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Arthropod communities and drivers of their species diversity and composition in caves
Authors: Băncilă Raluca Ioana , Nae Augustin , Giurginca Andrei , Nae Ioana , Nitzu Eugen , Ionut Popa , Baba Stefan Cӑtӑlin , Plăiaşu Rodica 
Published: July 2022

Understanding the drivers of diversity patterns in ecological communities remains a major challenge in ecology. Moreover, few studies have considered invertebrate or subterranean communities and little is known about which factors are responsible for structuring arthropod communities in caves. In this study we:

assessed the abundance, richness, and composition of arthropod communities from eight caves located in Banat and Mehedinti region, Romania; and

determined whether altitude, cave physical characteristics (temperature, relative humidity, light intensity) and features (cave extension, hight, width, heterogeneity, substrate (wall versus floor)) influence cave arthropod communities along the horizontal development of the cave (i.e. from the cave entrance, through the intermediate zone, to the aphotic zone).

assessed the abundance, richness, and composition of arthropod communities from eight caves located in Banat and Mehedinti region, Romania; and
determined whether altitude, cave physical characteristics (temperature, relative humidity, light intensity) and features (cave extension, hight, width, heterogeneity, substrate (wall versus floor)) influence cave arthropod communities along the horizontal development of the cave (i.e. from the cave entrance, through the intermediate zone, to the aphotic zone).
Overall, 89 species were found, of which three were obligate subterranean dwellers and 17 were endemic species. Species abundance distributions showed evident variation in species numbers among cave zones and between the wall and floor substrate. Species abundance was influenced by cave extension, relative humidity and light intensity. Species richness was related to cave extension while relative humidity and cave heterogeneity affected the species diversity. The results also indicated differences in species abundance, richness and diversity among cave zones and between substrate types. The arthropod community structure and composition was determined by altitude, relative humidity, temperature and substrate. The floor and wall substrate had different species composition while the species composition of the three cave zones largely overlapped. We conclude that several biotic and abiotic factors explain the diversity and composition of cave arthropods communities and that our results may be relevant to other types of island-like habitats.
Jugatala cribelliger (Berlese, 1904) a new oribatid mite species for the Romanian fauna
Authors: Nae Ioana , Nae Augustin , Maraun Mark 
Published: July 2022

Jugatala cribelliger (Berlese, 1904) = Mycobates (Calyptozetes) cribelliger Subias, 2004 was found for the first time in the Romanian fauna. The species was identified using Electronic Microscope images. The species has an unknown habitat (Fischer and Schatz 2013) and is distributed in Northern Italy—Prov. Bolzano, Trento; Austria, Switzerland—Grisons; Iberian Peninsula. The specimen was collected form MSS (Mesovoid Shallow Substratum) from Piatra Craiului Mountains, Central Carpathians, Romania, in drillings used for sampling the alpine scree from Marele Grohotis, at an altitude of 1579 m. The combination of following characters of adults is considered as diagnostic features for Jugatala: rostrum rounded; lamella narrow to wide, with cuspides and translamella; lamellar cuspides without lateral and median dens or with minute lateral dens; bothridium cup shaped; sensillus with capitate or clavate head, rounded distally; tutorium narrow, with cusp pointed distally; notogaster with pteromorphs curved ventrally, line of desclerotization absent; lenticulus present or absent; 10 or 11 pairs of notogastral setae, dp present or absent; four to seven pairs of notogastral porose areas; six pairs of genital setae; all legs heterotridactylous; tibia I with dorsodistal apophysis bearing solenidion φ2; seta l” of tibiae and genua I–IV thick, heavily barbed (Bayartogtokh and Schatz 2008).
With a distribution in Central and south-western Europe, Jugatala cribelliger (Berlese, 1904) is first recorded in the Carpathians, from Piatra Craiului Mountains in MSS, a subterranean environment.
Preliminary data on the bacterial diversity of Dobšinská and Demänovská ice caves (Slovakia)
Authors: Haidău Cătălina , Nováková Alena , Cunningham Mark , Allenby Alexander , Kumaresan Deepak , Hillebrand-Voiculescu Alexandra 
Published: July 2022

Our work brings preliminary data on the diversity of microorganisms in Dobšinská and Demänovská ice caves (Slovakia). The caves are located at about 80 km from each other. Demänovská Ice Cave is part of the Demänovské caves system, located in the Demänovská Valley in the Low Tatras National Park. Dobšinská Ice Cave (969m asl), is part of the Stratená Cave System, located on the south-western edge of the Slovak Paradise National Park in the Spiš-Gemer karst. Both caves have been opened for the public during the last decades of the 19th century and are presently intensively visited by tourists [in 2014 alone, Demänovská ice cave was visited by 70,769 tourists (Nudziková 2018)].
There are few reports on the biocenosis of these two caves, the available data referring mainly to the invertebrate fauna (Papáč et al. 2019). In what concerns the microorganisms, up to our investigation, in focus have been only the fungi. Thus, in Dobšinská Ice Cave was reported the presence of species such as Botrytis cinerea and Aspergillus fumigatus isolated from bat guano (Nováková 2006) and the abundance of fungi outside and inside the cave was compared while from Demänovská Ice Cave, based on ITS sequences, Ogórek et al. (2018) reports on the phenotypic and genotypic diversity of airborne fungal spores.
Our work complements these two studies adding data on the bacterial diversity from different parts of the two caves and depending on the substrate types (ice blocks and/or sediments).
Using Sanger sequencing of the 16S amplicons from DNA isolated from pure bacterial cultures obtained from ice and/or sediments of Demänovská and Dobšinská Ice Caves, we identified 7 and respectively 12 species of bacteria. Surprisingly, only two species where common to both caves. In both Demänovská Ice Cave and Dobšinská Ice Cave the bacterial communities were dominated by Acinetobacter and Bacillus. Beside the identification of the main bacterial groups present in the underground habitats, Illumina sequencing enabled us to build genus heatmaps for the caves, allowing for comparision between various segments of each cave in relation with the specific climate features. When compared, the different types of samples (water, sediment, ice) showed different abundance of bacteria, ice diversity being greater than sediment/water diversity in both Dobšinska and Demänovská ice caves. The chemical composition of the samples (ice and water) is also discussed.
This work is the first to bring insights on the bacterial diversity of Demänovská and Dobšinská Ice Caves and we appreciate what it opens new directions of research not only on the evolution of the microbial communities in relation to the climate changes occurred in past times, but also on how intense visiting affects the structures of the microorganisms communities.
The ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) from the René Jeannel collection of the Babeș-Bolyai University Zoological Museum, Romania
Authors: Sitar Cristian , Iacob Geanina , Kenesz Marius , Moldovan Oana Teodora 
Published: July 2022

This paper reviews the ground beetles from René Jeannel collection which is preserved in Zoological Museum of Babeș-Bolyai University.
The illustrious coleopterologist, René Jeannel was a French entomologist, who worked between 1920-1930 as Deputy Director of the Institute of Speleology founded by Emil Racovitza, the first institute of its kind in the world. He was also a professor of general biology at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Cluj Napoca. As well, in that period he published numerous articles on the systematics, phylogeny, biogeography and evolution of cave and endogenous beetles. In 1931, R. Jeannel left Romania to start working at the Muséum National d'histoire naturelle, whose director he was between 1945 -1951.
During the 10 years of activity in Romania, he created and organized an important collection of ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae). The total number of prepared and labeled specimens is 1672. The material was collected between 1921-1927, mostly in Transylvania, Romania.
The collection includes 182 species from 56 genera and contains rare or endemic species. Among the endemic species we list: Pterostichus bielzii (Fuss, 1858), endemic to the Apuseni mountains, is present in the collection from 13 different locations; Nebria (Nebria) transsylvanica Germar, 1823, an endemic species in the Romanian Carpathians and in the southern part of the Carpathians in Ukraine; Platynus (Batenus) banaticus (I.Frivaldszky von Frivald, 1865) present in the collection from 3 locations.
For the genus Carabus, representative species are Carabus (Megodontus) planicollis Küster, 1846, endemic species in Romania, and the Natura 2000 species Carabus variolosus Fabricius, 1787 and Carabus (Procerus) gigas (Creutzer, 1799).
Among the Trechinae the most representative are the genus Duvalius, with four species: Duvalius cognatus subsp. longicollis Jeannel, 1928, D. laevigatus (Bokor, 1913), D. budae subsp. dioszeghyi Mallasz, 1928 and D. hegeduesii subsp. jonescoi (Jeannel, 1919), and the genus Trechus with 7 species, of which 3 are endemic in Romania: T. bannaticus Dejean, 1831, T. biharicus Meixner, 1912, and T. marginalis Schaum, 1862.
The collection is a very valuable one, both from a historical and scientific point of view, because it offers an overview of the diversity and distribution of carabids in the karst areas of Romania, at the beginning of the 20th century.
Speleomics: omics insights into subterranean ecosystems
Authors: Flot Jean-François 
Published: July 2022

The vocable 'omics' encompasses genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics. All these subfields deal with what used to be called "big data" that describe complex interactions. What can be the use of such highly sophisticated approaches when dealing with caves and other subterranean environments? Are subterranean ecosystems omics-worth?
Throughout this presentation, I will discuss recent, ongoing and planned studies when I used, use or will be using omics approach to shed light on the biology and biodiversity of cave ecosystems, as well as on the often invisible interspecific interactions they help reveal. Far from replacing traditional taxonomy and naturalist approaches to cave studies, I propose to blend them with omics to gain a more holistic understanding of subterranean ecosystem. I dub this brave new field 'speleomics'.
Plus qu’un effet de frontière. Politisation ordinaire et luttes d’appartenance dans une commune frontalière suisse
Authors: Clément Garance , Gumy Alexis 
Published: July 2022

Le fait de vivre à proximité d’une frontière nationale peut-il avoir des effets sur la politisation des individus ? En cherchant à répondre à cette question, cet article invite à déconstruire certaines approches des Border Studies européennes prêtant à la frontière un rôle majeur dans la construction des comportements politiques. À partir d’une enquête localisée menée auprès de propriétaires du canton de Genève, il montre plutôt comment les effets du contexte frontalier varient selon les trajectoires d’ancrage et les positions occupées dans les luttes d’appartenance locales. Il propose également de voir la frontière comme un support de politisation ordinaire, mobilisé dans les rapports entre différentes fractions de la population locale. Il conclut que la frontière n’est pas un déterminant spatial mais l’une des « médiations localisées » pouvant participer de la construction des attitudes et des pratiques politiques.
Et si le surfeur des plus grosses vagues au monde était une femme ? La subversion de la bi-catégorisation sexuée par les pionnières du surf xxl
Authors: Schmitt Anne , Bohuon Anaïs 
Published: July 2022

Lors de l’hiver 2020, alors que la course au record de la plus grosse vague jamais surfée fait rage, Maya Gabeira et Justine Dupont surpassent les hommes. Pourtant, l’accès des femmes aux compétitions de grosses vagues est récent et résulte d’une bataille menée par les pionnières de cette discipline. Cet article retrace d’abord le parcours des pionnières du surf XXL et dévoile les fondements de la construction institutionnelle des catégories de sexe dans le surf. En effet, les difficultés rencontrées par ces surfeuses à leur entrée dans les compétitions classiques illustrent les injonctions à la féminité faites aux corps des surfeuses. Plutôt que d’encourager les surfeuses à exceller sur les vagues, le sponsoring – la source de rémunération principale de ces sportives – impose à leur corps des normes idéalement conventionnelles de la féminité entrant en contradiction avec un corps performant, musclé, (sur)entraîné et puissant. De ce fait, les différences supposées « naturelles » sont alors érigées comme preuve et justification d’une bi-catégorisation sexuée qui est, en définitive, construite et réifiée. Cet article montre ensuite de quelle manière le surf XXL fonctionne pour ces surfeuses comme une échappatoire où les performances sportives l’emportent sur les performances de genre. Pourtant, alors que l’égalisation des performances féminines et masculines vient bousculer la bi-catégorisation sexuée, l’interprétation genrée des exploits et des échecs et le maintien des catégories de sexe continuent d’entretenir une séparation sportive entre hommes et femmes.
L’engagement des patients dans la formation des étudiants en soins infirmiers : une étude exploratoire
Authors: Questroy Magalie , Margat Aurore , Gross Olivia , Marchand Claire 
Published: July 2022

Contexte : la formation initiale des professionnels de santé peut être un levier au développement de la démocratie en santé si l’engagement des patients dans ces formations est suffisant. Objectifs : décrire le niveau d’engagement des patients dans quelques instituts de formation en soins infirmiers et comprendre ce qui motive et ce qui freine cet engagement. Méthode : étude exploratoire basée sur des entretiens auprès de cinq patients formateurs et de huit formateurs en IFSI. L’analyse des niveaux d’engagement des patients s’est basée en partie sur l’échelle de Carman et sur le modèle de Montréal. Résultats : deux tendances ont été dégagées de cette première étude : un engagement patient de type consultation, et un engagement de type partenarial où le patient est impliqué dans la coconstruction pédagogique sur quelques unités d’enseignement et non sur l’ensemble de la formation. Les éléments favorisant l’engagement des patients étaient liés à la motivation des deux protagonistes, l’accompagnement et les modalités de recrutement des patients. À l’inverse, un manque de motivation institutionnelle, un recrutement trop exigeant, l’absence de rémunération et l’inaccessibilité des locaux pouvaient constituer des freins à l’engagement des patients. Conclusion : l’engagement des patients dans la formation initiale en santé doit être réfléchi sur l’ensemble du curriculum et formalisé.
Ressources personnelles utilisées par les infirmiers inscrits dans un cursus en pratique avancée lors de la pandémie de coronavirus en France : une recherche mixte séquentielle
Authors: Druart Marie-Charlotte , Blanchard Pierre-Yves 
Published: July 2022

Introduction : début 2020, l’état d’urgence sanitaire est déclaré en France suite à l’émergence d’une pandémie au SARS-CoV-2. Contexte : les infirmiers inscrits dans un parcours de pratique avancée ont mobilisé leurs compétences pendant cette crise en s’appuyant sur les ressources disponibles. Objectifs : analyser les ressources personnelles utilisées par ces infirmiers dans le processus de mobilisation des compétences, lors de la crise sanitaire. Méthode : recherche mixte séquentielle quantitative puis qualitative auprès des infirmiers français inscrits dans un cursus de pratique avancée. Résultats : il émerge deux groupes d’activité pour ces infirmiers : en première ligne en service Covid, et la coordination. Il semble y avoir plus d’opportunités d’utiliser les compétences spécifiques à la pratique avancée en coordination. Discussion : les stratégies d’ajustement au stress (coping et hardiesse) favorisent l’engagement des infirmiers dans leur pratique professionnelle. Les savoirs disciplinaires participent à l’enrichissement des connaissances nécessaires à la mobilisation des compétences. Conclusion : de futures recherches devraient explorer les ressources et la mobilisation des compétences dans l’implantation des infirmiers en pratique avancée.
Tests of durable Nzi traps for horseflies (Diptera: Tabanidae) in the United States of America, the Sudan, and the Philippines
Authors: Mihok Steve , Sakolsky-Hoopes Gabrielle , Morris Bart , Dargantes Alan , Mohamed-Ahmed Mohamed M. 
Published: July 2022

AbstractDurable materials for Nzi traps were tested in three applied settings based on promising formats that were tested first in Canada. Experiments were conducted at Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States of America at the site of a major tabanid control programme and at two challenging tropical locations (Sudan and Philippines) where mechanical transmission of trypanosomiasis occurs. At Cape Cod, royal blue–painted plywood Nzi traps caught up to 19 times as many tabanids as greenhead box traps used locally did. Fabric Nzi traps caught up to six times more horseflies,Tabanusspp. (Diptera: Tabanidae), than a box trap did and twice as many horseflies than a popular commercial trap, the Horse Pal®did. A home-dyed phthalogen turquoise cotton trap also performed well. In the Philippines, it caught 2.5 times as manyTabanusas a standard phthalogen blue cotton trap did. Durable phthalogen blue Sunbrella acrylic and Top Notch polyester traps with various types of netting performed well at all locations.
The Capsid Protein of Nervous Necrosis Virus Antagonizes Host Type I IFN Production by a Dual Strategy to Negatively Regulate Retinoic Acid–Inducible Gene-I–like Receptor Pathways
Authors: Jia Peng , Zhang Wanwan , Xiang Yangxi , Lu Xiaobing , Chen Xiaoqi , Pan Hongbo , Yi Meisheng , Jia Kuntong 
Published: July 2022

Abstract
Nervous necrosis virus (NNV), a highly pathogenic RNA virus, is a major pathogen in the global aquaculture industry. To efficiently infect fish, NNV must evade or subvert the host IFN for their replication; however, the precise mechanisms remain to be elucidated. In this study, we reported that capsid protein (CP) of red-spotted grouper NNV (RGNNV) suppressed the IFN antiviral response to promote RGNNV replication in Lateolabrax japonicus brain cells, which depended on the ARM, S, and P domains of CP. CP showed an indirect or direct association with the key components of retinoic acid–inducible gene-I–like receptors signaling, L. japonicus TNFR-associated factor 3 (LjTRAF3) and IFN regulatory factor (LjIRF3), respectively, and degraded LjTRAF3 and LjIRF3 through the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway in HEK293T cells. Furthermore, we found that CP potentiated LjTRAF3 K48 ubiquitination degradation in a L. japonicus ring finger protein 114–dependent manner. LjIRF3 interacted with CP through the S domain of CP and the transcriptional activation domain or regulatory domain of LjIRF3. CP promoted LjIRF3 K48 ubiquitination degradation, leading to the reduced phosphorylation level and nuclear translocation of LjIRF3. Taken together, we demonstrated that CP inhibited type I IFN response by a dual strategy to potentiate the ubiquitination degradation of LjTRAF3 and LjIRF3. This study reveals a novel mechanism of RGNNV evading host immune response via its CP protein that will provide insights into the complex pathogenesis of NNV.
MAVS Expression in Alveolar Macrophages Is Essential for Host Resistance against Aspergillus fumigatus
Authors: Wang Xi , Cunha Cristina , Grau Madeleine S , Robertson Shelly J , Lacerda João F , Campos António , Lagrou Katrien , Maertens Johan , Best Sonja M , Carvalho Agostinho , Obar Joshua J 
Published: July 2022

Abstract
Our recent data demonstrate a critical role of the RIG-I–like receptor family in regulating antifungal immunity against Aspergillus fumigatus in a murine model. However, the importance of this pathway in humans and the cell types that use this innate immune receptor family to detect A. fumigatus remain unresolved. In this study, using patients who underwent hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, we demonstrate that a polymorphism in human MAVS present in the donor genome was associated with the incidence of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis. Moreover, in a separate cohort of confirmed invasive pulmonary aspergillosis patients, polymorphisms in the IFIH1 gene alter the inflammatory response, including IFN-responsive chemokines. Returning to our murine model, we now demonstrate that CD11c+ Siglec F+ alveolar macrophages require Mavs expression to maintain host resistance against A. fumigatus. Our data support the role of MAVS signaling in mediating antifungal immunity in both mice and humans at least in part through the role of MAVS-dependent signaling in alveolar macrophages.
Naturally Occurring Anti-Idiotypic Antibodies Portray a Largely Private Repertoire in Immune-Mediated Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
Authors: Heeb Silvan R , Schaller Monica , Kremer Hovinga Johanna A 
Published: July 2022

Abstract
Rare immune-mediated thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (iTTP) is a life-threatening disease resulting from a severe autoantibody-mediated ADAMTS13 (a disintegrin and metalloprotease with thrombospondin type 1 motifs, member 13) deficiency. Acute iTTP episodes are medical emergencies, but when treated appropriately &gt;95% of patients survive. However, at least half of survivors will eventually experience a relapse. How remission of an initial episode is achieved and factors contributing to reemergence of anti-ADAMTS13 Abs and a relapsing course are poorly understood. In acquired hemophilia and systemic lupus erythematosus, anti-idiotypic Abs counteracting and neutralizing pathogenic autoantibodies contribute to remission. We selected and amplified the splenic anti-idiotypic IgG1 Fab κ/λ repertoire of two relapsing iTTP patients on previously generated monoclonal inhibitory anti-ADAMTS13 Fabs by phage display to explore whether anti-idiotypic Abs have a role in iTTP. We obtained 27 single anti-idiotypic Fab clones, half of which had unique sequences, although both patients shared four H chain V region genes (VH1-69*01, VH3-15*01, VH3-23*01, and VH3-49*03). Anti-idiotypic Fab pools of both patients fully neutralized the inhibitor capacity of the monoclonal anti-ADAMTS13 Abs used for their selection. Preincubation of plasma samples of 22 unrelated iTTP patients stratified according to functional ADAMTS13 inhibitor titers (&gt;2 Bethesda units/ml, or 1–2 Bethesda units/ml), with anti-idiotypic Fab pools neutralized functional ADAMTS13 inhibitors and restored ADAMTS13 activity in 18–45% of those cases. Taken together, we present evidence for the presence of an anti-idiotypic immune response in iTTP patients. The interindividual generalizability of this response is limited despite relatively uniform pathogenic anti-ADAMTS13 Abs recognizing a dominant epitope in the ADAMTS13 spacer domain.