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Fitful circulations: Unauthorized movements in the Sicilian transit zone
Authors: Anderlini Jacopo 
Published: March 2022

AbstractThe region of Sicily, in the south of Italy, has been at the centre of diverse contemporary migration movements since the 90s. This has made it an ideal setting for experimentation of new border control devices and procedures at the EU level. This article analyses the constellation of migrant circulations – local and seasonal, trans‐local, transnational – characterizing this area, considering them as the product of border configurations, (g)local markets (agriculture, tourism) and migrant's agency. The scenario has been deeply affected by the current Covid‐19 pandemic which transformed global supply chains, local economies and migrant labour, producing a selection of mobilities due to public health reasons. This contribution is based on a multi‐sited ethnographic fieldwork I have been conducting since 2016 in the Sicilian region, which has continued through the pandemic, from the hotspot border apparatus of Pozzallo to the sites of seasonal informal agricultural work as Cassibile, Ragusa area and Campobello di Mazara. What comes to light from the field is a complex sketch, in which migrants’ movement is the outcome of contrasting drives to push, block, divert and accelerate. I define fitful circulations the result of the friction between the economic need to let move labour power commodity and the sovereign push to select, contain or exclude living labour on the basis of citizenship, race, class and gender, emerging from the intertwine of economic and labour markets configurations, territorial sovereignty administration, public health management and the agency of migrants.
A new technique of suturing using adhesive skin closure for uncooperative patients
Authors: Hong Joon‐Shik , Yoo Seok‐Ju , Shin Hea‐Kyeong 
Published: March 2022

AbstractOpen wounds are usually closed with suture. However, young patients often do not cooperate and prevent proper suture placement. Young patients are often terrified of mild pain and wholly uncooperative, which is why we introduce this timesaving, less painful, more aesthetic technique of placing and removing stitches. 104 patients with facial lacerations aged 5 to 15 years were treated at a single center from May 2019 to March 2021. Patients were randomly assigned equally to a simple interrupted suture group (the SI group) or a continuous locking with Steri‐Strip group (the CS group). Suture times, times for stitch removal, pain scores at stitch removal and mature scar scores were evaluated. Suture and stitch removal times were significantly shorter, and pain scores at stitch removal and observer scar assessment scale scores were lower in the CS group. Patient scar assessment scale score was non‐significantly lower in the SI group. This study shows that the novel continuous locking with the Steri‐Strip technique is easier and quicker to perform, causes less pain when removing stitches, provides better aesthetic results than the simple interrupted suture technique and suggests the continuous locking with Steri‐Strip technique would be very useful for uncooperative young patients.
Phenotypic selection on an ornamental trait is not modulated by breeding density in a pied flycatcher population
Authors: Morales‐Mata José Ignacio , Potti Jaime , Camacho Carlos , Martínez‐Padilla Jesús , Canal David 
Published: March 2022

AbstractMost studies of phenotypic selection in the wild have focussed on morphological and life‐history traits and looked at abiotic (climatic) variation as the main driver of selection. Consequently, our knowledge of the effects of biotic environmental variation on phenotypic selection on sexual traits is scarce. Population density can be considered a proxy for the intensity of intrasexual and intersexual competition and could therefore be a key factor influencing the covariation between individual fitness and the expression of sexual traits. Here, we used an individual‐based data set from a population of pied flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca) monitored over 24 years to analyze the effect of breeding density on phenotypic selection on dorsal plumage colouration, a heritable and sexually selected ornament in males of this species. Using the number of recruits as a fitness proxy, our results showed overall stabilizing selection on male dorsal colouration, with intermediate phenotypes being favoured over extremely dark and dull individuals. However, our results did not support the hypothesis that breeding density mediates phenotypic selection on this sexual trait. We discuss the possible role of other biotic factors influencing selection on ornamental plumage.
Paleoproterozoic ultrahigh‐temperature metamorphism in the Alxa Block, the Khondalite Belt, North China Craton: Petrology and phase equilibria of quartz‐absent corundum‐bearing pelitic granulites
Authors: Zou Lei , Guo Jing‐Hui , Jiao Shu‐Juan , Huang Guang‐Yu , Tian Zhong‐Hua , Liu Ping‐Hua 
Published: March 2022

AbstractAn Al‐rich, quartz‐absent corundum‐bearing pelitic granulite is reported for the first time at the Diebusige complex in the Alxa Block in the western part of the Khondalite Belt (KB), North China Craton (NCC). A detailed petrographic study shows that a quartz‐present domain occurs in porphyroblastic garnet cores from the corundum‐bearing pelitic granulite, with a prograde metamorphic mineral assemblage (M1) of garnet + plagioclase + quartz + biotite + spinel + rutile ± melt, and a quartz‐absent domain occurs in the matrix of this rock, with a preserved peak mineral assemblage (M2) of garnet + corundum + spinel + biotite + plagioclase + K‐feldspar + rutile + melt and a retrograde metamorphic mineral assemblage (M3) of garnet + sillimanite + corundum + biotite + plagioclase + K‐feldspar ± rutile. Phase equilibrium modelling and Zr‐in‐rutile and ternary feldspar thermometry all reveal similar peak conditions of 890–940°C at 7.5–9.8 kbar, which indicate a high geothermal gradient of ~110°C/kbar and ultrahigh‐temperature (UHT) conditions. Combining this information with the detailed analysis of metamorphic zircons, we obtain the metamorphic evolution of the corundum‐bearing pelitic granulite. Specifically, the corundum‐bearing pelitic granulite experienced granulite‐facies metamorphism at ~1950 Ma. Then, this rock was slowly uplifted with heating and partial melting until it achieved UHT conditions. Finally, it cooled to the solidus at ~1830 Ma. Thus, we propose that the UHT metamorphic conditions of a corundum‐bearing pelitic granulite from the Diebusige complex of the Alxa Block may be the result of long‐term slow uplift with heating under a high geothermal gradient.
Indicators and predictors modifiable by the nursing department during the preoperative period: A scoping review
Authors: Fernández Fernández Eloísa , Fernández‐Ordoñez Eloísa , García‐Gamez Marina , Guerra‐Marmolejo Cristina , Iglesias‐Parra Rosa , García‐Agua Soler Nuria , González‐Cano‐Caballero María 
Published: March 2022

AbstractAim and objectivesThe aim of this study is to identify preoperative indicators and/or predictors of complications or inefficiencies in the surgical process that can be modified within nursing practice.BackgroundDue to rapid sociodemographic and technological change, the global demand for surgical attention is rising exponentially, requiring new strategies for optimisation and sustainability in perioperative care.DesignWe conduced the scoping review using the methodology recommended by the Joanna Briggs Institute supported with The PAGER framework and guided by the PRISMA‐ScR Checklist.MethodsFour databases (CINAHL, MEDLINE, SCOPUS and PUBMED) were examined to extract relevant published results for elective surgery on adult patients during the period 2011–2021. This process identified 609 records. Exclusion criteria were applied, and the sample was then evaluated with the Quality Assessment Tool for Studies with Diverse Designs (QATSDD), after which 15 studies remained.ResultsThe following preoperative indicators and/or predictors were considered: (1) Anxiety; (2) Pain; (3) Health education, knowledge and training; (4) Satisfaction; (5) Management/organisation (including costs, resources used/available, organisational issues, hospital stay (preoperative), standardisation and protocolisation.ConclusionThe identification of five indicators and/or predictors of complications or inefficiencies in the surgical process, which can be modified by nursing, allows the effective application of interventions in the preoperative phase, optimising care and improving health outcomes.Relevance to clinical practiceThe development and implementation of specific nursing skills in the preoperative phase are essential to optimise the surgical process.
How do prosocial motivation and performance‐related pay interact in the workplace context? Evidence from the non‐profit sector
Authors: Lanfranchi Joseph , Narcy Mathieu 
Published: March 2022

AbstractThe aim of this paper is to analyse the effectiveness of performance‐related pay among employees that place high value on working in a job with a prosocial mission. More particularly, using a sample of 2,648 employees coming from an original European dataset in 2004, we compare their subjective assessment of effectiveness of actual and hypothetical performance‐related pay on the work effort in the non‐profit and for‐profit sectors. Estimations of ordered probit models reveal that non‐profit employees consider the use and extension of performance‐related pay schemes to be less effective in terms of their level of effort than their for‐profit counterparts. In addition, this relative inefficiency in the non‐profit sector increases as the employee's intrinsic motivation becomes higher. Indeed, while in the non‐profit sector, a higher intrinsic motivation is associated with a lower stated impact of actual and hypothetical performance‐related pay on effort, intrinsic motivation and monetary incentives appear to be independent within the for‐profit sector. In conclusion, these results suggest that within pro‐social jobs the employee's intrinsic motivation is less compatible with the use of monetary incentives. Consequently, the principals of a non‐profit organization should make more extensive use of low‐powered monetary incentives than their for‐profit counterparts.
Risk and Prognostic Factors for Different Organ Metastasis in Primary Osteosarcoma: A Large Population‐Based Analysis
Authors: Xu Guijun , Wu Haixiao , Zhang Yanting , Xu Yao , Guo Xu , Baklaushev Vladimir P. , Chekhonin Vladimir P. , Peltzer Karl , Wang Jun , Lu Feng , Wang Guowen , Wang Xin , Ma Wenjuan , Zhang Chao 
Published: March 2022

ObjectiveBased on a large public cohort, we aimed to investigate the prevalence of distant metastases in patients with osteosarcoma, to evaluate the survival of patients with different metastases and to reveal the related risk and prognostic factors for distant metastases.MethodsThe information of osteosarcoma patients with or without distant metastases was retrospectively extracted from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Result database from January 2010 to December 2015. Patients were excluded if they were diagnosed at autopsy or via death certification. The Kaplan–Meier method was used to calculate the overall survival in the entire cohort and across patients with metastases to different organs. The related prognostic factors were investigated by univariate and multivariate Cox proportional hazard regression analysis. The logistic regression method was used to reveal the risk factors for the development of different metastases. The effects of different variables on the survival and prevalence of distant metastases were compared using subgroup analysis. Variables with P < 0.05 in the univariate regression analysis were further examined using multivariate regression analysis.ResultsIn total, 1470 osteosarcoma patients (mean age 30 ± 22 years) were included, among which 278 patients (18.9%) were initially diagnosed with distant metastasis. The median follow‐up duration was 33.0 (30.2–35.8) months. The lung was the most common metastatic site (83.8%), followed by the bone (21.9%), liver (2.9%), and brain (2.2%). A total of 232 patients (83.5%) presented only one distant metastatic site, while the other 46 patients showed two or more metastatic sites. A lower proportion of metastasis was observed in patients aged from 25 to 59 years [odds ratio (OR) = 0.59; 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.37–0.95]. More metastases were noted in patients with T2/T1 (OR = 1.91; 95% CI: 1.28–2.84), T3/T1 (OR = 4.48; 95% CI: 1.78–11.30) and N1/N0 stages (OR = 6.66; 95% CI: 2.68–16.56). The 1‐, 3‐, and 5‐year overall survival rates for metastatic patients were 57.3% (95% CI: 50.8%–63.8%), 25.3% (95% CI: 18.8%–31.9%), and 18.1% (95% CI: 10.2%–26.0%), respectively. Metastatic patients older than 25 years were prone to have poor survival and a relatively better prognosis (hazard ratio = 0.41; 95% CI: 0.25–0.69) was noticed among those who underwent surgery on the primary site. Different metastatic organs have homogeneous and heterogeneous risk and prognostic factors.ConclusionThe high incidence of initial distant metastasis in osteosarcoma and the inconsistent predictive factors should be given more attention in the clinical management of patients with osteosarcoma.
Publication rates in English of abstracts presented at the annual meeting of the Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology
Authors: Yoshida Kazunari , Moriguchi Sho , Koda Masahide , Oka Takuya , Ueno Fumihiko , Ikai‐Tani Saeko , Tani Hideaki , Mimura Masaru 
Published: March 2022

BackgroundRelatively low publication rates of abstracts presented at scientific meetings (i.e. 37.3%, 95% CI: 35.3–39.3) have been reported across various fields worldwide. However, no study has investigated the publication rate of abstracts presented at psychiatric meetings and factors associated with full publication in Japan. This study aimed to determine the proportion of conference abstracts in the psychiatric field that reach full publication in English and its associated factors in Japan.MethodsA retrospective study was conducted to determine the publication rate of abstracts presented at the annual meetings of the Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (JSPN) in 2013 and 2014, the largest psychiatric meeting in Japan, by searching for full‐text publications in PubMed and Google Scholar. Furthermore, we examined factors associated with a successful full publication of the conference abstract.ResultsOf the 737 abstracts evaluated, 132 (17.9%) were published in peer‐reviewed journals; the publication rates for oral and poster presentations were 12.7% (46/363) and 23.0% (86/374), respectively. In multivariate logistic regression analyses, the following factors were significantly associated with successful publications: poster presentations (odds ratio [OR]: 1.67, 95% CI: 1.10–2.57), original studies (OR: 4.16, 95% CI: 2.44–7.47), and academic institutions (OR: 5.77, 95% CI: 3.44–10.19).ConclusionsThe publication rate in English of the conference abstracts presented at the JSPN annual meetings was relatively lower than those in previous studies. Further encouragement of the publication of the abstracts presented in psychiatric conferences in Japan would be helpful in disseminating scientific findings in the field of psychiatry.
The equity turn in palliative and end of life care research: Lessons from the poverty literature
Authors: Richards Naomi 
Published: March 2022

AbstractPalliative and end of life care researchers are being issued ‘wake up’ calls that they need to start adopting an equity framework and pay more attention to how the social determinants of health impact people at the end of their lives. Acknowledging systemic health inequities has become even more important during the COVID‐19 pandemic. I argue that within this new equity‐driven agenda, learning needs to be incorporated from decades of work within critical poverty studies which critiques the very concept of poverty. I highlight the most relevant of these critiques and advocate for the transfer and translation of these arguments into palliative and end of life care research by scholars working in the field. Just as poverty studies was critiqued in the 1990s for theoretical weakness and an uncritical empiricism, so palliative care and end of life research needs to go beyond its almost exclusive concentration onmeasurementto show a deeper awareness of, and even a commitment to changing, the structural context within which people are dying. I argue that just as critical poverty scholars and primary care researchers have argued for a fairer political‐economic system, so palliative and end of life researchers need to not only ‘wake up’ but also ‘stand up’ and become more political.
CF1 reduces grain‐cadmium levels in rice (Oryza sativa)
Authors: Li Lanying , Mao Donghai , Sun Liang , Wang Ruigang , Tan Longtao , Zhu Yuxing , Huang Han , Peng Can , Zhao Yaping , Wang Jiurong , Huang Daoyou , Chen Caiyan 
Published: March 2022

SUMMARYRice (Oryza sativa) is a leading source of dietary cadmium (Cd), a non‐essential heavy metal that poses a serious threat to human health. There are significant variations in grain‐Cd levels in natural rice populations, which make the breeding of low‐Cd rice a cost‐effective way to mitigate grain‐Cd accumulation. However, the genetic factors that regulate grain‐Cd accumulation have yet to be fully established, thereby hindering the development of low‐Cd varieties. Here, we reported a low‐Cd quantitative trait locus, CF1, that has the potential to reduce Cd accumulation in rice grains. CF1 is allelic to the metal transporter OsYSL2, which transports Fe from the roots to the shoots. However, it is incapable of binding Cd, and thus, reduces grain‐Cd levels indirectly rather than directly in the form of upward delivery. Further analysis showed that high expression levels of CF1 improve Fe nutrition in the shoots, subsequently inhibiting Cd uptake by systemically inhibiting expression of the main Cd uptake gene OsNramp5 in the roots. Compared with the CF1 allele from ‘02428’ (CF102428), higher expression levels of CF1 from ‘TQ’ (CF1TQ) increased the Fe contents and decreased Cd levels in rice grains. In natural rice populations, CF1TQ was found to be a minor allele, while CF102428 is present in most japonica rice, suggesting that CF1TQ could be widely integrated into the japonica rice genome to generate low‐Cd varieties. Overall, these results broaden our mechanistic understanding of the natural variation in grain‐Cd accumulation, supporting marker‐assisted selection of low‐Cd rice.
Translational repression of FZP mediated by CU‐rich element/OsPTB interactions modulates panicle development in rice
Authors: Chen Qiong , Tian Fa'an , Cheng Tingting , Jiang Jun'e , Zhu Guanlin , Gao Zhenyu , Lin Haiyan , Hu Jiang , Qian Qian , Fang Xiaohua , Chen Fan 
Published: March 2022

SUMMARYPanicle development is an important determinant of the grain number in rice. A thorough characterization of the molecular mechanism underlying panicle development will lead to improved breeding of high‐yielding rice varieties. Frizzy Panicle (FZP), a critical gene for panicle development, is regulated by OsBZR1 and OsARFs at the transcriptional stage. However, the translational modulation of FZP has not been reported. We reveal that the CU‐rich elements (CUREs) in the 3′ UTR of the FZP mRNA are crucial for efficient FZP translation. The knockout of CUREs in the FZP 3′ UTR or the over‐expression of the FZP 3′ UTR fragment containing CUREs resulted in an increase in FZP mRNA translation efficiency. Moreover, the number of secondary branches (NSB) and the grain number per panicle (GNP) decreased in the transformed rice plants. The CUREs in the 3′ UTR of FZP mRNA were verified as the targets of the polypyrimidine tract‐binding proteins OsPTB1 and OsPTB2 in rice. Both OsPTB1 and OsPTB2 were highly expressed in young panicles. The knockout of OsPTB1/2 resulted in an increase in the FZP translational efficiency and a decrease in the NSB and GNP. Furthermore, the over‐expression of OsPTB1/2 decreased the translation of the reporter gene fused to FZP 3′ UTR in vivo and in vitro. These results suggest that OsPTB1/2 can mediate FZP translational repression by interacting with CUREs in the 3′ UTR of FZP mRNA, leading to changes in the NSB and GNP. Accordingly, in addition to transcriptional regulation, FZP expression is also fine‐tuned at the translational stage during rice panicle development.
Rotational cattle grazing improves understory vegetation biodiversity and structural complexity in oil palm plantations
Authors: Nobilly Frisco , Atikah Sharifah Nur , Yahya Muhammad Syafiq , Jusoh Shokri , Cun Grace S. , Norhisham Ahmad Razi , Tohiran Kamil Azmi , Zulkifli Raja , Azhar Badrul 
Published: March 2022

AbstractHerbicide overuse decimates understory vegetation, including those beneficial plants which may lead to a reduction of some production‐related ecosystem services such as nutrient cycling, water regulation, natural pest control, and pollination. Such conventional weed management practices need to be replaced with environmentally friendly methods such as ecological grazing to make palm oil supply chain environmentally sustainable. Contrary to chemical weeding, livestock integration is believed to be a useful tool to control weeds without negative impact to human health and the environment. However, little is known about the influence of different livestock grazing practices on oil palm understory vegetation. Thus, the present study investigates the effects of weed management practices (i.e., rotational grazing, free‐ranged grazing, and conventional weeding) on understory vegetation species richness, composition assemblages, and structural complexity. Based on plant surveys that were conducted on 360 sampling points, 120 understory vegetation species consisting of grasses, sedges, ferns, and legume covers were recorded. We found understory vegetation composition assemblages were different between treatments. Results revealed that the number of understory vegetation species, coverage, and height were significantly higher in rotational grazing compared with other practices. Given the major contribution of vegetation composition assemblages and structure on palm oil productions and biodiversity, oil palm growers should adopt rotational livestock grazing as a part of an integrated pest management strategy to control understory vegetation.
LINEAR PROGRAMMING MODEL FOR THE OPTIMIZATION OF THE BIODIESEL SUPPLY CHAIN IN THE MINDANAO ISLAND OF THE PHILIPPINES
Authors: C. Camacho Yra Mae , Davila Kristin Joy , V. Flores Ysabela Angela , D. del Rosario Julie Anne 
Published: March 2022

Biofuels are known to have several advantages over fossil fuels including, but not limited to, high abundance of resources, negligible SOx emissions, lower NOx emissions, and more environment-friendly processes. In the Philippines, the biofuels industry is anchored onto the Biofuels Act of 2006 which mandates the use of biofuels made from indigenous sources such as coconut. Despite this, biodiesel is still less preferred by consumers over conventional fuel due to its high cost. This can be attributed to high production costs of biodiesel, wherein 18-28% is credited to transportation of products. This work proposes a linear programming model to reduce the overall cost of biodiesel by minimizing the transportation cost in the Philippine biodiesel supply chain, using the Mindanao cluster as case study. Multiple scenarios were done to gauge the impact of varying the supply allocation and biodiesel blend on the supply chain. The optimal supply allocation, transportation cost, and carbon footprint of each scenario were determined. A new facility locator feature was also added as an extension of the program. Results also showed high reproducibility using easily accessible programming tools such as Microsoft Excel and Python.