ke , Qiu Jiangxiao 
Published: July 2024

Abstract
Context
Optimizing landscape patterns by considering ecosystem services and human well-being is crucial for landscape sustainability research. Such optimization process shall also consider multiple stakeholders’ perspectives, interests and benefits, which remain less well investigated.

Objectives
The study aims to integrate ecosystem services and land-use scenario analysis to design sustainable landscapes. The overall goal of spatial optimization is to explore pathways towards sustainable development.

Methods
This study uses the Mulberry-Dyke and Fish-Pond System as a representative agricultural landscape. It analyzes the spatiotemporal pattern of the landscape from 1975 to 2019. The market value method, InVEST model, and MaxEnt model are used to quantify the ecosystem services of the landscape. The analytic hierarchy process is used to set the weight of ecosystem services from the perspective of three stakeholder groups. We compare the outcomes of different scenarios and assessed through emergy yield ratio, environmental loading ratio, and environmental sustainability index.

Results
Our results indicated that: (1) The scale of the Mulberry-Dyke and Fish-Pond system decreased significantly from 1975 to 2019. (2) Among the six major ecosystem services, the average value of water purification service was the highest, while average value of mulberry supply service was the lowest. (3) Spatial optimization of the three design objectives, ‘sustainably intensify’, ‘increase landscape multifunctionality’, and ‘restore ecological integrity’, were primarily distributed in the study area’s eastern, central, and western regions, respectively. (4) All three stakeholder-oriented scenarios showed improvements in ecological quality or agricultural output.

Conclusions
Our study incorporates viewpoints of critical, diverse stakeholders in the assessment of ecosystem services and scenario analysis to establish sustainable and culturally important agricultural landscape. The framework and methods can help minimize environmental stress on the system, balance agricultural productivity and profitability, and enhance the sustainability of agricultural landscapes.
V2O5/TiO2 Catalyst for Catalytic Glucose Oxidation to Formic Acid in Batch Reactor: Vanadium Species Nature and Reaction Conditions Optimization
Authors: Álvarez-Hernández Débora , Ivanova Svetlana , Domínguez María Isabel , Blanes José María Martínez , Centeno Miguel Ángel 
Published: July 2024

Abstract
This study focused on the development of vanadium-based catalysts for formic acid production from glucose. The influence of different vanadium precursors on the catalytic activity of titania supported catalysts was contemplated and compared to the performance of commercial and synthesized unsupported V2O5. The obtained results reveal a successful deposition of multiple vanadium species on TiO2 as confirmed by XRD, Raman, and UV-Vis measurements. Catalyst screening identifies V5+ species as main player indicating its important oxidizing potential. Afterwards, the key reaction conditions, as temperature, time, pressure and catalyst loading, were optimized as well as the state of the catalyst after the reaction characterized.
Structural dynamics in chromatin unraveling by pioneer transcription factors
Authors: Orsetti Andrea , van Oosten Daphne , Vasarhelyi Roxana-Geanina , Dănescu Theodor-Marian , Huertas Jan , van Ingen Hugo , Cojocaru Vlad 
Published: July 2024

AbstractPioneer transcription factors are proteins with a dual function. First, they regulate transcription by binding to nucleosome-free DNA regulatory elements. Second, they bind to DNA while wrapped around histone proteins in the chromatin and mediate chromatin opening. The molecular mechanisms that connect the two functions are yet to be discovered. In recent years, pioneer factors received increased attention mainly because of their crucial role in promoting cell fate transitions that could be used for regenerative therapies. For example, the three factors required to induce pluripotency in somatic cells, Oct4, Sox2, and Klf4 were classified as pioneer factors and studied extensively. With this increased attention, several structures of complexes between pioneer factors and chromatin structural units (nucleosomes) have been resolved experimentally. Furthermore, experimental and computational approaches have been designed to study two unresolved, key scientific questions: First, do pioneer factors induce directly local opening of nucleosomes and chromatin fibers upon binding? And second, how do the unstructured tails of the histones impact the structural dynamics involved in such conformational transitions? Here we review the current knowledge about transcription factor–induced nucleosome dynamics and the role of the histone tails in this process. We discuss what is needed to bridge the gap between the static views obtained from the experimental structures and the key structural dynamic events in chromatin opening. Finally, we propose that integrating nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy with molecular dynamics simulations is a powerful approach to studying pioneer factor–mediated dynamics of nucleosomes and perhaps small chromatin fibers using native DNA sequences.
Lathyrol reduces the RCC invasion and incidence of EMT via affecting the expression of AR and SPHK2 in RCC mice
Authors: Song Shengyou , Tai Lunwei , Xu Yuqi , Jiang Junling , Zhou Lei , Zhao Junfeng 
Published: July 2024

Abstract
Objective
To investigate the effects of Lathyrol on the expression of androgen receptor (AR) and sphingosine kinase 2 (SPHK2) in renal cell carcinoma (RCC) mice and to further explore the mechanism by which Lathyrol inhibits the invasion and incidence of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT).

Methods
An RCC xenograft mouse model was constructed, and the mice were randomly divided into a model group, an experiment group and a negative control group. The experiment group was intragastrically gavaged with Lathyrol solution (20 mg/kg), the model group was intragastrically gavaged with 0.9% NaCl (same volume as that used in the experiment group), and the negative control group was injected intraperitoneally with 2 mg/kg cisplatin aqueous solution. Changes in the body weight and tumor volume of the mice were recorded. Western blot (WB) was used to assess the protein expression levels of AR, p-AR, CYP17A1, PARP1, E-cadherin, N-cadherin, vimentin, α-SMA, β-catenin, and ZO-1. Protein expression levels of SPHK2, metal matrix protease 2 (MMP2), MMP9 and urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) in tumor tissues were assessed by immunohistochemistry (IHC). AR expression in tumor tissues was assessed after immunofluorescence (IF) staining.

Results
After 14 days of drug administration, compared with that in the model group, the tumor volumes in the negative control and experiment groups were lower; the difference in tumor volume among the model, control and experiment groups was statistically significant (P < 0.05). The differences in body weight among the three groups were not statistically significant (P > 0.05). In the model group, the protein expression levels of AR, p-AR, CYP17A1, SPHK2, and PARP1 were relatively increased, the protein expression levels of E-cadherin and ZO-1 were relatively reduced (P < 0.05), and the protein expression levels of N-cadherin, β-catenin, vimentin, and α-SMA were relatively increased (P < 0.05). In the negative control and experiment groups, the protein expression levels of AR, p-AR, CYP17A1, SPHK2, and PARP1 were relatively decreased (P < 0.05), the protein expression levels of E-cadherin and ZO-1 were relatively increased (P < 0.05), and the protein expression levels of N-cadherin, β-catenin, vimentin and α-SMA were relatively decreased (P < 0.05).

Conclusion
Lathyrol and cisplatin inhibit the proliferation of RCC xenografts, reduce the protein expression levels of AR, CYP17A1, SPHK2, PARP1, E-cadherin, and ZO-1 in tumor tissues (P < 0.05), and promote the protein expression levels of N-cadherin, β-catenin, vimentin and α-SMA (P < 0.05). Therefore, Lathyrol reduces RCC invasion and EMT by affecting the expression of AR and SPHK2 in RCC mice.