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Monitoring Lake Okeechobee Harmful Algal Bloom populations and dynamics with a long-duration Autonomous Surface Vehicle
Authors: Xomchuk Veronica Ruiz , Duncan Scott , McFarland Malcolm , Beckler Jordon 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
This article describes the main findings of a full year of continuous operation of a 2-meter Autonomous Sail and Solar Surface Drone, the Nav2 (Navocean Inc.), as part of a Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) monitoring program in Lake Okeechobee. The Nav2 was equipped with a set of water quality and atmospheric sensors, that recorded high frequency measurements (\textless 1 min) and transmitted near real-time information to allow reporting through a web portal for assessment and operation responses. Major findings include detection of HABs early in the year through chlorophyll (chl-a) and phycocyanin (phyco) fluorometric measurements, as well as different spatial scales of variability in the algal patches. The 24/7 high resolution monitoring allowed detection of patch motion and discrimination between growth and motion along a transect. Furthermore, the platform can potentially fingerprint specific HAB species based on the relatively fine-scale spatial expression of the phyco to chl-a ratio, which essentially captures the bloom macrostructure (e.g. surface scums versus more uniform sub-surface waves over 0.1 - 1 km scale). Sensor outputs, when converted to concentrations based on calibrated with pure laboratory standards, did not accurately yield true chl-a or phyco values when compared to validation samples, likely due to the high turbidity of the lake. However, routine solid-state validations of fluorometric measurements proved useful for assessing consistency in optical sensors to check for sensor drift (e.g. to due biofouling), which was not significant. Overall this demonstration shows that the Nav2 can uniquely and reliably provide in situ HAB and environmental monitoring capabilities in a large, turbid, shallow lake. We envision that platform as an innovative technology for water resource managers by providing turn-key long-duration baseline environmental data (hands-off waypoint navigation), early warnings of HABs for protecting human health, and for HAB mitigation monitoring.
A matter of time: Temporal partitioning facilitates coexistence between coyotes (Canis latrans) and gray foxes (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) in temperate forests of Mexico.
Authors: Rodríguez-Luna César R. , Servin Jorge , Valenzuela-Galván David , List Rurik 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
Sympatric species reduce competitive interactions by segregating their ecological niche as a strategy that promotes coexistence. Two main dimensions in which niche differentiation occurs are spatial and temporal axes. Thus, describing the spatiotemporal patterns of sympatric species help us better grasp how species coexist. In Mexico, coyotes (Canis latrans) and gray foxes (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) are sympatric and widely distributed, and information about their temporal and spatiotemporal interactions is needed to explain their coexistence. As an approach to exploring the coexistence between these species in a temperate forest, we pose the following question: Is there temporal or spatiotemporal segregation between sympatric coyotes and gray foxes? We aimed to evaluate indicators of ecological niche segregation through two approaches: i) temporal partitioning, measuring the levels and overlap of daily activity patterns; and ii) spatiotemporal partitioning, through temporal co-occurrence analysis and time-to-encounter analysis. In 2018, we used a camera trap network (n = 43) to measure spatiotemporal patterns of coyotes and gray foxes. We found that coyotes showed a diurnal daily activity pattern while gray foxes were nocturnal, the overlap was low (49%), and daily activity levels varied significantly as coyotes remained active during slightly higher levels of proportion of the circadian cycle (60%) compared with the gray foxes (37%). We found a temporal co-occurrence random pattern (not aggregation/segregation pattern) between species and no avoidance behavior between coyotes and gray foxes was displayed, according to the time-to-encounter analysis. In general, we did not detect segregation patterns between species at the spatiotemporal level, but we found strong evidence of important temporal activity segregation patterns between coyotes and gray foxes as a mechanism that facilitates sympatry, and which likely complements the ecological strategy of coexistence between these species in temperate forests at the southern of the Sierra Madre Occidental, Mexico.
Comparison robot-assisted core decompression combined with human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cell transplantation and traditional surgery for treatment of osteonecrosis of the femoral head. A retrospective study
Authors: Hu Qin , Shi Juan , Zhu Chao , Zhang Hailong , Wang Bin , Yin Jian , wang bin , liu xinhui 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
Objective To compare the difference in the effect betweeen robot-assisted core decompression combined with human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cell (hUC-MSC) transplantation and traditional core decompression surgery for osteonecrosis of the femoral head. Methods: Thirty-eight patients with a total of 50 hips who were diagnosed with Association Research Circulation Osseous stage 2 avascular necrosis of the femoral head were included for retrospective analysis. According to the treatment method, they were divided into 2 groups. Twenty patients (28 femoral heads) in the robot group were treated with core decompression assisted by robots combined with human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cell transplantation (observation group) . The traditional surgery group consisted of 18 patients (22 femoral heads), they were received traditional core decompression operation (control group). Preoperative and postoperative visual analogue scale (VAS) scores, the Harris hip score (HHS) and MRI examination were compared between two groups. Results: The mean follow-up was 17.6 months (12–28 months). There was no significant difference in preoperative VAS and HHS scores and necrotic volume of femoral heads between the two groups. Of note, VAS scores and necrotic volume of femoral heads in robot group were significantly lower than those in traditional surgery group at the last follow-up, HHS scores in robot group were significantly highter than those in traditional surgery group at the last follow-up. Conclusion: Robot-assisted core decompression combined with hUC-MSC transplantation is more effective than traditional core decompression operation for the treatment of femoral head necrosis.
Undercounting diagnoses in Australian general practice: a data quality study with implications for population health reporting
Authors: Canaway Rachel , Chidgey Christine , Hallinan Christine Mary , Capurro Daniel , Boyle Douglas IR 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
Background
Diagnosis can often be recorded in electronic medical records (EMRs) as free text or using a term with a diagnosis code from a dropdown list. Researchers, governments, and agencies, including organisations that deliver incentivised primary care quality improvement programs, frequently utilise coded data only and ignore free text entries. Diagnosis data are reported for population healthcare planning including resource allocation for patient care. This study sought to determine if diagnosis counts based on coded diagnosis data only led to under-reporting of disease prevalence and if so, to what extent for six common or important chronic diseases.
Methods
This cross-sectional data quality study used de-identified EMR data from 84 general practices in Victoria, Australia. Data represented 456,125 patients who attended one of the general practices three or more times in two years between January 2021 and December 2022. We reviewed the percentage and proportional difference between patient counts of coded diagnosis entries alone and patient counts of clinically validated free-text entries for asthma, chronic kidney disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, dementia, type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes.
Results
Undercounts were evident in all six diagnoses when using coded diagnoses alone (2.57–36.72% undercount), of these, five were statistically significant. Overall, 26.4% of all patient diagnoses had not been coded.
Conclusion
In Australia the reporting of aggregated patient diagnosis data to government relies on using coded diagnoses which can lead to significant undercount in diagnosis compared to counts that also incorporate clinically validated free-text diagnoses. Diagnosis under-reporting can impact on population health, healthcare planning, resource allocation, and patient care. We propose the use of phenotypes that draw diagnoses from clinically validated text entered improves the accuracy of reports of diagnoses and disease. There are existing technologies and collaborations from which to build trusted mechanisms to provide greater reliability of general practice EMR data used for secondary purposes.
Hyphal connection increases net resource utilization of saprotrophic fungal mycelia by improving local performance
Authors: Fukasawa Yu , Kaga Koji , Akai Daisuke , Takehi Takayuki 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
To identify the functional advantages of hyphal connections in the fungal mycelial networks, we compared the wood decay abilities of the mycelia of a saprotrophic basidiomycete, Phanerochaete velutina, in a soil dish with two or three wood baits. The dishes were surrounded by water, allowing the mycelia to access water if they grew out of the dish. Dishes with two or three baits were attached to or distant from each other, respectively, and representing the ease of creating hyphal bridges between the two dishes. After 8 months of incubation, the weight loss of the wood bait was significantly reduced in the distant pair of dishes compared to the attached pair of dishes. Hyphal outgrowth onto water was observed more frequently in the three bait dishes than the two bait dishes, and water accessibility was positively associated with the water content of the bait, which improved the rate of wood decay. These results suggest that hyphal bridges increase the decay abilities of whole mycelia by improving local performance through the active transfer of water.
Effect of soil organic amendments on sorption behavior of two insecticides and two herbicides
Authors: Fouad Mohamed R. , El-Aswad Ahmed F. , Badawy Mohamed E. I. , Aly Maher I. 
Published: September 2023

Abstract

The effect of biochar, compost, peat and wheat straw at 1 and 5% on adsorption isotherm of chlorantraniliprole (CAP), dinotefuran (DNF), bispyribac-sodium (BPS) and metribuzin (MBZ) was studied in clay loam soil (soil A) and sandy loam soil (soil B). Tested organic amendments significantly reduced the adsorption of soil A except wheat straw at 20–40 µg/mL from CAP, while in soil B amended with peat, compost and biochar improved the CAP adsorption compared to natural soil B. Amendment of tested soils with 1% of biochar, compost and wheat straw had non-significant influence on the adsorption of DNF, while addition of peat reduced the adsorption of DNF. There are no significant differences between the amended-soil A and soil B at low concentrations of BPS while the opposite is true at higher concentrations. All evaluated organic amendments displayed higher efficiency in improving adsorption capacity of tested soils to MBZ except peat and wheat straw at high concentrations of MBZ in case of soil A. The adsorption isotherms of tested pesticides both studied soils amendment with 1% of biochar, compost, peat and wheat straw were satisfactorily described by Freundlich model. It was that adsorption of CAP, DNF, BPS and MBZ at 40 µg/mL on compost was lower than those on other tested adsorbents. The adsorption percentage of CAP was increased significantly on compost and peat amended soil B at the rate of 1% and on compost, peat and wheat straw amended soil A at the rate of 5%. Whereas, 1% of biochar, amended soil A and peat compost and biochar amended soil B increased DNF adsorption percentage compared to the original soils. The amendment of soil A with of 1% of peat and 5% of peat and wheat straw increased the adsorption of BPS compared to that on soil A and B. The adsorption of MBZ in soil A amendment with compost (1%) and biochar, peat and wheat straw (5%) was significantly increased. Also, the MBZ adsorption was significantly increased in soil B amendment with 1% of all tested organic substances.
Biostimulants and Herbicides a Tool to Reduce Non-commercial Yield Tubers and Improve Potato Yield Structure
Authors: Ginter Agnieszka , Zarzecka Krystyna , Gugała Marek , Mystkowska Iwona 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
The basis for the study was a field experiment conducted in 2012-2014 in Wojnów in eastern Poland. The experiment was established in a split-plot arrangement as a two-factor experiment in three replications. The first factor were: three cultivars of edible potato-Bartek, Gawin, Honorata, and the second factor were: five objects of potato cultivation with herbicides and biostimulants: 1-Control object-without chemical protection, 2-herbicide Harrier 295 ZC, 3-herbicide Harrier 295 ZC + biostimulant Kelpak SL, 4-herbicide Sencor 70 WG, 5-herbicide Sencor 70 WG + biostimulant Asahi SL. The aim of the study was to reduce the non-commercial potato yield and improve the yield structure through the application of biostimulants and herbicides, and to determine the relationship between weed infestation and tuber yield. The least amount of weeds and the best destruction efficiency were obtained after the application of herbicide Sencor 70 WG + biostimulant Asahi SL and herbicide Harrier 295 ZC + biostimulant Kelpak SL. Effective reduction of weed infestation contributed to improvement of yield structure and reduction of potato non-commercial yield. Based on correlation coefficients, a significant relationship between weed infestation and potato non-commercial yield was shown.
Whole genome sequencing-based confirmatory methods on RT-qPCR results for detection of foodborne viruses in frozen berries
Authors: Yang Zhihui , Kulka Mike , Yang Qianru , Papafragkou Efstathia , Yu Christine , Wales Samantha Q. , Ngo Diana , Chen Haifeng 
Published: September 2023

Abstract

Accurate detection, identification, and subsequent confirmation of pathogens causing foodborne illness is essential for the prevention and investigation of foodborne outbreaks. This is particularly true when the causative agent is an enteric virus that has a very low infectious dose and is likely to be present at or near the limit of detection. In this study, whole genome sequencing (WGS) was combined with either of two non-targeted pre-amplification methods (SPIA and SISPA) to investigate their utility as a confirmatory method for foods contaminated with enteric viruses. Frozen berries (raspberries, strawberries, and blackberries) were chosen as the food matrix of interest due to their association with numerous outbreaks of foodborne illness. The enteric virus hepatitis A virus (HAV) and human norovirus (HuNoV) were used as the contaminating agents. The non-targeted WGS strategy employed in this study could detect and confirm HuNoV and HAV at genomic copy numbers in the single digit range, and in a few cases identified viruses present in samples that had been found negative by RT-qPCR analyses. However, some RT-qPCR-positive samples could not be confirmed using the WGS method, and in cases with very high Ct values only a few viral reads and short sequences were recovered from the samples. WGS techniques show great potential for confirmation and identification of virally contaminated food items. The approaches described here should be further optimized for routine application to confirm viral contamination in berries.
Bilateral Infiltrative Optic Neuritis as the Presenting Finding in Metastatic Gastric Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis
Authors: Jiang Alicia , Weber Alec , Simon Luke , Raczek Corinne , Fanucchi Michael , Elefant Daniel 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
Background
To present a rare case of leptomeningeal carcinomatous (LMC) secondary to previously undiagnosed metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma with infiltrative optic neuritis as a presenting finding.
Case Presentation:
A 58-year-old female with no known cancer history presented with 3 months of blurry vision, headaches, and paresthesias. Exam showed bilateral optic disc edema with peripapillary hemorrhages and white infiltrates. Cerebral spinal fluid cytology revealed malignant cells and oncologic workup revealed metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma with signet-ring cells. The patient was treated with systemic chemotherapy. She had a significant improvement in her infiltrative optic neuropathy, both clinically and radiographically, in response to systemic chemotherapy alone. Intrathecal (IT) chemotherapy is often used in the treatment of LMC but was deferred due to the patient’s dramatic improvement with systemic therapy alone.
Conclusions
Bilateral optic disc edema has a broad differential. This case highlights the importance of keeping LMC in mind, even in the absence of a known cancer history. Though IT chemotherapy is often used in treatment, a remarkable response can be seen with chemotherapy alone and management should ultimately be tailored to the individual.
Fine-Scale hydrodynamic modelling of Lake Ontario: Has climate change affected circulation patterns?
Authors: Hlevca Bogdan , Howell Todd , Madani Mohammad , Benoit Nadine 
Published: September 2023

Abstract

The circulation in Lake Ontario is well known from past field and modelling studies. However, apparent changes in wind pattern, possibly due to climate change, have resulted in subtle changes in the currents’ formation that have implications for water resources and aquatic habitat. A high resolution three-dimensional numerical model using the Danish Hydraulic Institute’s (DHI) MIKE 3 modelling framework based on a flexible mesh, was developed to describe lake-wide and coastal circulation features in 2018, which were then contrasted with past studies. The validated model effectively described lake-wide processes that include season-specific large gyres in the Rochester and in the Mississauga basins, and coastal currents along both northern and southern shorelines. During the isothermal season (non-stratified), a well-defined westward flow in the middle of the lake separates an anticyclonic (clockwise) gyre in the north, from the gyre and westward currents in the south. During the stratified season, key physical processes depicted in the model in the offshore and nearshore waters including, near-inertial waves (~ 17 h), upwelling events frequency (5–10 days) and surface seiches (~ 5 h) generally correspond with past studies. Upwelling events are the predominant northern nearshore physical processes and are occurring during periods of south-westerly winds. Episodic Kelvin waves are mostly limited to the northern shore where wind direction and morphology can sustain them and where cross-shore transport at the coastal boundary layer is minimal. The results, backed by field observations, suggest that predominant circulation patterns in the northern nearshore have changed in recent years during the stratified season.
Utilization of the Different Vegetables as a Filtration plants on Water Quality, Growth Performance, Plasma Biochemistry and Histopathology of Common carp (Cyprinus carpio) in Incorporated Aquaponics System
Authors: Hassan Sadam M. 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
Aquatic organism biology is influenced by water physicochemical traits. Using recirculating aquaculture systems for optimal fish growth demands substantial energy and resources, while typical treatments pose cost challenges. To address this, a novel cost-effective water treatment method is sought, countering climate-related water scarcity, particularly in regions like the Middle East. Incorporating mechanical and biological filters, alongside plant-based filtration (strawberry, peppermint, cucumber, okra), enhances aquaponics efficiency. Fish acclimatized and distributed among treatments exhibited varying growth patterns and water quality impacts. The fish exposed to treatment groups involving strawberry, peppermint, cucumber, and okra exhibited significantly higher (p < 0.05) weight gain and specific growth rate compared to the control. However, even within the treatments okra and cucumber body weight gain and specific growth rate were significantly better than strawberry, peppermint (p < 0.05). The best lowest feed conversion ratio was equally observed among fish exposed okra and cucumber. Remarkably, the strawberry group demonstrated a markedly higher level of albumin and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (p < 0.05). However, strawberry exhibited a significantly higher (p < 0.05) level of albumin and AST. Though Peppermint exhibited the highest alanine aminotransferase (ALT) level, although this difference was not statistically significant when compared to the strawberry group. Liver and gill analyses demonstrated normal cellular structures and healthy conditions for fish exposed to biofilters. This study underscores the efficacy of strawberry, peppermint, cucumber, and okra biofilters in promoting robust carp growth and health within aquaculture systems.
Study on tool wear and cutting performance of CFRP for inclined angle milling
Authors: Chen Tao , Liu Jiaqiang , Li Chunhui , Zhang Jianyi , Wang Guangyue , Li Maoyue 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
Carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) has been widely used in aviation, aerospace, automotive and other fields due to its advantages of high specific strength and high specific modulus. However, as a typical anisotropic material, CFRP has a more prominent problem in processing, that is, tool wear, which is easy to form machining defects such as burrs, tearing, and delamination. In this paper, the comparative experimental study on inclined angle milling and spiral milling of CFRP was carried out. The milling axial force, tool wear, quality of hole entrance and exit, and micro-morphology of the hole wall under the two milling methods were analyzed. The results show that compared with spiral milling, the axial force of inclined angle milling is relatively small, and the fluctuation is relatively smooth. The wear of inclined angle milling tool end edge is mainly concentrated in the connection area of end and side edges (CAES), and the wear of side edge is mainly concentrated in the tip of rhombic tooth, while the wear of spiral milling tool end edge and side edge is relatively uniform. As the number of holes increases, the wear morphology of inclined angle milling end edge changes from a small area of discontinuous crescent shape to a large area of continuous triangular, while the wear morphology of spiral milling end edge changes from a long strip to a large area of parallelogram. With the increase of tool wear, the holes by inclined angle milling produce fewer burrs and tearing, there are some defects such as fiber fracture residues and cavities on the surface of the hole wall, while the surface of the hole wall by spiral milling shows a large amount of chip adhesion and pit.