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The effect of kangaroo care on cortisol levels and immune factors in breast milk
Authors: Yilmaz Kurt Fatma , Küçükoğlu Sibel , Aytekin Özdemir Aynur , Oğul Tanju , Türkön Hakan , Atay Selma , Aşki Nesrin 
Published: May 2023

AbstractThis paper investigated the effect of kangaroo mother care (KMC) in the early postpartum period on cortisol levels and immune factors in breast milk. This quasi‐experimental study was conducted at the obstetrics clinic of a university hospital in western Türkiye. The sample consisted of 63 mothers and their infants. All mothers had a cesarean delivery. Participants were divided into control (n = 32) and experimental groups (n = 31). The control group received routine care at the clinic. The experimental group received KMC for the first 3 days after birth in addition to the routine care at the clinic. Milk samples were collected on the third day after delivery to examine cortisol, IgA, IgM, and IgG levels. All parameters were measured using the enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay method. The experimental group had lower cortisol levels (17.740 ± 1.438) than the control group (18.503 ± 1.449) (p < .05). This result showed that the difference between the two groups was clinically significant (effect size = .53). There was no significant difference in IgA, IgM, and IgG levels between the groups (p > .05). The experimental and control groups had similar immunological factors, but the former had lower cortisol levels than the latter. Therefore, healthcare professionals should encourage mothers to provide KMC to their infants as soon as possible.
Future research directions of the model marine tubeworm Hydroides elegans and synthesis of developmental staging of the complete life cycle
Authors: Nesbit Katherine T. , Shikuma Nicholas J. 
Published: May 2023

AbstractBackgroundThe biofouling marine tube worm, Hydroides elegans, is an indirect developing polychaete with significance as a model organism for questions in developmental biology and the evolution of host‐microbe interactions. However, a complete description of the life cycle from fertilization through sexual maturity remains scattered in the literature, and lacks standardization.Results and discussionHere, we present a unified staging scheme synthesizing the major morphological changes that occur during the entire life cycle of the animal. These data represent a complete record of the life cycle, and serve as a foundation for connecting molecular changes with morphology.ConclusionsThe present synthesis and associated staging scheme are especially timely as this system gains traction within research communities. Characterizing the Hydroides life cycle is essential for investigating the molecular mechanisms that drive major developmental transitions, like metamorphosis, in response to bacteria.
Histone acetyltransferases and histone deacetyl transferases play crucial role during oogenesis and early embryo development
Authors: Bozdemir Nazlican , Uysal Fatma 
Published: May 2023

SummaryDynamic epigenetic regulation is critical for proper oogenesis and early embryo development. During oogenesis, fully grown germinal vesicle oocytes develop to mature Metaphase II oocytes which are ready for fertilization. Fertilized oocyte proliferates mitotically until blastocyst formation and the process is called early embryo development. Throughout oogenesis and early embryo development, spatio‐temporal gene expression takes place, and this dynamic gene expression is controlled with the aid of epigenetics. Epigenetic means that gene expression can be altered without changing DNA itself. Epigenome is regulated through DNA methylation and histone modifications. While DNA methylation generally ends up with repression of gene expression, histone modifications can result in expression or repression depending on type of modification, type of histone protein and its specific residue. One of the modifications is histone acetylation which generally ends up with gene expression. Histone acetylation occurs through the addition of acetyl group onto amino terminal of the core histone proteins by histone acetyltransferases (HATs). Contrarily, histone deacetylation is associated with repression of gene expression, and it is catalyzed by histone deacetylases (HDACs). This review article focuses on what is known about alterations in the expression of HATs and HDACs and emphasizes importance of HATs and HDACs during oogenesis and early embryo development.
Spatio‐temporal control of targeted gene expression in combination with CRISPR/Cas and Tet‐On systems in Medaka
Authors: Kayo Daichi , Kimura Sayaka , Yamazaki Touko , Naruse Kiyoshi , Takeuchi Hideaki , Ansai Satoshi 
Published: May 2023

SummarySpatial and temporal control of transgene expression is a powerful approach to understand gene functions in specific cells and tissues. The Tet‐On system is a robust tool for controlling transgene expression spatially and temporally; however, few studies have examined whether this system can be applied to postembryonic stages of Medaka (Oryzias latipes) or other fishes. Here, we first improved a basal promoter sequence on the donor vector for a nonhomologous end joining (NHEJ)‐based knock‐in (KI) system. Next, using transgenic Medaka for establishing the Tet‐On system by KI, we demonstrated that doxycycline administration for four or more days by feeding can be a stable and efficient method to achieve expression of the transduced reporter gene in adult fish. From these analyses, we propose an optimized approach for a spatio‐temporal gene‐expression system in the adult stage of Medaka and other small fishes.
Damage detection based on stiffness identification in time domain for poly‐linear hysteresis using sparse modeling
Authors: Nabeshima Kunihiko 
Published: May 2023

AbstractThe physical parameter identification of the dynamic mechanical model, such as stiffness identification, provides some valuable information for detecting post‐earthquake damage to building structures. During an earthquake, tracking changes in stiffness on the skeleton curve can be effective. It would also be helpful as an approximate evaluation if the method could be applied to structures with arbitrary poly‐linear hysteresis characteristics. However, previous research has not identified any poly‐linear hysteresis characteristics in a unified formulation. This paper proposes a new stiffness identification method in the time domain for building structures with any poly‐linear hysteresis characteristics using sparse modeling. The validity of the proposed method was investigated through numerical simulations and a full‐scale shaking table test.
Creating collaborative spaces to practice praxis
Authors: Triana Claudia , Bowman Alison , Bowman Nicole , Davis Ja'Dell , Forbes Jacquie , Fuller Regina , Good Annalee , Hernandez Anthony , Hook Tyler , Reeves Marlo , Rodriguez‐Escutia Yasmin , Symonette Hazel , Westaby Katelyn A. , Williams Troy 
Published: May 2023

AbstractThis chapter presents a call to action grounded in a graduate student clinical program at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) at the University of Wisconsin‐Madison. The WCER Clinical Program (wcerclinicalprogram.org) creates a reciprocal space where graduate students and community‐based partners develop and practice connections between research, evaluation, practice, and policy through applied projects in the community, in real time, in real contexts, and with real impact. The Evaluation Clinic evolved from two primary needs: systematic and applied learning in Culturally Responsive and Equitable Evaluation (CREE) for graduate students in the School of Education; and accessible, high‐quality evaluation from WCER for local community‐based partners. Our ultimate vision is that people and organizations have the capacity to critically reflect on and mobilize knowledge to support equitable opportunities and outcomes.
Undergraduate certificate in community‐based assessment and evaluation
Authors: Sperling Rick , Márquez‐Muñoz Jessica 
Published: May 2023

AbstractUndergraduate education is not typically considered an appropriate space for educating future evaluators. In this chapter, we challenge this assumption by explaining how one such program, the academic certificate in Community‐Based Assessment and Evaluation (CBAE), has produced multiple cohorts of well‐trained students. We describe the impetus for starting CBAE, its philosophical orientation and curricular requirements, our available resources, and the challenges we faced in ensuring its successful implementation. Through dogged determination and a commitment to our students and our surrounding communities, CBAE has emerged as a legitimate training ground for aspiring evaluators and an essential element to our institution's commitment to serving Mexican American students. We hope that reading our story will open educators to the idea that undergraduates are capable of achieving competence and that local communities benefit from the next generation of culturally responsive evaluators.
Kinship pathways: Nurturing and sustaining resilient, responsible, and respected indigenous evaluators
Authors: Dodge Francis Carolee , Bowman Nicole , King Sutton 
Published: May 2023

AbstractIn this chapter, we reflect upon the historical context and intersection of kinship and its relationality to Indigenous evaluators and their path to the evaluation profession. Indigenous evaluators with Indigenous lens perspectives are crucial to the field of evaluation. Our ability to ensure the success of current and future Indigenous evaluators requires that we reflect and examine both evaluation and Indigenous experience through an Indigenous lens. Our narrative concludes with suggestions that we move past the status quo of evaluation learning and teaching and embrace the concept of kinship as a component of addressing this complex and challenging issue within the field of evaluation.
Moving beyond methods training: Key directions for decolonizing evaluation education in the global south
Authors: Dighe Satlaj 
Published: May 2023

AbstractWhile effective in imparting skills and competencies required for donor‐centric evaluations, the present system of evaluation education in the Global South adds little to the development of Indigenous evaluation theory and practice. As education is the primary tool for building evaluators’ capacity to construct knowledge situated in local epistemologies and culture, deconstructing the colonial character of education is the first step toward the decolonization of evaluation practice. The chapter first discusses the importance of disrupting the colonial episteme as a core feature of the decolonization process. Next, it explores the coloniality of the present education system in Global South evaluation and its implication for the evaluation field. The chapter then proposes five key strategic directions for decolonizing evaluation education and reinstating the voice and agency of Global South communities in the evaluation process: (1) transforming evaluation education to prioritize the learning needs of field‐based organizations, (2) strengthening access to evaluation education for grassroots communities, (3) acknowledging the primacy of local languages in building transformative knowledge, (4) reimagining evaluation educators, and (5) recognizing internal colonialism and social justice in the evaluation curriculum.
Early cortical oligodendrocyte precursor cells are transcriptionally distinct and lack synaptic connections
Authors: Vana Natascha S. , van Loo Karen M. J. , van Waardenberg Ashley J. , Tießen Monika , Cases‐Cunillera Silvia , Sun Wenjing , Quatraccioni Anne , Schoch Susanne , Dietrich Dirk 
Published: May 2023

AbstractOligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs) generate oligodendrocytes, a process that may be tuned by neuronal activity, possibly via synaptic connections to OPCs. However, a developmental role of synaptic signaling to OPCs has so far not been shown unequivocally. To address this question, we comparatively analyzed functional and molecular characteristics of highly proliferative and migratory OPCs in the embryonic brain. Embryonic OPCs in mice (E18.5) shared the expression of voltage‐gated ion channels and their dendritic morphology with postnatal OPCs, but almost completely lacked functional synaptic currents. Transcriptomic profiling of PDGFRα+ OPCs revealed a limited abundance of genes coding for postsynaptic signaling and synaptogenic cell adhesion molecules in the embryonic versus the postnatal period. RNA sequencing of single OPCs showed that embryonic synapse‐lacking OPCs are found in clusters distinct from postnatal OPCs and with similarities to early progenitors. Furthermore, single‐cell transcriptomics demonstrated that synaptic genes are transiently expressed only by postnatal OPCs until they start to differentiate. Taken together, our results indicate that embryonic OPCs represent a unique developmental stage biologically resembling postnatal OPCs but without synaptic input and a transcriptional signature in the continuum between OPCs and neural precursors.
Neural similarity in nucleus accumbens during decision‐making for the self and a best friend: Links to adolescents' self‐reported susceptibility to peer influence and risk taking
Authors: Dai Junqiang , Kwon Seh‐Joo , Prinstein Mitchell J. , Telzer Eva H. , Lindquist Kristen A. 
Published: May 2023

AbstractAdolescence is marked by increased peer influence on risk taking; however, recent literature suggests enormous individual variation in peer influence susceptibility to risk‐taking behaviors. The current study uses representation similarity analysis to test whether neural similarity between decision‐making for self and peers (i.e., best friends) in a risky context is associated with individual differences in self‐reported peer influence susceptibility and risky behaviors in adolescents. Adolescent participants (N = 166, Mage = 12.89) completed a neuroimaging task in which they made risky decisions to receive rewards for themselves, their best friend, and their parents. Adolescent participants self‐reported peer influence susceptibility and engagement in risk‐taking behaviors. We found that adolescents with greater similarity in nucleus accumbens (NACC) response patterns between the self and their best friend reported greater susceptibility to peer influence and increased risk‐taking behaviors. However, neural similarity in ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) was not significantly associated with adolescents' peer influence susceptibility and risk‐taking behaviors. Further, when examining neural similarity between adolescents' self and their parent in the NACC and vmPFC, we did not find links to peer influence susceptibility and risk‐taking behaviors. Together, our results suggest that greater similarity for self and friend in the NACC is associated with individual differences in adolescents' peer influence susceptibility and risk‐taking behaviors.
‘If you want something to happen, you have to do it yourself’: Understanding rural Australian's perspectives of health volunteering
Authors: Polson Bianca , Crozier Alyson J. , Dollman Jim , Gunn Kate M. 
Published: May 2023

AbstractIssue AddressedRurality is associated with poorer health outcomes and access to health services, yet a strength of rural living includes community cohesion indicated by high rates of volunteering. While volunteerism is an effective means to target health needs in resource‐restricted contexts, research on volunteerism to address rural Australian health needs is limited. This research aimed to explore rural adults' perspectives of volunteerism in local activities and programs that had a direct health related benefit (health volunteering).MethodsEight people from the Murray Mallee region of South Australia participated during April 2021, ranging in age from 32 to 75 years. Participants were invited to one‐on‐one interviews that occurred via a phone call or teleconference meeting, which were audio‐recorded and transcribed verbatim to facilitate thematic analysis.ResultsSeven main themes emerged. Participants identified that (1) health volunteering takes many forms, (2) health volunteering affords local ownership and accessibility, (3) health volunteers have particular skills and values, but also (4) gain social benefits and learn new skills. Rural health volunteering was also associated with (5) a variety of personal costs, and (6) there are several environmental barriers and (7) facilitators to rural health volunteering that should be considered when designing health programs.ConclusionResults provide insight into how rural communities can enhance the development and application of volunteering roles to support health volunteering.So What?Including local champions, reducing the financial burden and developing support networks for volunteers are practical suggestions to enhance levels of volunteering for health in rural settings.
Video‐based behavioral change communication to change consumption patterns: Experimental evidence from urban Ethiopia
Authors: Abate Gashaw T. , Baye Kaleab , de Brauw Alan , Hirvonen Kalle , Wolle Abdulazize 
Published: May 2023

AbstractPoor diet quality has been identified as a primary driver of malnutrition and increasing burden of noncommunicable diseases in low‐ and middle‐income countries. Low fruit and vegetable consumption contributes to poor diet quality. We experimentally assess whether videos embedded messages about increasing fruit and vegetable consumption affect consumption. Four months after viewing either a basic video or a video that explains why fruits and vegetables can improve health and nutrition outcomes, average household consumption of fruits and vegetables increased by about 9% in both treatment groups relative to the control group, both in kilocalorie and consumption expenditure terms.
“I love being in the outdoors”: A qualitative descriptive study of outdoor adventure education program components for adolescent wellbeing
Authors: Down Michael , Picknoll Duncan , Piggott Ben , Hoyne Gerard , Bulsara Caroline 
Published: May 2023

AbstractBackgroundThis qualitative descriptive study gauged the perceptions of adolescent focus group participants and outdoor adventure education teachers on their preferred program components to improve adolescent wellbeing during a secondary school outdoor adventure education program.MethodsFive student focus groups (N = 29) and four key informant interviews were conducted. Manual clustering of transcripts and template thematic analysis involving the development of a priori codes from interview questions resulted in an initial deductive code frame, followed by an inductive coding process.FindingsSix themes were developed, namely perceptions of the outdoors, motivators for participation, barriers to participation, staff traits, and ideal program components. The main findings were that self‐efficacy, resilience, and individual empowerment opportunities were highly valued. Students also valued autonomy and independence, which presented a challenge for teachers managing the risks of their programs. Social connections and relationships were also held in high regard.ContributionWhilst adrenalin‐fuelled adventurous activities such as white water canoeing or rock climbing were popular with students and staff, the most valued aspects of outdoor adventure education were the opportunities to develop relationships, build social connections, self‐efficacy, resilience, and a sense of individual empowerment. Greater access to this style of education for adolescent students from lower socio‐economic areas would be beneficial due to the extant “opportunity gap” for this population.
The role of bacterial infections in rheumatoid arthritis development and novel therapeutic interventions: Focus on oral infections
Authors: Afrasiabi Shima , Chiniforush Nasim , Partoazar Alireza , Goudarzi Ramin 
Published: May 2023

AbstractBackgroundRheumatoid arthritis (RA) represents a primary public health challenge, which is a major source of pain, disability, and socioeconomic effects worldwide. Several factors contribute to its pathogenesis. Infections are an important concern in RA patients, which play a key role in mortality risk. Despite major advances in the clinical treatment of RA, long‐term use of disease‐modifying anti‐rheumatic drugs can cause serious adverse effects. Therefore, effective strategies for developing novel prevention and RA‐modifying therapeutic interventions are sorely needed.ObjectiveThis review investigates the available evidence on the interplay between various bacterial infections, particularly oral infections and RA, and focuses on some potential interventions such as probiotics, photodynamic therapy, nanotechnology, and siRNA that can have therapeutic effects.
Connecting data for consumer preferences, food quality, and breeding in support of market‐oriented breeding of root, tuber, and banana crops
Authors: Arnaud Elizabeth , Menda Naama , Tran Thierry , Asiimwe Amos , Kanaabi Michael , Meghar Karima , Forsythe Lora , Kawuki Robert , Ellebrock Bryan , Kayondo Ismail Siraj , Agbona Afolabi , Zhang Xiaofei , Mendes Thiago , Laporte Marie‐Angélique , Nakitto Mariam , Ssali Reuben Tendo , Asfaw Asrat , Uwimana Brigitte , Ogbete Chukwudi E. , Makunde Godwill , Maraval Isabelle , Mueller Lukas A. , Bouniol Alexandre , Fauvelle Eglantine , Dufour Dominique 
Published: May 2023

AbstractThe 5‐year project ‘Breeding roots, tubers and banana products for end user preferences’ (RTBfoods) focused on collecting consumers' preferences on 12 food products to guide breeding programmes. It involved multidisciplinary teams from Africa, Latin America, and Europe. Diverse data types were generated on preferred qualities of users (farmers, family and entrepreneurial processors, traders or retailers, and consumers). Country‐based target product profiles were produced with a comprehensive market analysis, disaggregating gender's role and preferences, providing prioritised lists of traits for the development of new plant varieties. We describe the approach taken to create, in the roots, tubers, and banana breeding databases, a centralised and meaningful open access to sensory information on food products and genotypes. Biochemical, instrumental textural, and sensory analysis data are then directly connected to the specific plant record while user survey data, bearing personal information, were analysed, anonymised, and uploaded in a repository. Names and descriptions of food quality traits were added into the Crop Ontology for labelling data in the databases, along with the various methods of measurement used by the project. The development and application of standard operating procedures, data templates, and adapted trait ontologies improved the data quality and its format, enabling the linking of these to the plant material studied when uploaded in the breeding databases or in repositories. Some modifications to the database model were necessary to accommodate the food sensory traits and sensory panel trials. © 2023 The Authors. Journal of The Science of Food and Agriculture published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry.