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Grand and beautiful, Barbara's buttons by any other epithet would be as gorgeous: Marshallia pulchra W. Knapp, D.B. Poind. & Weakley, a note on the correct name for Curtis's Botanical Magazine t. 343 (1998)
Authors: Grund Steven P. 
Published: February 2024

SummaryWhen Marshallia grandiflora Beadle & F.E. Boynton was featured in this magazine with illustrations by Christabel King (Smith & Shine, 1998), they wonderfully represented the application of the binomial as understood at that time, but we now know the plant illustrated to be Marshallia pulchra W. Knapp, D.B. Poind. & Weakley, described in 2020. Photographs of the habitat of Marshallia pulchra and an account of its ecology are given.
Elevational patterns of fish functional and phylogenetic community structure in a monsoon climate river basin
Authors: Xia Zhijun , Yu Fandong , Xu Chunsen , Lin Pengcheng , He Yongfeng , Liu Fei , Wang Jianwei 
Published: February 2024

AbstractAimUnderstanding the patterns and drivers of biodiversity across space and time is commonly based on species diversity, which may ignore species' functional role and evolutionary history and result in an incomplete understanding of community assembly. It is suggested that integrating species, functional, and phylogenetic diversity could provide a more holistic assessment of community assembly in natural ecosystems. This study aimed to explore the elevational patterns and environmental drivers of multiple facets of fish diversity and community structure in a subtropical river during the wet and dry seasons.LocationThe Chishui River basin, China.MethodsWe investigated the responses of fish species richness, functional richness, and phylogenetic diversity to elevation in different seasons. Moreover, we compared functional dispersion and mean pairwise distance with those obtained from null models to infer assembly mechanisms shaping community structure. Additionally, we examined the environmental drivers (e.g. water chemistry, temperature, and river size) of fish diversity and community structure.ResultsFish species richness, functional richness, and phylogenetic diversity showed a negative relationship with elevation in the Chishui River basin. Fish communities tended to be on average functionally random but phylogenetically clustered. Furthermore, phylogenetic structure exhibited a decreasing pattern along the elevational gradient. Despite no significant seasonal changes for fish diversity (except for phylogenetic diversity), fish communities became more phylogenetically overdispersed and clustered at low and high elevations in the dry season. Additionally, the responses of fish diversity and community structure to environmental variables were not synchronous.ConclusionsAt the basin scale, environmental filtering was prevalent in shaping fish phylogenetic structure, whereas stochasticity was likely more important for functional structure. Moreover, the ecological mechanisms shaping individual fish communities switched from limiting similarity to environmental filtering as elevation increased, and the underlying forces at two ends of the elevational gradient became more prominent in the dry season.
Outward foreign direct investment productivity along the belt and road
Authors: Zhang Yongmin , Chen Yong , Zhang Renyi , Tu Wenjun , Zhao Yingxue 
Published: February 2024

AbstractThe extant research provides inconsistent results regarding the effect of outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) on firm productivity. There is no research on the effect of OFDI in belt and road (B&R) countries on Chinese firm productivity. In this paper, the impact of B&R OFDI on Chinese firm productivity and its influencing mechanisms are investigated. The main findings of this research are as follows. First, B&R OFDI positively influences productivity by alleviating firms' financial constraints. Second, the presence of market‐driven and production‐driven subsidiaries in B&R countries exerts a favorable moderating impact on firm productivity. Finally, the productive influence of B&R OFDI is more pronounced for firms in eastern China and for those in the energy and transportation sectors, and it is particularly significant for nonstate‐owned enterprises. These findings have practical implications for governments engaged in the design of effective policies for the promotion of B&R OFDIs and for firms developing robust OFDI strategies along the Belt and Road to improve their levels of productivity.
Heatwaves increase larval mortality and delay development of a solitary bee
Authors: Melone Grace G. , Stuligross Clara , Williams Neal M. 
Published: February 2024

AbstractHeatwaves are expected to increase in frequency, intensity and duration due to climate change. For organisms like insects with discrete development, sensitivity may differ among life stages. Thermal sensitivity is of particular concern for species like bees that provide critical ecosystem services. Although social bees moderate nest temperatures through worker behaviour, solitary bees do not thermoregulate their nests, making immobile developing offspring especially vulnerable to such extreme events.We studied the effects of heatwaves on larval development in the solitary bee,Osmia lignaria, an important orchard pollinator and model species for solitary bee biology. We used a factorial design to assess the impacts of heatwave temperature and duration on larval mortality and development rate. Larvae were exposed to heatwaves under realistic diel temperature regimes, with daytime maxima of 31 or 37°C for 4 or 7 days at the beginning of development.Heatwave temperature strongly affected larval mortality. Exposure to 37°C heatwaves increased larval mortality by 130%, but the cooler 31°C heatwaves did not significantly impact mortality. Heatwave duration did not impact larval mortality.Larval development time also was affected by heatwave exposure. Compared with the no‐heatwave‐control, bees in the 31°C heatwave developed faster, and bees in the 37°C heatwave developed slower.Our study reveals the importance of stage‐specific effects of extreme events and suggests that the timing and maximum temperature of projected heatwaves may be more detrimental to populations than heatwave duration.
Duration and variability of spring green‐up mediate population consequences of climate change
Authors: Briedis Martins , Hahn Steffen , Bauer Silke 
Published: February 2024

AbstractSingle phenological measures, like the average rate of phenological advancement, may be insufficient to explain how climate change is driving trends in animal populations. Here, we develop a multifactorial concept of spring phenology—including the onset of spring, spring duration, interannual variability, and their temporal changes—as a driver for population dynamics of migratory terrestrial species in seasonal environments. Using this conceptual model, we found that effects of advancing spring phenology on animal populations may be buffered or amplified depending on the duration and interannual variability of spring green‐up, and those effects are modified by evolutionary and plastic adaptations of species. Furthermore, we compared our modelling results with empirical data on normalized difference vegetation index‐based spring green‐up phenology and population trends of 106 European landbird finding similar associations. We conclude how phenological changes are expected to affect migratory bird populations across Europe and identify regions that are particularly prone to suffer population declines.
Long‐term headache after spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage
Authors: Gurol Ugur , Scopelliti Giuseppe , Cordonnier Charlotte , Puy Laurent 
Published: February 2024

AbstractBackgroundThough headache is commonly observed after stroke and may affect survivors' quality of life, it has rarely been studied after spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH). In a cohort of ICH survivors, we assessed the long‐term prevalence and determinants of headache.MethodsWe screened consecutive ICH survivors enrolled in the prospective, single‐centre Prognosis of Intracerebral Haemorrhage study for headache 1, 3, and 6 years after ICH, according to the International Headache Society's criteria. Depressive and anxiety symptoms severity was measured at 1‐year follow‐up. Variables associated with the presence of headache 1 year after ICH were analyzed using univariate and multivariable models.ResultsAmong the 146 patients included in this study, 31 (21%), 25 (19%), and 14 (20%) patients reported headache at 1‐, 3‐, and 6‐year follow‐up, respectively. In an age‐adjusted model, patients with headache at ICH onset (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 2.75; 95% CI 1.02–7.42) and previous history of headache (aOR 4.60; 95% CI 1.74–12.1) were associated with headache at 1‐year follow‐up. Patients with headache were more likely to report depressive and anxiety symptoms at 1‐year follow‐up (both p < 0.02).ConclusionsOne in five ICH survivors suffered from headache and patients who reported headache at ICH onset were especially at risk.
Plant community diversity alters the response of ecosystem multifunctionality to multiple global change factors
Authors: Xu Zhenwei , Guo Xiao , Allen Warwick J. , Yu Xiaona , Hu Yi , Wang Jingfeng , Li Mingyan , Guo Weihua 
Published: February 2024

AbstractBiodiversity is considered important to the mitigation of global change impacts on ecosystem multifunctionality in terrestrial ecosystems. However, potential mechanisms through which biodiversity maintains ecosystem multifunctionality under global change remain unclear. We grew 132 plant communities with two levels of plant diversity, crossed with treatments based on 10 global change factors (nitrogen deposition, soil salinity, drought, plant invasion, simulated grazing, oil pollution, plastics pollution, antibiotics pollution, heavy metal pollution, and pesticide pollution). All global change factors negatively impacted ecosystem multifunctionality, but negative impacts were stronger in high compared with low diversity plant communities. We explored potential mechanisms for this unexpected result, finding that the inhibition of selection effects (i.e., selection for plant species associated with high ecosystem functioning) contributed to sensitivity of ecosystem multifunctionality to global change. Specifically, global change factors decreased the abundance of novel functional plants (i.e., legumes) in high but not low diversity plant communities. The negative impacts of global change on ecosystem multifunctionality were also mediated by increased relative abundance of fungal plant pathogens (identified from metabarcoding of soil samples) and their negative relationship with the abundance of novel functional plants. Taken together, our experiment highlights the importance of protecting high diversity plant communities and legumes, and managing fungal pathogens, to the maintenance of ecosystem multifunctionality in the face of complex global change.
Evaluation of functional quality of water kefir with Haematococcus pluvialis biomass and colour pigment astaxanthin
Authors: Yıldız Sümeyye , Reisoglu Şuheda , Aydin Sevcan 
Published: February 2024

SummaryThis research was the first to investigate the effects of Haematococcus pluvialis microalgal biomass and colour pigment astaxanthin for the enhancement of the functional characteristics of water kefir. Kefir was evaluated for physicochemical, biochemical, and lactic acid bacteria (LAB) content after fermentation using biomass (0.25%; 0.50% with and without sugar) and astaxanthin (0.50%, no sugar) for 30 h. The addition of 0.25% biomass (W1) and astaxanthin (W4) to water kefir increased the C16:0 content almost three times and the protein content increased by 58% in W2 sample. Nanopore sequencing provided thorough insights into LAB content, revealing that in kefir containing 0.50% biomass replacing sugar (W3), Liquorilactobacillus nagelii proliferated from 8.05% to 46.57% and Lactobacillus hordei increased 15 times, while 0.25% biomass addition (W2) increased Lactococcus lactis abundance 13 times. H. pluvialis biomass was found to be an alternative prebiotic source, and it increased LAB content of water kefir.
Recent trends in food and dietary applications of flaxseed mucilage: a mini review
Authors: Lorenc František , Jarošová Markéta , Bedrníček Jan , Smetana Pavel , Bárta Jan 
Published: February 2024

SummaryFlaxseed mucilage (FM) is a hydrocolloid heteropolysaccharide comprised of a variable ratio of neutral and acidic monosaccharides. It possesses emulsifying, thickening, gelling and water−/oil‐binding properties. Due to these properties, it is highly applicable in foods as a functional agent to improve their physical and sensory parameters, thus representing an alternative to common plant gums. The most recent research is focused on the potential of FM for food treatments as a functional component. FM is usable in coatings and films. Combining with chitosan, bioactive proteins and peptides, or other compounds improves the quality of food products. FM may serve as a structural agent of novel gel materials, like oleogels, cryogels and aerogels. It can also be utilised within dietary applications to encapsulate living probiotics or bioactive compounds or serve as a prebiotic agent. Complexing of FM with proteins can lead to the improvement of their functional properties. The versatility of FM and unique properties, on the other hand, reveal its potential for further study and predetermine its use in a broad range of food and related applications in the future.
A role for DNA methylation in bumblebee morphogenesis hints at female‐specific developmental erasure
Authors: Hunt Ben J. , Pegoraro Mirko , Marshall Hollie , Mallon Eamonn B. 
Published: February 2024

AbstractEpigenetic mechanisms, such as DNA methylation, are crucial factors in animal development. In some mammals, almost all DNA methylation is erased during embryo development and re‐established in a sex‐ and cell‐specific manner. This erasure and re‐establishment is thought to primarily be a vertebrate‐specific trait. Insects are particularly interesting in terms of development as many species often undergo remarkable morphological changes en route to maturity, that is, morphogenesis. However, little is known about the role of epigenetic mechanisms in this process across species. We have used whole‐genome bisulfite sequencing to track genome‐wide DNA methylation changes through the development of an economically and environmentally important pollinator species, the bumblebee Bombus terrestris (Hymenoptera:Apidae Linnaeus). We find overall levels of DNA methylation vary throughout development, and we find developmentally relevant differentially methylated genes throughout. Intriguingly, we have identified a depletion of DNA methylation in ovaries/eggs and an enrichment of highly methylated genes in sperm. We suggest this could represent a sex‐specific DNA methylation erasure event. To our knowledge, this is the first suggestion of possible developmental DNA methylation erasure in an insect species. This study lays the required groundwork for functional experimental work to determine if there is a causal nature to the DNA methylation differences identified. Additionally, the application of single‐cell methylation sequencing to this system will enable more accurate identification of if or when DNA methylation is erased during development.
Next‐generation species delimitation and taxonomy: Implications for biogeography
Authors: Vences Miguel , Miralles Aurélien , Dufresnes Christophe 
Published: February 2024

AbstractAn accurate species‐level taxonomy is paramount for biogeographical research, and conversely, biogeographical data are of importance for species delimitation. We here review recent developments and future perspectives of taxonomy of direct relevance for biogeographers. The understanding that species are independently evolving segments of population‐level lineages, the rise of integrative approaches to delimit such lineages, and the advent of high‐throughput sequencing have considerably renewed the discipline of taxonomy. Using genome‐scale molecular datasets, the extent of admixture across hybrid zones can now be effectively assessed and the evolutionary independence of lineages inferred, leading to more reliable and comparable species delimitation criteria. Substantially divergent but admixing phylogeographical lineages can conveniently be named as subspecies, thus avoiding taxonomic oversplitting and taxonomic inflation. At the same time, comprehensive DNA barcoding and DNA metabarcoding efforts are uncovering an enormous proportion of undiscovered biotic diversity, and we encourage the development of bioinformatic pipelines that combine high‐throughput species discovery and delimitation with diagnosis and scientific naming, to approach a biotic inventory of the globe without abandoning the established Linnaean system.
Centennial of the original description of Mobitz type II second‐degree atrioventricular block
Authors: Barold S. Serge , Herweg Bengt 
Published: February 2024

AbstractThe year 2024 marks the centenary of Mobitz's description of type II second‐degree atrioventricular block. Its definition remains valid to this day with only minor modification for the diagnosis of infranodal conduction block. Mobitz a century ago indicated that his type II atrioventricular block was associated with Stock‐Adams attacks and a prolonged duration of the QRS complex before the eventual description of bundle branch block.
Computational analysis of curcumin‐mediated alleviation of inflammation in periodontitis patients with experimental validation in mice
Authors: Shen Danfeng , Tuerhong Kamoran , Huang Qi , Liu Kehao , Li Yuzhou , Yang Sheng 
Published: February 2024

AbstractAimUsing network pharmacology and experimental validation to explore the therapeutic efficacy and mechanism of curcumin (Cur) in periodontitis treatment.Materials and MethodsNetwork pharmacology was utilized to predict target gene interactions of Cur‐Periodontitis. Molecular docking was used to investigate the binding affinity of Cur for the predicted targets. A mouse model with ligature‐induced periodontitis (LIP) was used to verify the therapeutic effect of Cur. Microcomputed tomography (micro‐CT) was used to evaluate alveolar bone resorption, while western blotting, haematoxylin–eosin staining and immunohistochemistry were used to analyse the change in immunopathology. SYTOX Green staining was used to assess the in vitro effect of Cur in a mouse bone marrow‐isolated neutrophil model exposed to lipopolysaccharide.ResultsNetwork pharmacology identified 114 potential target genes. Enrichment analysis showed that Cur can modulate the production of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs). Molecular docking experiments suggested that Cur effectively binds to neutrophil elastase (ELANE), peptidylarginine deiminase 4 (PAD4) and cathepsin G, three enzymes involved in NETs. In LIP mice, Cur alleviated alveolar bone resorption and reduced the expression of ELANE and PAD4 in a time‐dependent but dose‐independent manner. Cur can directly inhibit NET formation in the cell model.ConclusionsOur research suggested that Cur may alleviate experimental periodontitis by inhibiting NET formation.
Laboratory scale Clean‐in‐Place studies on the effectiveness of caustic and electrolysed water on the removal of dairy soils
Authors: Saxena Juhi 
Published: February 2024

AbstractThe present study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of electrochemically generated, ready‐to‐use dilute solution of sodium hydroxide (0.04%) (eNaOH) against dairy soils in a Clean‐in‐Place (CIP) process of a model ultra‐high temperature (UHT) system. The UHT system was fabricated using 306 stainless steel material and comprised of a collection tank, processing tank with an oil bath, chiller bath, centrifugal pump, and the control panel. Milk deposition was obtained by repeatedly re‐circulating milk through the system and thereafter cleaning it using different solutions. Different physico‐chemical parameters were investigated. The pH of the exiting solution remained within the range of 6–8.5 for eNaOH solution relative to 9–13 for 1% sodium hydroxide (NaOH) solution. The turbidity of the exit wash declined only slightly when using eNaOH as opposed to logarithmic decline when using 1% NaOH. Inductively Coupled Plasma analysis showed an increased affinity of Ca (45%–51%) and Mg (81%–96%) toward eNaOH solution relative to 1% NaOH. Overall, the findings of this study suggest eNaOH as a possible alternative to increased longevity of food processing equipment and reduced occurrence of scaling.Practical applicationsThe current study provides an alternative cleaning solution to the dairy industry with better cleaning efficiency at 1/25th concentration of the current cleaning process. Electrolytically generated sodium hydroxide solution (eNaOH) at 0.04% is a non‐toxic, non‐corrosive, environmentally friendly solution that has shown to give promising results at 60°C as compared to 1% NaOH at 70°C. Inductively Coupled Plasma analysis showed an increased affinity of Ca (45%–51%) and Mg (81%–96%) toward eNaOH solution relative to 1% NaOH. Overall, the findings of this study suggest a possible alternative to increased longevity of food processing equipment and reduced occurrence of scaling.
FD/FR family: Functional disconnection and reconnection in public safety personnel families
Authors: Duffy Hanna , McElheran Megan , Stelnicki Andrea , Schwartz Kelly Dean 
Published: February 2024

AbstractThis paper addresses the growing recognition of occupational stressors impacting the mental health of public safety personnel (PSP) and their families. While numerous programs support PSP well‐being, limited attention is given to family members, who navigate increased worry, social isolation, and the challenge of supporting a psychologically injured spouse. Drawing from the functional disconnection/functional reconnection (FD/FR) framework, this paper introduces FD/FR family—a proactive model tailored to PSP families. Rooted in Stoicism, this innovative adaptation extends the application of FD/FR concepts to benefit not only PSP members but also their families. FD/FR family advocates temporarily setting aside personal reactions and improving emotional processing to enhance communication, flexibility, and mitigate vicarious trauma and mental health deterioration. This paper offers PSP family‐specific examples and urges future research to identify essential FD/FR components accepted by both PSP and their families.