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Postharvest effects of 1-MCP and Chitosan/Oleic acid coating in Pitaya (Stenocereus griseus H.)
Authors: Espinal-Hernández Prisma , Colinas-León María Teresa , Ybarra-Moncada Ma. Carmen , Méndez-Zúñiga Sergio M. , Corrales-García Joel 
Published: October 2022

Pitaya (Stenocereus griseus H.) is an exotic fruit produced in some regions of Mexico, where it is mainly consumed fresh and valued in local markets. Its pulp has an intense red color, sweet flavor, small and easily chewable seeds, and compounds with antioxidant capacity, such as betalains and phenolics, which confer the fruit an important nutraceutical value. Therefore, in selected markets, the price of pitaya is considered high. However, pitaya has big spines that cause consumer rejection, due to the possibility of puncture. The spines also make it difficult to handle pitaya and cause mechanical damages. These circumstances make it indispensable to remove the spines from the fruit, but collaterally, the shelf-life is decreased, and consequently, its commercialization in distant markets is more difficult. It has been reported that postharvest treatments, such as application of 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) and chitosan (Ch) coatings added with hydrophobic components like oleic acid (OA), aid in preserving the quality of several horticultural products, but this effect has not been studied in pitaya. In the present study, the effects of 1-MCP (4.2 µL L-1) and/or a coating prepared with 9.1 g L-1 of Ch + 6.4 mL L-1 of OA (CO) were evaluated over the quality of pitayas, which were previously despined (D) during refrigeration (11 ± 1 °C; 93 ± 2 % relative humidity (RH)) for 15 d. The quality parameters studied were respiration pattern, ethylene production, weight loss, titratable acidity, skin firmness, and total soluble solids (TSS). It was found that the respiration rate and ethylene production corresponded to the climacteric type, independently of the treatment.
The refrigeration conditions, minimized notoriously the weight loss of the fruits of practically all treatments. CO alone maintained the quality parameters and delayed the appearance of fungi, extending the shelf-life of despined pitayas up to 15 d. However, 1-MCP alone was not capable of preserving the evaluated quality parameters. The best treatment was D+CO+1-MCP, since it reduced notoriously the respiration and ethylene production rates, and inhibited loss of skin firmness, TSS, and acidity of the fruit. The results obtained herein are a progress in the limited knowledge of the postharvest physiology of pitaya fruit. More research is needed to deepen this knowledge and to optimize the postharvest handling of pitaya, in order to develop its market at global level for the benefit of producers and consumers.
Chemical profiling of Trichocereus species from northern Argentina
Authors: Barbarich María Florencia , Martínez Marisa , Reñones Laura , Soto Ignacio M. 
Published: October 2022

The first nutritional profiling of all Trichocereus species of columnar cacti from northern Argentina is reported. Commonly called ‘cardones’ by locals, they are iconic elements of the flora and cultural heritage in the region. A general chemical characterization of the four species (T. atacamensis, T. terschekii, T. tarijensis and T.schikendatzii) was performed. Stem tissues for each species in terms of humidity, ash, protein content, carbohydrates, and reducing sugars, as well as phenols and anti-radical activity were profiled. The results constitute an advance in terms of general knowledge of these vulnerable and exploited Andean cacti and will contribute to ponder the most appropriate method of conservation and the possibility of bioprospecting and regulating its sustainable use.
A vueltas con la Reconvención
Authors: Ríos Muñoz Luis Patricio 
Published: October 2022

El presente artículo repasa los orígenes, concepto, procedencia y requisitos de la demanda reconvencional, figura que ha sido olvidada por la doctrina y no muy tratada por la jurisprudencia, al punto que no se ha puesto de relieve uno de los mayores inconvenientes que presenta su fase de substanciación. Al respecto, se entrelaza su origen con la compensación, su concepto al Derecho francés, y se justifica la conexidad para su procedencia.
Infrared Clinical Thermography: Normal Foot Growth Parameters
Authors: Moreno Paula Cobos , Picado Alvaro Astasio , Quintana Rodrigo Martínez , Martin Beatriz Gómez 
Published: October 2022

Background: Clinical thermography is a relatively novel technique in wide use in different medical fields because of its versatility and ease of application. It inflicts no pain and entails no contact with the pediatric patient, which assuages anxiety and fear in patients when undergoing diagnostic exploration. The use of infrared clinical thermography being suggested herein is to establish normality patterns, which have not been described in the relevant literature. These patterns may be extrapolated to pathologic study by means of future research lines.
Methods: An observational, cross-sectional study (descriptive in nature) was performed with a sample population of 328 children divided into two age groups: 6 to 7 years and 13 to 16 years, all of them schooled in the province of Cáceres in Spain. The variables analyzed herein were age, sex, and temperature. A thermographic camera was used to study foot temperature.
Results: Results show that the temperature varies among the different study areas established for the foot, although they remain constant bilaterally. In addition, the highest temperature was found in the area of the first metatarsal head (29.8°C), and the lowest at the heel (28.8°C).
Conclusions: It can be concluded that both feet have the same thermal behavior despite the variation in temperature among the different areas that were established in the foot for the purposes of this study.
The Great Easter
Authors: Besse Jacques 
Published: October 2022

A hallucinating, insomniac, and increasingly fragile flaneur wanders the streets of Paris over the long Easter weekend of 1960.
Paris, Easter weekend 1960. The French composer Jacques Besse sets out on a marathon stroll through the city that begins on Good Friday, when he leaves his brother's house on rue de Turbigo, and ends on Easter Monday, when, having declared himself Mars, the god of war, to mystified restaurant-goers, he ambles back toward Saint-Germain-des-Prés. The Great Easter—a memoir in the form of a novella, or perhaps a novella in the form of a memoir—is the first-person account of a hallucinating, insomniac, and increasingly fragile flaneur's unending ambulation.
The Great Easter was first published in French in 1969 and became famous a few years later when in their milestone work Anti-Oedipus Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari referred to Besse's walk as the quintessential “double stroll of the schizo.” (Besse was a patient at Guattari's psychiatric clinic La Borde.) Besse's stroll purées past and present, real and not-real: a rendezvous with a prostitute intersects with Sergei Eisenstein and his entourage, a bellowed song about the sea is overwhelmed by “memories” of the 1830 July Revolution, and the entire universe gathers itself up into a bubble above Gare d'Austerlitz. He is seized by anxiety, released by joy; he announces his cosmic celebrity via a huge (imaginary) television while freezing in the night and calling out for bread. A cult favorite in France, The Great Easter is an engrossing, surreal road movie of a book
Zickzack
Authors: Firebrace William 
Published: October 2022

Zigzagging through six locations on the edges of the German-speaking world, exploring them through politics, architecture, literature, film, art, music, food, and history.
“Zickzack” is the German word for “zigzag”: hopping around, moving back and forth, never following a straight line, avoiding the monotony of one thing following another. Zickzack is William Firebrace's zigzagging exploration of six places on the edges of the German-speaking world. Deploying essays, narration, conversations, descriptions, and lists, Firebrace celebrates locations on defined and undefined borders, where cultures, languages, and histories mix. In his nonlinear wandering, he touches on ethnicity, topography, history, film, literature, myth, languages, and gastronomy.
These locales are not the famous cities of Berlin, Vienna, and Zurich, but areas that straddle countries, geographies, and influences. Two are within Germany itself, one lies on (and over) the border with Poland, and three were once within the loose German cultural zone but now belong to other countries. Firebrace explores Strasbourg, capital of Alsace and part of a long-running territorial dispute between France and Germany; Königsberg, which spent some of the twentieth century as Kaliningrad; and Görlitz and Zgorcelec, twin cities on either side of a river. He plays hopscotch with churches in Backstein and takes a train trip past cities with double names—Sterzing-Vipiteno, Brixen-Bressanone, Klausen-Chiusa, signs of the double culture, where everything happens twice but in a slightly different way. In the zigzags of the German-speaking world, the original culture sometimes survives, sometimes is deliberately destroyed, sometimes merges with other cultures, and often, if submerged, resurfaces in a different form.
Factors Impacting the Acceptance Level of Insurance Policies by Small and Medium Enterprises in Sri Lanka
Authors: Thathsarani U. G. S. , Wijayasinghe Sachin 
Published: October 2022

Aim: The focus of this study is to provide insight into the acceptance level of insurance policies by Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Sri Lanka.
Study Design: Quantitative research strategy was incorporated into the study.
Place and Duration of Study: Owners, managers, and employees of SMEs were identified as respondents for this study, between June 2020 and July 2021.
Methodology: This study was conducted based on Primary Data gathered by distributing questionnaires. The sample profile is tested through frequency analysis. To evaluate the goodness of data, the reliability and validity of the measurement items are utilized. Here factor analysis, average variance extracted, Cronbach’s alpha values, and discriminant validity are tested. The multiple regression analysis is utilized to determine whether Lack of awareness, High premium cost and paperwork, Experience and beliefs, Low-Income level, Lack of knowledge, and lack of relationship between SMEs and Insurance companies affect the acceptance level of insurance by SMEs in Sri Lanka.
Results: The overall results of the hypothesis of the study are presented based on multiple regression analysis. Sig. (p) values of Lack of Awareness (p =.010), Experience and Beliefs (p =.002), Low Income Level (p =.000), and Lack of Knowledge (p =.000). The findings revealed that Lack of Awareness, Experience, and beliefs, Low-income level and Lack of knowledge of SMEs have a significant impact on the acceptance level of insurance policies by SMEs.
Conclusion: Lack of Awareness, Experience and beliefs, Low-Income level, and Lack of knowledge has caused to inhibit acceptance level of insurance policies by SMEs. In designing insurance plans for SMEs, these factors should be taken into account by Insurance providers.
Effect of Non-Chemical Weed Management Approaches on Yield and Nutrient Uptake in High Density Planting of Cotton in Vertisol of Northern Karnataka
Authors: Shankar Kamble Anand , Channabasavanna A. S. 
Published: October 2022

In order to investigate the impact of non-chemical eco-friendly weed management strategies on the yield, nutrient uptake, and soil balance of high density planting cotton in deep vertisols, a field experiment was carried out in 2017 and 2018 at the Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, UAS, Raichur. Three replications were used in the experiment's Randomized Completely Block Design layout. There were 14 different interventions used, including polythene mulch, paddy straw mulch, cotton stalk mulch, intercropping with green manures at a 1:1 ratio (sunnhemp and cowpea), four different botanical extracts at 20% as PE (Eucalyptus sp., Prosopis juliflora extract, Cassia tora, and Parthenium hysterophorus), mechanical, cultural, and their combination, in comparison to weed-free check. Three replicated randomised complete block design was used to conduct the experiment. The two years pooled data showed that, compared to the other treatments, weed free check had a significantly higher seed cotton production (1,722 kg /ha). It was then followed by Cotton + Sunnhemp (1:1) in-situ mulching at 45 DAS (1299 kg /ha), pendimethalin 38.7 CS @ 680 g a.i./ha as PE fb pyrithiobac sodium 10 EC 75 g a.i./ha + quizolofop ethyl 37.5 g a.i./ha at 25 DAS as PoE (1274 kg /ha), The environmentally friendly treatments, such as cotton + sunnhemp (1:1) and in-situ mulching at 45 DAS, mulching with black polythene sheet, cotton + cowpea (1:1) and in-situ mulching at 45 DAS, and others, were on par with weed free check and may be suggested since they were the best options.
Cross-sectional Comparison of Disparities by Race Using White vs Hispanic as Reference Among Children and Youths With Developmental Disabilities Referred for Speech Therapy
Authors: Elliott Thomas , Floyd James Kortney , Coleman Karen J. , Skrine Jeffers Kia , Nau Claudia L. , Choi Kristen 
Published: October 2022

ImportanceHealth care research on racial disparities among children and youths has historically used the White race as a reference category with which other racial and ethnic groups are compared, which may inadvertently set up Whiteness as a standard for health.ObjectiveTo compare 2 interpretations of an analysis of racial disparities in speech therapy receipt among children and youths with developmental disabilities: a traditional, White-referenced analysis and a Hispanic majority-referenced analysis.Design, Setting, and ParticipantsThis cross-sectional study used multiple logistic regression to analyze speech therapy referrals for children, adolescents, and transition age youths in an integrated health care system in Southern California from 2017 to 2020. Eligible participants were children and youths up to age 26 years with 1 or more diagnosed intellectual or developmental disability (eg, autism spectrum disorder, speech or language delay, developmental delay, Down syndrome, and others).ExposuresChild or youth race and ethnicity as reported by parents or caregivers (Asian, Black and African American, Hispanic and Latinx, American Indian or Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, White, multiple, and other).Main Outcomes and MeasuresReceipt of speech therapy within 1 year of referral.ResultsA total 66 402 referrals were included; 65 833 referrals (99.1%) were for children under age 17 years, 47 323 (71.3%) were for boys, and 39 959 (60.2%) were commercially insured. A majority of participants were identified as Hispanic (36 705 [55.3%]); 6167 (9.3%) were identified as Asian, 4810 (7.2%) as Black, and 14 951 (22.5%) as White. In the traditional racial disparities model where the reference category was White, referrals of children and youths who identified as Hispanic, Black, Pacific Islander, and other had lower odds of actual receipt of speech therapy compared with referrals for White children and youths (Hispanic: OR, 0.79; 95% CI, 0.75-0.83; Black: OR, 0.72; 95% CI, 0.66-0.78; Pacific Islander: OR, 0.74; 95% CI, 0.57-0.98). When using the majority race group (Hispanic) as the reference category, referrals for children and youths who identified as White (OR, 1.26; 95% CI, 1.20-1.30), Asian (OR, 1.21; 95% CI, 1.12-1.30), and multiracial (OR, 1.35; 95% CI, 1.08-1.71) had higher odds of resulting in actual service receipt in comparison with referrals for Hispanic children and youths.Conclusions and RelevanceThe cross-sectional study demonstrates the value of decentering Whiteness in interpreting racial disparities research and considering racial differences against multiple referents. Racial disparities researchers should consider investigating multiple between-group differences instead of exclusively using White as the default reference category.
Direct Writing Unclonable Watermarks with an Electrochemical Jet
Authors: Speidel Alistair , Bisterov Ivan , Clare Adam Thomas 
Published: October 2022

AbstractCounterfeit parts result in significant losses per annum and are often dangerous, therefore they represent a serious concern for manufacturers and end users alike. Easily written but unclonable watermarks undermine the proposition of the counterfeiter. Here, a rapid electrochemical jet engraving routine is presented to encode robust materials with self‐organized dendritic structures at length scales that can be imaged with a smartphone. Surface defects act as stochastically distributed seeds from which discrete pitting events can be propagated by translating the electrochemical field. While the vascular pathways can be directly written at the macro scale, the formation and propagation of microscale dendritic arms is chaotic, caused by the implicit randomness of the defect seeds and the supply of ions to the surface. The latter is confounded by random perturbations in the flow condition. Each engraved dendrite is unique, stable at high temperature (>500 °C) and can be subjected to rapid image recognition to allow individual mark identification at any point during part production and delivery, or through part lifetime.
Neuroprotective Treatments for Ischemic Stroke: Opportunities for Nanotechnology
Authors: Kong Jianglong , Chu Runxuan , Wang Yi 
Published: October 2022

AbstractStroke is one of the major causes of death and severe disability worldwide. At present, intravenous thrombolysis to restore blood flow at the ischemic part of the brain is the main treatment for ischemic stroke. However, even if patients are treated in time during the therapeutic window of thrombolytic drugs, thrombolysis causes a sharp increase in oxygen concentration at the injury site after ischemia–reperfusion, leading to the outbreak of free radicals, which further aggravates the brain injury. Neuroprotective therapy, which is combined with thrombolytic therapy, is an important treatment for ischemic stroke and metabolic disorders caused by ischemic brain injury. It can inhibit various types of cell necrosis, increase cell viability, delay neuronal death, and promote the recovery of neural functions. This review summarizes novel neuroprotective treatments for stroke, especially nanotechnology‐assisted advanced targeted therapies. Future prospects and challenges are also discussed for the development of neuroprotective nanomaterials.
Repair Strategies and Bioactive Functional Materials for Intervertebral Disc
Authors: Wu Di , Li Gaocai , Zhou Xingyu , Zhang Weifeng , Liang Huaizhen , Luo Rongjin , Wang Kun , Feng Xiaobo , Song Yu , Yang Cao 
Published: October 2022

AbstractIntervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration is the leading cause of low back pain, which represents a highly prevalent chronic aging‐associated disorder with a large socio‐economic burden and a great decline in the quality of life, contributing to the pressing need for IVD treatments. Thus, finding effective disease‐modifying approaches for postponing the progression of IVD degeneration and repairing degenerated intervertebral discs is of great importance, even facing various challengeable obstacles. Bioactive functional materials exhibit excellent advances in modulating cell activity and remodeling tissue homeostasis, which acts as a promising and accessible therapeutic approach to tissue repair and organ reconstruction. Recently, these have been notably explored to investigate bioactive functional materials‐based repair strategies for intervertebral disc recovery and regeneration, including cell‐based tissue engineering, the development of implants for disc recovery, and therapeutic methods for remodeling the functional integrity of the IVD. This review summarizes the advanced progress of bioactive functional materials in IVD repair and regeneration, and discusses their regulatory mechanisms, limitations, challenges as well as their clinical translational prospects in the future.
A Reverse‐Defect‐Engineering Strategy toward High Edge‐Nitrogen‐Doped Nanotube‐Like Carbon for High‐Capacity and Stable Sodium Ion Capture
Authors: Liang Mingxing , Liu Ningning , Zhang Xiaochen , Xiao Yi , Yang Jinhu , Yu Fei , Ma Jie 
Published: October 2022

AbstractDeveloping high‐performance defect‐rich carbon materials with abundant accessible active sites is exceedingly vital for electrochemical water desalination, but this still remains a significant challenge. Herein, a reverse‐defect‐engineering strategy is reported to synthesize high edge‐nitrogen‐doped nanotube‐like carbon through the annealing process of protonated g‐C3N4 under H2 atmosphere. The hydrogen bonds interaction between the proton and nitrogen atoms performs a crucial role in regulating nitrogen configurations. The nitrogen‐doped carbon obtained from HCl pretreatment (HCl‐NC) reduces the proportion of graphitic N and exhibits a high ratio of pyrrolic N to pyridinic N. Thus, the resulting synergetic structure of high edge‐type N and small graphitic carbon nanodomains ensures more accessible active sites and fast charge‐transfer kinetics simultaneously, contributing to high desalination capacity (100.3 mg g−1 at 1.2 V), fast time‐average specific adsorption rate (1.7 mg g−1 min−1), low energy consumption (82.9 kJ molNaCl−1), and superior cyclic stability (no signs of performance decay after long‐term cycling). The Na+‐intercalation mechanism and structure‐response relationship of HCl‐NC are revealed by the electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring and density functional theory calculations, respectively. This study provides a novel idea to modulate the nanotube‐like, nitrogen‐containing configurations for engineering carbon nanomaterials for advanced electrochemical applications.
Triarylboron‐Doped Acenethiophenes as Organic Sonosensitizers for Highly Efficient Sonodynamic Therapy with Low Phototoxicity
Authors: Liu Kanglei , Jiang Zhenqi , Zhao Fenggui , Wang Weizhi , Jäkle Frieder , Wang Nan , Tang Xiaoying , Yin Xiaodong , Chen Pangkuan 
Published: October 2022

AbstractThe development of efficient organic sonosensitizers is crucial for sonodynamic therapy (SDT) in the field of cancer treatment. Herein, a new strategy for the development of efficient organic sonosensitizers based on triarylboron‐doped acenethiophene scaffolds is presented. The attachment of boron to the linear acenethiophenes lowers the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) energy, resulting in redshifted absorptions and emissions. After encapsulation with the amphiphilic polymer DSPE‐mPEG2000, it is found that the nanostructured BAnTh‐NPs and BTeTh‐NPs (nanoparticles of BAnTh and BTeTh) shows efficient hydroxyl radical (•OH) generation under ultrasound (US) irradiation in aqueous solution with almost no phototoxicity, which can overcome the shortcomings of O2‐dependent SDT and avoid the potential cutaneous phototoxicity issue. In vitro and in vivo therapeutic results validate that boron‐doped acenethiophenes as sonosensitizers enable high SDT efficiency with low phototoxicity and good biocompatibility, indicating that boron‐functionalization of acenes is a promising strategy toward organic sonosensitizers for SDT.