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Using functional traits and species diversity to evaluate restoration success of coastal dunes
Authors: Chollet Simon , Rozé Françoise , Jung Vincent 
Published: March 2023

AbstractQuestionsEvaluating reasons for the success (or failure) of restoration projects is one of the major goals for applied ecologists in the context of the dramatic worldwide decline in biodiversity. To that end, finding appropriate indicators and reference ecosystems is mandatory, especially for habitats in which restoration projects have been barely evaluated over the long term, such as coastal sand dunes. Do different indicators provide complementary information to evaluate restoration success? How successful is sand dune restoration after 30 years?LocationBrittany (France).MethodsWe report changes in the plant community over a period of 30 years following restoration using trampling protection and marram grass (Ammophila arenaria) planting in four sites that were highly degraded by sand extraction and over‐frequentation. We used several indicator types (geomorphological, taxonomic, functional) at different spatial scales (alpha, beta, gamma) to assess recovery since restoration in four sites of the northern coast of Brittany and undertook comparison with reference sites.ResultsOur results indicate that over the 30 years after restoration the gamma richness of typical species and overall vegetation conservation status increased. We also found that restoration induces the recovery of zonation in plant communities, which become organized along the typical sea–inland gradient. We showed that use of functional traits and diversity indices is effective to compare restored communities with reference data from the literature. Based on this approach, we demonstrated that, according to most functional indicators, restored communities converge over time with the patterns found in reference data.ConclusionsWe demonstrated that restoration of coastal dunes after 30 years induced the recovery of sand accumulation, typical species cover, sea–inland plant community zonation and community functional characteristics. Despite these positive results, which indicated overall success and confirmed interest in such restoration projects, we found an important discrepancy in restoration success among study sites (e.g., level of recovery of typical species cover, functional diversity). Finally, our study confirms the interest of functional composition and functional diversity as restoration success metrics.
A multicomponent positive psychology intervention for euthymic patients with bipolar disorder to improve mental well‐being and personal recovery: A pragmatic randomized controlled trial
Authors: Kraiss Jannis T. , ten Klooster Peter M. , Chrispijn Melissa , Stevens Anja , Doornbos Bennard , Kupka Ralph W. , Bohlmeijer Ernst T. 
Published: March 2023

AbstractObjectiveMental well‐being and personal recovery are important treatment targets for patients with bipolar disorder (BD). The goal of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of an 8‐week group multicomponent positive psychology intervention (PPI) for euthymic patients with BD as an adjunct to treatment as usual (TAU) compared to TAU alone.MethodsPatients with BD were randomized to receive TAU (n = 43) or the PPI in addition to TAU (n = 54). The primary outcome was well being measured with the Mental Health Continuum–Short Form. Personal recovery was measured with the Questionnaire about the Process of Recovery. Data were collected at baseline, mid‐treatment, post‐treatment and 6‐ and 12‐month follow‐up. Life chart interviews were conducted at 12 months to retrospectively assess recurrence of depression and mania.ResultsSignificant group‐by‐time interaction effects for well‐being and personal recovery were found favouring the PPI. At post‐treatment, between‐group differences were significant for well‐being (d = 0.77) and personal recovery (d = 0.76). Between‐group effects for well‐being were still significant at 6‐month follow‐up (d = 0.72). Effects on well‐being and personal recovery within the intervention group were sustained until 12‐month follow‐up. Survival analyses showed no significant differences in time to recurrence.ConclusionsThe multicomponent PPI evaluated in this study is effective in improving mental well‐being and personal recovery in euthymic patients with BD and would therefore be a valuable addition to the current treatment of euthymic BD patients. The fact that the study was carried out in a pragmatic RCT demonstrates that this intervention can be applied in a real‐world clinical setting.
Morphology and phylogenetic significance of the pelvic articular region in elasmobranchs (Chondrichthyes)
Authors: da Silva João Paulo C. B. , Vaz Diego F. B. 
Published: March 2023

AbstractThe morphology of paired fins is commonly overlooked in morphological studies, particularly the pelvic girdle and fins. Consequently, previous phylogenetic studies incorporating morphological data used few skeletal characters from this complex. In this paper, the phylogenetic significance of pelvic articular characters for elasmobranchs is discussed in light of the morphological variation observed in 130 species, the most comprehensive study exploring the morphology of the pelvic girdle done so far. The 10 morphological characters proposed herein for the pelvic articulation were incorporated into a molecular matrix of NADH2 sequences and submitted to an analysis of maximum parsimony employing extended implied weighting. The most stable tree was selected based on the distortion coefficients, SPR distances (subtree pruning and regrafting) and fit values. Some of the striking synapomorphies recovered within elasmobranchs include the presence of an articular surface for the first enlarged pelvic radial supporting Elasmobranchii and the pelvic articular region for the basipterygium extending from the posterolatral margin of the pelvic girdle over its lateral surface inEchinorhinus + Hexanchiformes. Additionally, the proposed characters and their distributions are discussed considering the relationships recovered and also compared with previous morphological and molecular phylogenetic hypotheses.
La pobreza extrema es prioridad: Un argumento sobre la distribución equitativa de la vacuna contra el COVID‐19 en Perú
Authors: Yabar Carlos Augusto 
Published: March 2023

AbstractLa humanidad ya dispone de vacunas eficaces contra el COVID‐19. En Perú se administraron 86 millones de dosis para cubrir la demanda de 33 millones de peruanos. Para ello, se ha priorizado la vacunación en grupos clave: personal de salud, sujetos con condiciones de salud preexistentes y mayores de 65 años. Sin embargo, dada la problemática social y la situación de la salud pública en Perú, este trabajo defiende que la prioridad de la vacunación debe centrarse en la población que vive en extrema pobreza. El método utilizado fue una argumentación ética sobre la distribución de la vacuna contra el COVID‐19 en Perú. Esta argumentación se basa en el análisis de la población peruana que vive en extrema pobreza, la cual presenta diferentes estratos de vulnerabilidad, y que, ante una eventual infección por SARS‐CoV‐2, se irían agravando uno tras otro, a través de un efecto en cascada. Este escenario daría lugar a nuevas vulnerabilidades de las ya existentes, causando mayores daños. Los esfuerzos de vacunación en esta población clave les brindaría oportunidad de seguir encontrando formas de llevar alimentos a sus hogares, reduciendo significativamente el riesgo de contagio en su entorno y mitigando el efecto devastador de las enfermedades locales a las que ya está expuesta. Se plantean cuatro objeciones relacionadas con este argumento, con sus correspondientes respuestas. El acceso prioritario a la vacuna reduciría significativamente el daño a las personas que viven en la extrema pobreza, haciendo prevalecer los principios de justicia y equidad.
Twenty years after Andrea: Postpartum psychosis and the insanity defense
Authors: Nichols Alexandra 
Published: March 2023

AbstractThis Note will examine the inconsistencies in the treatment of mothers diagnosed with postpartum psychosis who claim the insanity defense in cases of infanticide and/or child abuse. The defense of not guilty by reason of insanity is treated inconsistently throughout the U.S. court system, especially in cases involving a defendant suffering from postpartum psychosis. This Note proposes specific jury instructions for cases involving a defendant diagnosed with postpartum psychosis and introduces a new criminal charge of infanticide so that defendants do not have to rely on proving insanity alone.
Functional molecular evolution of a GTP sensing kinase: PI5P4Kβ
Authors: Takeuchi Koh , Senda Miki , Ikeda Yoshiki , Okuwaki Koji , Fukuzawa Kaori , Nakagawa So , Sasaki Mika , Sasaki Atsuo T. , Senda Toshiya 
Published: March 2023

Over 4 billion years of evolution, multiple mutations, including nucleotide substitutions, gene and genome duplications and recombination, have established de novo genes that translate into proteins with novel properties essential for high‐order cellular functions. However, molecular processes through which a protein evolutionarily acquires a novel function are mostly speculative. Recently, we have provided evidence for a potential evolutionary mechanism underlying how, in mammalian cells, phosphatidylinositol 5‐phosphate 4‐kinase β (PI5P4Kβ) evolved into a GTP sensor from ATP‐utilizing kinase. Mechanistically, PI5P4Kβ has acquired the guanine efficient association (GEA) motif by mutating its nucleotide base recognition sequence, enabling the evolutionary transition from an ATP‐dependent kinase to a distinct GTP/ATP dual kinase with its KM for GTP falling into physiological GTP concentrations—the genesis of GTP sensing activity. Importantly, the GTP sensing activity of PI5P4Kβ is critical for the manifestation of cellular metabolism and tumourigenic activity in the multicellular organism. The combination of structural, biochemical and biophysical analyses used in our study provides a novel framework for analysing how a protein can evolutionarily acquire a novel activity, which potentially introduces a critical function to the cell.
Multiaxial fatigue life prediction for various metallic materials based on the hybrid CNN‐LSTM neural network
Authors: Heng Fei , Gao Jianxiong , Xu Rongxia , Yang Haojin , Cheng Qin , Liu Yuanyuan 
Published: March 2023

AbstractA new algorithm optimization‐based hybrid neural network model is proposed in the present study for the multiaxial fatigue life prediction of various metallic materials. Firstly, a convolutional neural network (CNN) is applied to extract the in‐depth features from the loading sequence composed of the critical fatigue loading conditions. Meanwhile, the multiaxial historical loading information with time‐series features is retained. Then, a long short‐term memory (LSTM) network is adopted to capture the time‐series features and in‐depth features of the CNN output. Finally, a full connection layer is used to achieve dimensional transformation, which makes the fatigue life predictable. Herein, the hyperparameters of the LSTM network are automatically determined using the slime mold algorithm (SMA). The test results demonstrate that the proposed model has pleasant prediction performance and extrapolation capability, and it is suitable for the life prediction of various metallic materials under uniaxial, proportional multiaxial, nonproportional multiaxial loading conditions.
Generalizing Impact Computations for the Autoregressive Spatial Interaction Model
Authors: Laurent Thibault , Margaretic Paula , Thomas‐Agnan Christine 
Published: March 2023

We extend the impact decomposition proposed by LeSage and Thomas‐Agnan (2015) in the spatial interaction model to a more general framework, where the sets of origins and destinations can be different, and where the relevant attributes characterizing the origins do not coincide with those of the destinations. These extensions result in three flow data configurations which we study extensively: the square, the rectangular, and the noncartesian cases. We propose numerical simplifications to compute the impacts, avoiding the inversion of a large filter matrix. These simplifications considerably reduce computation time; they can also be useful for prediction. Furthermore, we define local measures for the intra, origin, destination and network effects. Interestingly, these local measures can be aggregated at different levels of analysis. Finally, we illustrate our methodology in a case study using remittance flows all over the world.
‘They don't realise how hard it is’. Investigating the lived experiences of higher education students with parental responsibilities during the Covid‐19 pandemic
Authors: Holmes Sarah E. , Nikiforidou Zoi 
Published: March 2023

AbstractAnecdotal reports of student parents’ challenges during the Covid‐19 pandemic prompted this explorative study; investigating the lived experiences of UK student parents and the provision of Higher Education support. Data was derived from 91 online surveys, 20 follow‐up interviews, and analysis of 100 university websites. This occurred during the pandemic lockdowns whenthe stresses, challenges and opportunities of balancing their simultaneous roles of parent and student were intensified due to school closures. The Double ABC‐X model provided a framework for examining participant's lived experiences, and the role that Higher Education institutions could play in effecting positive coping and adaptation. Findings indicate that universities need to implement strategies to enhance support for this sector, including greater awareness of the vulnerabilities and challenges involved, more flexibility and adaptability in the university ethos, formal and informal policies and structures to provide more effective support and advice for juggling these simultaneous demands.
Local consumer well‐being in a multicultural marketplace: From conflict to engagement
Authors: Elsharnouby Tamer H. , Maher Amro A. 
Published: March 2023

AbstractThis study offers a nuanced understanding of how local consumers experience, interpret and acculturate to expatriates' practices within a multicultural marketplace. We adopt Demangeot et al. bridge framework and its marketplace domains (security, visibility, opportunity, utility, intercultural competence and cultural navigability) to unpack locals' consumption patterns and experiences that produce multicultural tensions or multicultural engagement that contributes to locals' well‐being. Data were collected via 2 focus groups and 20 in‐depth interviews with local consumers in Qatar. The findings offer several theoretical and managerial insights that could enrich the scant literature on acculturation of local minorities within multicultural non‐homogenous societies and enhance our understanding of how local consumers engage with culturally different experiences.
Voting decision‐making of low‐income consumers: Literature review and research agenda
Authors: Mukherjee Srabanti , Datta Biplab , Singh Ramendra 
Published: March 2023

AbstractThis review article examines why and how low‐income voters decide to vote for a political candidate. A total of 163 articles in the last 80 years (1944–2023) have been identified through a systematic literature review. Thereafter, the fragmented literature has been organized using a fusion of 3W1H and TCCM (Theory, context, characteristics, and method) frameworks to obtain a comprehensive overview of the low‐income voters' behaviour. Accordingly, the study has explained the voting contexts of poor consumers. Besides, the fundamental theories and methods employed in this research domain have been identified. This study revealed three characteristics of ‘voting choice’ of low‐income consumers (group identity, communication characteristics, and political environment characteristics) that have been further classified under several sub‐themes. This review article pioneers to provide an integrated and organized analysis of the literature on the voting behaviour of low‐income consumers, highlighting critical research gaps in theories, contexts, methods, and antecedents that future researchers can examine to extend the discourse in this realm.
The effectiveness of international framework agreements as a tool for the protection of workers' rights: A metasynthesis
Authors: Hennebert Marc‐Antonin , Roberge‐Maltais Isabelle , Coiquaud Urwana 
Published: March 2023

AbstractAre international framework agreements (IFAs) an effective trade union response for regulating multinational enterprises and protecting workers' rights? Using a metasynthesis methodological approach, which we apply to a corpus of 36 empirical studies, this article aims to 1—provide empirical and practical answers to this question and 2—offer a theoretical reflection on the notion of effectiveness as applied to the case of IFAs.
Effectiveness of first and second COVID‐19 mRNA vaccine monovalent booster doses during a period of circulation of Omicron variant sublineages: December 2021–July 2022
Authors: Petrie Joshua G. , King Jennifer P. , McClure David L. , Rolfes Melissa A. , Meece Jennifer K. , Pattinson David , Neumann Gabriele , Kawaoka Yoshihiro , Belongia Edward A. , McLean Huong Q. 
Published: March 2023

AbstractBackgroundUS recommendations for COVID‐19 vaccine boosters have expanded in terms of age groups covered and numbers of doses recommended, whereas evolution of Omicron sublineages raises questions about ongoing vaccine effectiveness.MethodsWe estimated effectiveness of monovalent COVID‐19 mRNA booster vaccination versus two‐dose primary series during a period of Omicron variant virus circulation in a community cohort with active illness surveillance. Hazard ratios comparing SARS‐CoV‐2 infection between booster versus primary series vaccinated individuals were estimated using Cox proportional hazards models with time‐varying booster status. Models were adjusted for age and prior SARS‐CoV‐2 infection. The effectiveness of a second booster among adults ≥50 years of age was similarly estimated.ResultsThe analysis included 883 participants ranging in age, from 5 to >90 years. Relative effectiveness was 51% (95% CI: 34%, 64%) favoring the booster compared with primary series vaccination and did not vary by prior infection status. Relative effectiveness was 74% (95% CI: 57%, 84%) at 15 to 90 days after booster receipt, but declined to 42% (95% CI: 16%, 61%) after 91 to 180 days, and to 36% (95% CI: 3%, 58%) after 180 days. The relative effectiveness of a second booster compared to a single booster was 24% (95% CI: −40% to 61%).ConclusionsAn mRNA vaccine booster dose added significant protection against SARS‐CoV‐2 infection, but protection decreased over time. A second booster did not add significant protection for adults ≥50 years of age. Uptake of recommended bivalent boosters should be encouraged to increase protection against Omicron BA.4/BA.5 sublineages.
Effects of low‐dose dexamethasone on inflammatory factors in drainage fluid and wound healing after thyroid surgery during perioperative period
Authors: Chen Xuemei , Chen Yuanyang , He Xiaojun , Zhou Quanhong 
Published: March 2023

AbstractThis study explored the effect of perioperative use of low‐dose dexamethasone on inflammatory factors in drainage fluid and wound healing after thyroid surgery. In the prospective, double‐blinded, randomised controlled study, adults who underwent elective thyroidectomy received 0.1 mg/kg of intravenous dexamethasone or a matching volume of placebo (saline) after induction of general anaesthesia. The primary outcome was IL6 and IL10 concentration in drainage at 24 hours postoperative. The secondary endpoint was the SBSES (modified Stony Brook Scar Evaluation Scale) total score at 1 week postoperative. From 8 July to 17 December 2020, 64 patients (mean [SD] age, 40.42 [9.52]; 13 males [20.31%]) were recruited, received operation, and completed the 1‐month follow‐up. Inflammatory factors in drainage did not differ between the two groups but only had significant differences at different timepoint. The dexamethasone group patients had a higher SBSES total score at 1 week after the treatment but, without statistical significance (dexamethasone vs placebo: 3.13 ± 1.24 vs 2.97 ± 0.93, P = .571). The dexamethasone group patients had a higher SBSES total score (dexamethasone vs placebo: 3.103 ± 1.148 vs 2.868 ± 0.827, P = .011) and colour score (dexamethasone vs placebo: 0.603 ± 0.493 vs 0.412 ± 0.496, P = .026) at 1‐week follow‐up than the placebo group patients. Preoperative single small‐dose intravenous dexamethasone did not show to improve wound healing quality nor reduce incision inflammation but may release pain, and reduce tissue angiogenesis, and thus the scar redness.
Imprints of historical and ecological factors in the phylogenetic structure of Australian Meliphagides assemblages
Authors: García‐Navas Vicente , Martínez‐Núñez Carlos , Christidis Les 
Published: March 2023

AbstractAimsUnderstanding how historical and ecological (species interactions) factors affect species and shape community structure is a fundamental goal in ecology. However, these two components are difficult to disentangle and are often confounded. We address the influence of these factors in governing the structure of bird assemblages.LocationSoutheastern Australia.TaxonThe Meliphagoidea superfamily.MethodsBy adopting a semi‐experimental approach (i.e. high vs low interference competition), we examine the influence of a genus (Manorina) of honeyeater species that is well known for its hyper‐aggressiveness and strong competitive capacity on the phylogenetic and functional structure of local assemblages across three different habitats (eucalypt woodlands, mallee and cleared habitat). We applied a model that explicitly incorporates the effects of neutral colonization and local extinction in shaping community structure and estimated the contributions of niche‐based and neutral processes to community assembly using the STEPCAM technique.ResultsCommunities with the presence of Manorina species were characterized by faster rates of colonization and local extinction and exhibited a higher degree of phylogenetic clustering than communities without these despotic species, which suggests that this model not only mirrors habitat preferences, but also unintendedly accounts for the effect of biotic interactions. Stochastic processes had a lower contribution in the presence of Manorina species, whereas the role of filtering tended to be higher. We observed habitat differences in terms of functional (but not phylogenetic) structure, with more functionally clustered assemblages in the cleared habitat.Main ConclusionsAlthough recent studies have suggested that neutral‐species processes are sufficient to explain local assemblage phylogenetic structure, our capacity to isolate them from contemporary ecological processes is still limited. This study also reinforces the idea that biotic interactions can also lead to patterns of underdispersion and thus, assumptions behind null model approaches for community assembly should be carefully considered in each case.