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Identification of lactic acid bacteria isolated from developed dried coffee starter culture used as a fermentation agent to produce Robusta civet coffee
Authors: FAUZI MUKHAMMAD , SUBAGIO ACHMAD , RESTANTO DIDIK PUDJI , JAYUS JAY 
Published: September 2023

Abstract. Fauzi M, Subagio A, Restanto DP, Jayus J. 2023. Identification of lactic acid bacteria isolated from developed dried coffee starter culture used as a fermentation agent to produce Robusta civet coffee. Biodiversitas 24: 3715-3722. Native civet coffee is a popular coffee bean, produced by the processes which undergo spontaneous fermentation in the civet digestive system. Since the native civet coffee has a higher selling value and its production depends on the uncontrolled civet life activities, the effort to produce a similar quality of this coffee product has been made by designing a dried starter culture isolated from civet caecum, and utilizing coffee cherry peels as the potential inducer and rice flour as the matrix for coating and immobilizing the isolates. The proportion of rice and coffee cherry peel flour mixtures was formulated to fabricate the dried starter culture by determining the viability and fermentability of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) survive in the starter culture. Furthermore, the starter culture was analyzed for the number of microflora and identification of LAB, water content, glucose fermentability, total titrated acid production rate, and pH value. The most viable starter cultures were obtained from the formula of 80% rice flour and 20% coffee cherry peel flour exhibiting the number of microflora of 5.6 log MPN/g and fermentation capacity of 245.73 mg glucose/gh. The total titrated acid production rate was 91.07 mg lactic acid/gh, and a pH value of 5.33. The LABs survived in the starter culture were identified as Lacticaseibacillus paracasei. The quality of hot brewed roasted Robusta coffee prepared by fermentation using this dried starter culture was higher than that of unfermented one, as observed from their organoleptic quality. These findings indicate that the LAB isolated from civet caecum is potential to be developed as a dried starter culture in coffee cherry fermentation processes.
Barcoding of ornamental freshwater shrimp, Neocaridina denticulata (De Haan, 1844) from the aquatic ornamental market in Purbalingga, Central Java, Indonesia
Authors: KUSMINTARSIH ENDANG SRIMURNI , MAHMOUD HANAN HASSAN ALSHEIKH , SASTRANEGARA MOH. HUSEIN , SYAKURI HAMDAN , NURYANTO AGUS , AMBARNINGRUM TRISNOWATI BUDI 
Published: September 2023

Abstract. Kusmintarsih ES, Mahmoud HHA, Sastranegara MH, Syakuri H,Nuryanto A, Ambarningrum TB. 2023. Barcoding of ornamental freshwater shrimp, Neocaridina denticulata (De Haan, 1844) from the aquatic ornamental market in Purbalingga, Central Java, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 24: 3601-3608. Indonesia is one of the world’s leading aquatic ornamental shrimps producers and exports. One of the aquatic ornament shrimp species is a Neocaridina denticulate (De Haan, 1844). There is a wide range of colors including red, bright red, yellow, orange, green, blue, violet, black, and color combinations. It is a landlocked Atydiae family species comprising31 species and subspecies. Due to taxonomic difficulties, this species is continually under revision, and the validation of a few species is currently questionable and uncertain for the relationships among the various colors of N. denticulata. The Cytochrome Oxidase gene I (CO1) gene sequences of mitochondrial DNA were used for species DNA barcoding studies. This study aimed to validate the taxonomic status of different colors of N. denticulata species using the mitochondrial DNA or mtDNA Cytochrome oxidase (CO1) gene sequences. Neighbour Joining trees were constructed based on 545 bp of CO1 gene from white, black, red, yellow, blue colors, and their combination. Several sequences were derived from GenBank for relevant species from different countries and the outgroup. The result showed that all samples are homolog, even to N. denticulata from China NC_023823.1.
Harvest methods determine the yield and quality of Sonchus arvensis accessions cultivated in organic way
Authors: RAISAWATI TATIK , MELATI MAYA , AZIZ SANDRA ARIFIN , RAFI MOHAMAD 
Published: September 2023

Abstract. Raisawati T, Melati M, Aziz SA, Rafi M. 2023. Harvest methods determine the yield and quality of Sonchus arvensis accessions cultivated in organic way. Biodiversitas 24: 4110-4119. Sowthistle (Sonchus arvensisL.) is a wild plant species with high potential for medicinal uses. Nonetheless, the understanding of agronomical aspect of this species is still limited, hindering the large-scale cultivation efforts. This species has unique traits in term of leaves morphology in which it has rosette (old) leaves and upper (inflorescence) leaves which might require particular harvesting method to obtain optimal yield and quality. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of harvest methods on leaf production, total flavonoid content, antioxidant activity and flavonoid profiles of three accessions of sowthistle. The experiment used randomized complete block design with three replications. The first factor is harvesting methods namely gradual and simultaneous harvest of lower and upper leaves of sowthistle. The second factor is three accessions of S. arvensis namely Lembang, Tawangmangu, and Banjararum. The results showed that the simultaneous harvest resulted in higherleaf number by 65%, fresh weight by 55%, and dry weight by 60% compared to those of gradual harvest. However, the difference between fresh weight and dry weight of upper leaf was more determined by the accessions with Tawangmangu had the highest weight. Antioxidant activity of sowthistle in this study is not only caused by total flavonoid. Tawangmangu accession gradually harvested produced high lower leaf antioxidants, while those harvested simultaneously produced the highest total flavonoid contents and antioxidant activity of upper leaves. The results of HPLC analysis showed the flavonoid profiles of S. arvensis leaves which contain rutin, myricetin, luteolin, quercetin, kaempferol and apigenin. Kaempferol was the highest content of flavonoid in rosette and upper leaves. The findings of this study suggest that simultaneous harvesting is recommended to obtain high sowthistle production and quality.
In search of nexus triple wins: planning for and evidence of economic transformation, social inclusion and ecological sustainability in Sri Lanka, Thailand and the Dominican Republic
Authors: Pickard Sam , Lemma Alberto 
Published: September 2023

Achieving prosperity for all within planetary boundaries requires that governments take wide-ranging transformative action, but achieving ‘triple-wins’ by joining up policies across economic, social and environmental realms can be challenging. A companion analysis undertaken under the ODI Nexus project (Diwakar, 2022) analysed key indicators in these realms in lower income countries and identified the Dominican Republic, Sri Lanka and Thailand as front-runners in achieving more holistic development outcomes. Looking deeper at these case studies, we sought to identify national policy interventions that struck a balance between the different realms of development and explored the policy development, legislation and implementation processes required for integrated transformational policy to succeed.
In each we found national-scale, triple-win policies led from the president’s or prime minister’s office. These policies can usually be traced to specific political moments that forced a reckoning with the failures of previous development policy, often resulting in radical change of direction in development planning. Yet, despite the existence of triple-win policies, as of 2019, there was limited evidence of triple-win outcomes being achieved. Instead, the case study countries typically performed well in one or two realms, often to the detriment of progress in the other(s).
We present potential reasons for the lacklustre impact of these policies and conclude with suggestions for future work to outline where in the policy landscape it may be possible to enact transformational nexus policies and how to support them to achieve their outcomes in the timeframes required to ensure equitable prosperity within planetary boundaries.
Hybrid tree-and-multiple-ring radio-over-fiber transmission system for a 5G network in metropolitan areas
Authors: Lee Ming-Che , Chang Ching-Hung , Huang Guan-Jhang , Liou Chen-Wei 
Published: September 2023

What we believe to be a novel radio-over-fiber (RoF) transmission system with a hybrid tree-and-multiple-ring network structure is developed and experimentally demonstrated to support broadband wireless signal transmission among the central office (CO) and densely distributed 5G base stations (BS) in urban areas. With the assistance of an advanced network structure and a unique single-line bidirectional optical add/drop multiplexer (SBOADM), the transmission system can utilize a hybrid tree-and-ring-topology fiber network to simultaneously support multiple 5G BS-Groups constructed as sub-ring-networks. Furthermore, the system manager is able to simultaneously utilize wavelength/time division multiplexing techniques to support the connected BSs and to dynamically embed extra sub-ring-networks to the main-ring-network or extra BSs to the sub-ring-network by using the RoF transmission system. Needing no backup fiber link, the transmission system enjoys intrinsic robust resilience against fiber link failures. Experimental results proved that the proposed RoF transmission system enables prompt recovery of interrupted optical fiber connection and guarantees the expected quality of service (QoS) by adjusting a few preinstalled optical switches when fiber link failure happens in the main-ring-network, in each sub-ring-network, or even in both of the above scenarios. The induced power penalty for maintaining unchanged bit error rate performance is less than 2 dB. In sum, the proposed transmission system proves to be a great network architecture suitable for supporting 5G signal transmission between the CO and BSs in an urban area due to the dynamically extensible network size and the well-protected transmission that ensures the QoS by simple operation.
Prevalence of soil-transmitted helminths and associated risk factors among primary school children in Kandahar, Afghanistan: A cross-sectional analytical study
Authors: Rahimi Bilal Ahmad , Rafiqi Najeebullah , Tareen Zarghoon , Kakar Khalil Ahmad , Wafa Mohammad Hashim , Stanikzai Muhammad Haroon , Beg Mohammad Asim , Dost Abdul Khaliq , Taylor Walter R. 
Published: September 2023

Background
Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections are global health problem, especially in low-income countries. Main objectives of this study were to estimate the prevalence and intensity of STH and its risk factors among school children in Kandahar city of Afghanistan.

Methodology/principal findings
This was a school-based cross-sectional analytical study, with data collected during eight-month-period (May–December, 2022) from 6- and 12-years old school children in Kandahar city, Afghanistan. All the stool samples were examined by saline wet mount method and Kato–Katz technique. Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics, Chi square test, and multivariate logistic regression.
A total of 1275 children from eight schools of Kandahar city were included in this study. Mean age of these children was 8.3 years with 53.3% boys. The overall prevalence of any intestinal parasitic infection was 68.4%. The overall prevalence of STH infection was 39.1%, with Ascaris lumbricoides (29.4%) as the most prevalent STH species. Mean intensity of overall STH infection was 97.8. Multivariate logistic regression revealed playing barefoot (AOR 1.6, 95% CI 1.1–2.2), not washing hands after defecating and before eating (AOR 1.3, 95% CI 1.0–1.7), having untrimmed nails (AOR 1.4, 95% CI 1.1–1.8), and belonging to poor families (AOR 1.3, 95% CI 1.0–1.7) as the risk factors associated with the predisposition of school children for getting STH in Kandahar city of Afghanistan.

Conclusions/significance
There is high prevalence of STH among school children of Kandahar city in Afghanistan. Most of the risk factors are related to poverty, decreased sanitation, and improper hygiene. Improvement of socioeconomic status, sanitation, and health education to promote public awareness about health and hygiene together with periodic mass deworming programs are better strategies for the control of STH infections in Afghanistan.
One-fourth of COVID-19 patients have an impaired pulmonary function after 12 months of disease onset
Authors: van Willigen Hugo D. G. , Wynberg Elke , Verveen Anouk , Dijkstra Maartje , Verkaik Bas J. , Figaroa Orlane J. A. , de Jong Marianne C. , van der Veen Annelou L. I. P. , Makowska Agata , Koedoot Nelleke , Nieuwkerk Pythia T. , Boyd Anders , Prins Maria , de Jong Menno D. , de Bree Godelieve J. , van den Aardweg Joost G. ,   the RECoVERED Study Group
Published: September 2023

Background
There is increasing data that show a persistently impaired pulmonary function upon recovery after severe infection. Little is known however about the extent, recovery and determinants of pulmonary impairment across the full spectrum of COVID-19 severity over time.

Methods
In a well characterized, prospective cohort of both hospitalised and non-hospitalised individuals with SARS-CoV-2 infection, the RECoVERED study, pulmonary function (diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide (DLCO)) and spirometry) was measured until one year after disease onset. Additionally, data on sociodemographics, clinical characteristics, symptoms, and health-related quality of life (HRQL) were collected. Pulmonary function and these determinants were modelled over time using mixed-effect linear regression. Determinants of pulmonary function impairment at 12 months after disease onset were identified using logistic regression.

Findings
Between May 2020 and December 2021, 301 of 349 participants underwent at least one pulmonary function test. After one year of follow-up, 25% of the participants had an impaired pulmonary function which translates in 11%, 22%, and 48% of the participants with mild, moderate and severe/critical COVID-19. Improvement in DLCO among the participants continued over the period across one, six and twelve months. Being older, having more than three comorbidities (p<0·001) and initial severe/critical disease (p<0·001) were associated with slower improvement of pulmonary function over time, adjusted for age and sex. HRQL improved over time and at 12 months was comparable to individuals without impaired pulmonary function.

Interpretation
The prevalence of impaired pulmonary function after twelve months of follow-up, was still significant among those with initially moderate or severe/critical COVID-19. Pulmonary function increased over time in most of the severity groups. These data imply that guidelines regarding revalidation after COVID-19 should target individuals with moderate and severe/critical disease severities.
Africatown in Guangzhou as geosemiotic assemblage: connecting multilingualism, store signs, and chronotopes
Authors: Chao Xia , Wang Hao 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
Using the social-spatial notions of geosemiotic assemblage and chronotope, this participatory ethnographic case study examines the intersection of store signs in the Africatown in Guangzhou and transnational African migrants’ meaning-making and place-making practices. Data collection is employed through a combination of traditional and participatory ethnographic methods including visual texts, interviews, and virtual field observations with fieldnotes. Findings from this study indicate the Africatown as geosemiotic assemblage, which echoes the principle in human geography that material and social environments are imbued with meanings in daily practices. The Africatown as geosemiotic assemblage is a multifaceted and dialogic process in which meanings, perceptions, multi-senses, and symbols are tied together to a locality. This study illustrates that the African migrants’ perceptions of the Africatown are mediated by both material and social environments. Specifically, African migrants are able to engage in multilingual social practices with both non-human artefacts and humans, placing great emphasis on spatiality in their reconceptualization of Africatown as more than a local African migrants’ hub. This study further demonstrates that the materials assembled in the African migrants’ milleu are historical, social, cultural, and multilingual in facilitating their reconstruction of the Africatown’s transnational space and African migrants’ identities. This study argues that a geosemiotic assemblage approach is salient in expanding current understandings of multilingual and transnational research by foregrounding materiality in meaning-making and place-making practices.
Crosstalk between lactic acid and immune regulation and its value in the diagnosis and treatment of liver failure
Authors: Lin Yong , Yan Gengjie , Wang Minggang , Zhang Kan , Shu Faming , Liu Meiyan , Long Fuli , Mao Dewen 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
Liver failure is a common clinical syndrome of severe liver diseases, which belongs to one of the critical medical conditions. Immune response plays a leading role in the pathogenesis of liver failure. Lactic acid as a target for the treatment and prediction of liver failure has not attracted enough attention. Since the emergence of the concept of “histone lactation,” lactic acid has shown great promise in immune response and escape. Therefore, targeted lactic acid may be a reliable agent to solve immune and energy metabolism disorders in liver failure. Based on the relationship between lactic acid and immune response, the cross-talk between lactic acid metabolism, its compounds, and immune regulation and its significance in the diagnosis and treatment of liver failure were expounded in this article to provide new ideas for understanding and treating liver failure.
Clinicopathological features and differential diagnosis of gastric pleomorphic giant cell carcinoma
Authors: Wang Yang-Kun , Ma Li , Wang Zhi-Qiang , Wang Yue , Li Ping , Jiang Bo , Wang Su-Nan 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate the clinicopathological features and differential diagnosis of gastric pleomorphic giant cell carcinoma. Histopathology, immunohistochemistry, and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) gene testing were conducted for seven cases of gastric pleomorphic giant cell carcinoma. In histomorphological terms, all seven cases involved pleomorphic giant cell carcinoma, accounting for more than 10% of the entire tumor, with pleomorphic spindle cells and giant cells mixed with various histomorphological structures of adenocarcinoma with high, intermediate, and low differentiation. There was large heterogeneity in the HER2 protein expression and HER2 gene amplification in the gastric pleomorphic giant cell carcinoma, and both levels of HER2 were focal in three cases, accounting for 42.9% (3/7). The mismatch repair gene proteins MLH1, MSH2, PMS2, and MSH6 were positive. Routine immunohistochemical markers, i.e., pan-cytokeratin, epithelial membrane antigen, villin, caudal-type homeobox 2, E-cadherin, and p53, were positive in the gastric pleomorphic giant cell carcinoma, while vimentin, calponin, smooth muscle actin, nestin, S-100, cluster of differentiation (CD) 99, desmin, and CD34 were focally expressed in both the spindle and the giant cells, with Ki-67-positive cells accounting for 70–80%. Gastric pleomorphic giant cell carcinoma presents multiple histomorphological features and is easily confused with various tumors. Clarifying the histopathological features of this type of tumor is important for differential diagnosis and precise treatment.
Effect of fermentation of Danisco mixed lactic acid bacteria and single Bifidobacterium lactis HCS04-001 on metabolites of soy yogurt
Authors: Xinyue Xu , Huaitian Cui , Jiaxin Xu , Zhiheng Yuan , Jun Li , Jun Liu , Liu He , Danshi Zhu 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
In this study, the effects of Danisco mixed lactic acid bacteria and single Bifidobacterium lactis HCS04-001 fermentation on metabolites in soy yogurt were investigated. The main volatile metabolites in sample D fermented by Danisco mixed lactic acid bacteria were aldehydes, followed by alcohols and ketones. In contrast, the main flavor substances in sample SQ fermented by single Bifidobacterium lactis HCS04-001 were alcohols followed by aldehydes. L-Arginine, S-Adenosylhomocysteine, Glutamyltyrosine, Gly-Trp, Ser-Trp, Ile-Ser-Leu, Pro-Val-Leu etc. and D-Ornithine, Citrulline, Glutamylproline, organic acid were the main non-volatile differential metabolites that distinguished the soy yogurt samples. Arginine biosynthesis and glutathione metabolism were important pathways leading to differences in metabolic profiles. This study provides detailed insight into the metabolic properties of commercial Danisco mixed lactic acid bacteria and single Bifidobacterium lactis HCS04-001 fermentations, which will contribute to the development of soy yogurt with good nutritional and sensory qualities.
Construction pit deformation measurement technology based on neural network algorithm
Authors: Wu Yong , Zhou Xiaoli 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
The current technology of foundation pit deformation measurement is inefficient, and its accuracy is not ideal. Therefore, an intelligent prediction model of foundation pit deformation based on back propagation neural network (BPNN) is proposed to predict the foundation pit deformation intelligently, with high accuracy and efficiency, so as to improve the safety of the project. Firstly, to address the shortcomings of BPNNs, which rely on the initial parameter settings and tend to fall into local optimum and unstable performance, this study adopts the modified particle swarm optimization (MPSO) to optimise the parameters of BPNNs and constructs a pit deformation prediction model based on the MPSO–BP algorithm to achieve predictive measurements of pit deformation. After training and testing the data samples, the results show that the prediction accuracy of the MPSO–BP pit deformation prediction model is 99.76%, which is 2.25% higher than that of the particle swarm optimization–back propagation (PSO–BP) pit deformation prediction model and 3.01% higher than that of the BP pit deformation prediction model. The aforementioned results show that the MPSO–BP pit deformation prediction model proposed in this study can effectively predict the pit deformation variables of construction projects and provide data support for the protective measures of the staff, which is helpful for the cause of construction projects in China.