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An integrative review of parent education approaches in sport: Considerations for program planning and evaluation
Authors: Milan Fabrício João , Knight Camilla J. , de Oliveira Lucas Machado , Ciampolini Vitor , Milistetd Michel 
Published: April 2024

AbstractIn recent years, there has been an increase in the delivery and evaluation of parent education programs within youth sport. Subsequently, some recent reviews of these programs have been conducted. However, one consistent issue across many of the programs and associated review papers is the lack of an appropriate evaluation framework to guide the planning or associated reporting of the outcomes of the interventions. This has limited understanding of the overall impact of sport parenting interventions. Thus, the purposes of the current study were as follows: (a) to identify commonalities in the reporting and evaluation of parent education programs; (b) to identify gaps in the reporting and evaluation of parent education programs; (c) to draw these insights together to provide suggestions regarding how the RE‐AIM could be used to enhance planning and evaluation of evidence‐based programs for parent education in sport. Specifically, utilizing the RE‐AIM framework to provide insights into pertinent evaluation metrics, this integrative review aimed to identify commonalities and gaps in the reporting of parent education programs. The RE‐AIM framework considers the essential elements to assess the external and internal validity of interventions through five dimensions: Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance (Am J Public Health. 1999;89(9):1322‐1327). Subsequently, the review aimed to provide suggestions regarding strategies to enhance the planning and evaluation of evidence‐based programs for parent education in sport. Overall, the analysis demonstrated that most studies presented some pertinent evaluation information related to the RE‐AIM framework, such as the number of participants and contacts made, the measures used, and the program level. However, the studies also lacked information on participant exclusion criteria, the method used to select the delivery agent (e.g., parents engaged in the program), and cost measures. Overall, the current study identified various areas where programs could be enhanced, specifically related to reporting procedural elements (e.g., program design, target population, and costs) pertaining to the implementation of parent education programs.
Carbon neutrality of an island with 100% renewable energy production and forest as carbon sinks: El Hierro (Canary Islands) a pilot for Europe
Authors: Cruz‐Pérez Noelia , Grūbe Gunta , Ruiz‐Peinado Ricardo , García‐Gil Alejandro , Santamarta Juan C. 
Published: April 2024

AbstractThe island of El Hierro is the smallest and youngest island in the Canary archipelago. It has been recognized as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve since 2000, and it has a population of approximately 10,000 inhabitants. The aim of this study was to determine the amount of CO2 emissions absorbed by the forest stands of the island of El Hierro and compare it to the emissions generated by the population. It is noteworthy that there is a hydro‐wind energy production project on the island that has significantly minimized the emissions linked to energy production. In short, El Hierro's forest stands are capable of capturing 46,785 tons of CO2 annually, while emissions associated with electricity production and emissions linked to road mobility are below the island's carbon sequestration capacity since the Gorona del Viento renewable energy project was built. By working on investment in renewable energies to produce energy and changing mobility with the use of electric vehicles, a small island like El Hierro can adapt to ecological transition by the year 2040. This is a goal set by the government to drastically reduce emissions in the Canary Islands.
Short‐term effects of double‐layer ploughing reduced tillage on soil structure and crop yield
Authors: Pöhlitz Julia , Schlüter Steffen , Rücknagel Jan 
Published: April 2024

AbstractSoil tillage is widely acknowledged to affect soil characteristics and agricultural productivity. This research investigates the short‐term effects of various tillage methods on soil physical properties and crop yields at a Central German field site with a dry climate (mean temperature 9.5°C; annual precipitation 470 mm). Three tillage approaches were evaluated: conventional plough tillage (25 cm depth), cultivator tillage (18 cm depth), and double‐layer plough tillage (15 and 30 cm depth). We assessed soil physical properties through standard laboratory analyses, compression tests, soil pore structure via X‐ray computed tomography (X‐ray CT) and crop yields over 3 years. The results indicate that cultivator tillage approach increased soil bulk density relative to conventional tillage, especially in the second year, though this effect diminished over time. Double‐layer plough tillage emerged as a viable short‐term alternative to conventional tillage, achieving comparable soil bulk density. Saturated hydraulic conductivity values were generally higher for soils under conventional tillage or double‐layer plough tillage than for cultivator tillage, highlighting their soil loosening effect. Classical soil analysis methods combined with X‐ray computed tomography provided valuable insights into tillage induced changes to soil structure. Cultivator tillage resulted in a distinct pore structure with reduced macroporosity and pore connectivity. Despite notable soil property variations, crop yields remained consistent across the tillage methods. Overall, double‐layer plough tillage presents a sustainable option, moderately improving soil physical properties while maintaining crop yields. This study highlights the need to assess the short‐term effects of tillage on soils and contributes to the broader dialogue on optimizing tillage strategies for effective soil management and crop production.
Intercropping herbage promoted the availability of soil phosphorus and improved the bacterial genus structure and the abundance of key bacterial taxa in the acidic soil of mango (Mangifera indica L.) orchards
Authors: Yan Chengming , An Dongsheng , Zhao Baoshan , Ma Zhiling , Ma Haiyang , Zhao Qiufang , Kong Ran , Su Junbo 
Published: April 2024

AbstractThis study aims to understand the characteristics and distribution patterns of soil phosphorus (P) forms in the tropical high‐P orchards under cover cropping and to explore the biotic and abiotic factors driving the changes in P forms. The study collected three kinds of soil (clean tillage [CK, control], Stylosanthes guianensis cover [SC, legume], and Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. cover [CC, grass]) from a mango orchard and determined P forms in the water‐stable aggregates and bulk soil, analyzed the environmental factors and the structure of the bacterial‐fungal community. Compared to CK, SC and CC have a significant positive influence on the forms and distribution of soil P, increase the content of organic P (Org‐P) and certain inorganic P forms (Al‐P and Fe‐P), and enhance the content of P within macroaggregates (>0.25 mm), thereby maintaining total P (TP) and Olsen‐P in the top 30 cm of soil, particularly for the SC treatment. SC and CC also improved acid phosphatase (ACP), and water‐stable aggregates while decreasing bulk density (BD) and exchangeable aluminium (Ale) in the topsoil (0–15 cm). Redundant and Pearson analysis revealed these factors significantly affected soil P availability. Moreover, SC and CC increased the relative abundance of Nitrospira, Candidatus‐Udaeobacter, Pseudolabrys, and ADurb.Bin063–1 in the topsoil (0–15 cm), and decreased the relative abundance of Occallatibacter. Redundant and Pearson analysis indicated that these bacterial communities are likely associated with the availability of P. Overall, cover cropping promoted the transformation and distribution of P forms by altering the physical, chemical, and biological environment of the soil, which was beneficial for the sustainable P management in tropical high‐P soils. This research offers practical insights into the use of cover crops as a tool for enhancing soil health and sustainable P management in tropical high‐P orchards.
Manganese and phosphorus maize shoot concentrations are differently affected by nitrification inhibitor‐driven rhizosphere acidification
Authors: Etabo Mathew Edung , Ribeiro Pablo Lacerda , Pitann Britta , Mühling Karl Hermann 
Published: April 2024

AbstractHigh soil pH can lead to Mn2+ and P deficiency and yield losses. In addition, it is unclear which process, nitrification‐induced acidification of bulk soil or nitrification inhibitor‐driven rhizosphere acidification, is more effective in increasing Mn2+ availability and shoot concentration. Thus, this topic was investigated in this study. Moreover, we also evaluated if applying NIs can avoid P deficiency in soil with high pH and high buffering capacity. Two greenhouse experiments were carried out to investigate the impact of applying 3,4‐Dimethylpyrazole phosphate (DMPP) in sandy soil subjected to the application of different lime rates, simulating several soil pH and buffering capacity conditions. The utilized lime rates were 0, 0.5, 1, 2 and 4 g CaCO3 kg−1. The measured variables were bulk and rhizosphere soil pH, Mn2+ and P availability, maize biomass production, as well as Mn and P shoot concentrations. DMPP significantly reduced shoot biomass by 10% in unlimed soil; however, it promoted the overall shoot biomass by 30% in limed soil in both experiments. In addition, DMPP decreased the overall Mn shoot concentration by 24 and 21% in experiments I and II, respectively. In contrast, DMPP increased the overall P shoot concentration due to rhizosphere acidification by 24 and 17% in experiments I and II, respectively. The DMPP application did not avoid P deficiency under the highest lime rate (4 g CaCO3 kg−1) despite alleviating it. In conclusion, the application of NIs is not beneficial for increasing Mn2+ shoot concentration and, when performed to increase P availability in high pH soils, should consider the likelihood of causing Mn deficiency.
Light recovery after maize harvesting promotes soybean flowering in a maize–soybean relay strip intercropping system
Authors: Luo Kai , Yuan Xiaoting , Zuo Jia , Xue Yuanyuan , Zhang Kejing , Chen Ping , Li Yiling , Lin Ping , Wang Xiaochun , Yang Wenyu , Flexas Jaume , Yong Taiwen 
Published: April 2024

SUMMARYMoving from sole cropping to intercropping is a transformative change in agriculture, contributing to yield. Soybeans adapt to light conditions in intercropping by adjusting the onset of reproduction and the inflorescence architecture to optimize reproductive success. Maize–soybean strip intercropping (MS), maize–soybean relay strip intercropping (IS), and sole soybean (SS) systems are typical soybean planting systems with significant differences in light environments during growth periods. To elucidate the effect of changes in the light environment on soybean flowering processes and provide a theoretical basis for selecting suitable varieties in various planting systems to improve yields, field experiments combining planting systems (IS, MS, and SS) and soybean varieties (GQ8, GX7, ND25, and NN996) were conducted in 2021 and 2022. Results showed that growth recovery in the IS resulted in a balance in the expression of TERMINAL FLOWER 1 (TFL1) and FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT) in the meristematic tissues of soybeans, which promoted the formation of new branches or flowers. IS prolonged the flowering time (2–7 days) and increased the number of forming flowers compared with SS (93.0 and 169%) and MS (67.3 and 103.3%) at the later soybean flowering stage. The higher carbon and nitrogen content in the middle and bottom canopies of soybean contributed to decreased flower abscission by 26.7 and 30.2%, respectively, compared with SS. Canopy light environment recovery promoted branch and flower formation and transformation of flowers into pods with lower flower‐pod abscission, which contributed to elevating soybean yields in late‐maturing and multibranching varieties (ND25) in IS.
Pollinator‐assisted plant phenotyping, selection, and breeding for crop resilience to abiotic stresses
Authors: Pérez‐Alfocea Francisco , Borghi Monica , Guerrero Juan José , Jiménez Antonio R. , Jiménez‐Gómez José M. , Fernie Alisdair R. , Bartomeus Ignasi 
Published: April 2024

SUMMARYFood security is threatened by climate change, with heat and drought being the main stresses affecting crop physiology and ecosystem services, such as plant–pollinator interactions. We hypothesize that tracking and ranking pollinators' preferences for flowers under environmental pressure could be used as a marker of plant quality for agricultural breeding to increase crop stress tolerance. Despite increasing relevance of flowers as the most stress sensitive organs, phenotyping platforms aim at identifying traits of resilience by assessing the plant physiological status through remote sensing‐assisted vegetative indexes, but find strong bottlenecks in quantifying flower traits and in accurate genotype‐to‐phenotype prediction. However, as the transport of photoassimilates from leaves (sources) to flowers (sinks) is reduced in low‐resilient plants, flowers are better indicators than leaves of plant well‐being. Indeed, the chemical composition and amount of pollen and nectar that flowers produce, which ultimately serve as food resources for pollinators, change in response to environmental cues. Therefore, pollinators' preferences could be used as a measure of functional source‐to‐sink relationships for breeding decisions. To achieve this challenging goal, we propose to develop a pollinator‐assisted phenotyping and selection platform for automated quantification of Genotype × Environment × Pollinator interactions through an insect geo‐positioning system. Pollinator‐assisted selection can be validated by metabolic, transcriptomic, and ionomic traits, and mapping of candidate genes, linking floral and leaf traits, pollinator preferences, plant resilience, and crop productivity. This radical new approach can change the current paradigm of plant phenotyping and find new paths for crop redomestication and breeding assisted by ecological decisions.
Lack of efficacy of aprotinin over tranexamic acid in type A aortic dissection repair
Authors: Reidy Bryan , Aston Daniel , Sitaranjan Daniel , Fazmin Ibrahim Talal , Muir Martin , Ali Jason , De Silva Ravi , Falter Florian 
Published: April 2024

AbstractBackgroundThe role of aprotinin in modern cardiac surgery is not well defined. While licensed for use in isolated coronary artery bypass grafting it is more commonly used for cases deemed to be at an increased risk of bleeding. The relative efficacy, and safety profile, of aprotinin as compared to other antifibrinolytics in these high‐risk cases is uncertain.Study Design and MethodsA retrospective observational study with propensity matching to determine whether aprotinin versus tranexamic acid reduced bleeding or transfusion requirements in patients presenting for surgical repair of type A aortic dissection (TAD).ResultsBetween 2016 and 2022, 250 patients presented for repair of TAD. A total of 231 patients were included in the final analysis. Bleeding and transfusion were similar between both groups in both propensity matched and unmatched cohorts. Compared to tranexamic acid, aprotinin use did not reduce transfusion requirements for any product. Rates of bleeding in the first 12 h, return to theater and return to intensive care unit with an open packed chest were similar between groups. There was no difference in rates of renal failure, stroke, or death.ConclusionAprotinin did not reduce the risk of bleeding or transfusion requirements in patients undergoing repair of type A aortic dissections. Efficacy of aprotinin may vary depending on the type of surgery performed and the underlying pathology.
The employment of resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta in deployed settings
Authors: Taheri Branson D. , Fisher Andrew D. , Eisenhauer Ian F. , April Michael D. , Rizzo Julie A. , Guliani Sundeep S. , Flarity Kathleen M. , Cripps Michael , Bebarta Vikhyat S. , Wohlauer Max V. , Schauer Steven G. 
Published: April 2024

AbstractBackgroundResuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) has been often used in place of open aortic occlusion for management of hemorrhagic shock in trauma. There is a paucity of data evaluating REBOA usage in military settings.Study Design and MethodsWe queried the Department of Defense Trauma Registry (DODTR) for all cases with at least one intervention or assessment available within the first 72 h after injury between 2007 and 2023. We used relevant procedural codes to identify the use of REBOA within the DODTR, and we used descriptive statistics to characterize its use.ResultsWe identified 17 cases of REBOA placed in combat settings from 2017 to 2019. The majority of these were placed in the operating room (76%) and in civilian patients (70%). A penetrating mechanism caused the injury in 94% of cases with predominantly the abdomen and extremities having serious injuries. All patients subsequently underwent an exploratory laparotomy after REBOA placement, with moderate numbers of patients having spleen, liver, and small bowel injuries. The majority (82%) of included patients survived to hospital discharge.DiscussionWe describe 17 cases of REBOA within the DODTR from 2007 to 2023, adding to the limited documentation of patients undergoing REBOA in military settings. We identified patterns of injury in line with previous studies of patients undergoing REBOA in military settings. In this small sample of military casualties, we observed a high survival rate.
International managerial skill and big Colombian exporting firms' performance, 2006–2014
Authors: Merchán Álvarez Federico Alberto 
Published: April 2024

AbstractThis paper uses a sample of the biggest private Colombian exporting firms to propose and estimate a two‐step methodology for measuring international managerial skill and calculating its impact on international firm performance. The first step quantifies the managerial team's organisational capital contribution to rise firms' export proficiency through the average of a regression residuals group conformed by export unit value residuals for differentiated products (multiplying by −1 the price competition products' residuals) and export quantity residuals for homogeneous products. The second step results indicate that: (i) international managerial quality has a significant and robust positive effect on export value, (ii) better managers in the international market do not increase the number of products exported but upgrade export basket's quality and (iii) export value elasticity relative to international managerial quality is around 5 times larger than export value elasticity relative to exogenous global demand shocks.
Mechanisms of seed persistence in blackgrass (Alopecurus myosuroides Huds.)
Authors: Holloway Thomas , Pérez Marta , Chandler Jake O. , Venceslai Nahema , Garcia Lucio , Cohn Jonathan , Schilling Kelly , Seville Anne , Leubner‐Metzger Gerhard , Nakabayashi Kazumi 
Published: April 2024

AbstractSeed dormancy is the key factor determining weed emergence in agricultural fields and there is growing interest in weed seeds as a target for weed management. A foremost limitation to this approach is the lack of molecular insight into the mechanisms regulating dormancy in weed seeds. Alopecurus myosuroides (blackgrass) seeds were collected from a wheat field in the UK. At low temperatures, dormant (D) and after‐ripened (AR) seeds germinate similarly and at warm temperatures dormancy is enforced. RNAseq analysis at both temperatures for D and AR seeds demonstrated distinct mechanisms, involving abscisic acid and gibberellin signalling, are involved in after‐ripening and cold‐induced dormancy release. Exogenous application of selected plant growth regulators provided further insight into the phytohormone processes involved in seed dormancy in blackgrass. An untargeted analysis of the transcriptome revealed dormancy‐related processes beyond the regulation of germination, such as seed defence processes, which may have potential as targets for weed seedbank management. Our findings suggest that dormancy breaking can occur via multiple independent but connected hormone‐mediated mechanisms and provide a case study for the use of next‐generation sequencing to uncover the mechanisms involved in seed dormancy in weed and non‐model species.
A Spatial Interpolation Approach to Assign Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Derived Material Properties for Finite Element Models of Adeno-Associated Virus Infusion Into a Recurrent Brain Tumor
Authors: Chen Reed , Rey Julian A. , Tuna Ibrahim S. , Tran David D. , Sarntinoranont Malisa 
Published: April 2024

Abstract
Adeno-associated virus (AAV) is a clinically useful gene delivery vehicle for treating neurological diseases. To deliver AAV to focal targets, direct infusion into brain tissue by convection-enhanced delivery (CED) is often needed due to AAV's limited penetration across the blood-brain-barrier and its low diffusivity in tissue. In this study, computational models that predict the spatial distribution of AAV in brain tissue during CED were developed to guide future placement of infusion catheters in recurrent brain tumors following primary tumor resection. The brain was modeled as a porous medium, and material property fields that account for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-derived anatomical regions were interpolated and directly assigned to an unstructured finite element mesh. By eliminating the need to mesh complex surfaces between fluid regions and tissue, mesh preparation was expedited, increasing the model's clinical feasibility. The infusion model predicted preferential fluid diversion into open fluid regions such as the ventricles and subarachnoid space (SAS). Additionally, a sensitivity analysis of AAV delivery demonstrated that improved AAV distribution in the tumor was achieved at higher tumor hydraulic conductivity or lower tumor porosity. Depending on the tumor infusion site, the AAV distribution covered 3.67–70.25% of the tumor volume (using a 10% AAV concentration threshold), demonstrating the model's potential to inform the selection of infusion sites for maximal tumor coverage.