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Citizen science: How to extend reciprocal benefits from the project community to the broader socio-ecological system
Authors: Receveur Aurore , Poulet Lucie , Dalmas Benjamin , Gonçalves Barbara , Vernay Antoine 
Published: October 2022

AbstractQuantitative plant biology is a growing field, thanks to the substantial progress of models and artificial intelligence dealing with big data. However, collecting large enough datasets is not always straightforward. The citizen science approach can multiply the workforce, hence helping the researchers with data collection and analysis, while also facilitating the spread of scientific knowledge and methods to volunteers. The reciprocal benefits go far beyond the project community: By empowering volunteers and increasing the robustness of scientific results, the scientific method spreads to the socio-ecological scale. This review aims to demonstrate that citizen science has a huge potential (i) for science with the development of different tools to collect and analyse much larger datasets, (ii) for volunteers by increasing their involvement in the project governance and (iii) for the socio-ecological system by increasing the share of the knowledge, thanks to a cascade effect and the help of ‘facilitators’.
The relationship between serum fatty acids and depressive symptoms in obese adolescents
Authors: Seabra da Silva Sandra Maria Chemin , de Piano Ganen Aline , Masquio Deborah Cristina Landi , Dos Santos Quaresma Marcus V.L. , Estadella Debora , Oyama Lila Missae , Tock Lian , de Mello Marco Túlio , Dâmaso Ana Raimunda , do Nascimento Claudia Maria da Penha Oller , Caranti Danielle Arisa 
Published: October 2022

AbstractDepression and obesity are highly prevalent and are considered inflammatory pathologies; in addition, they are also associated with dietary patterns including types of fatty acids (FA). Changes in the FA composition in the brain are determined by changes in the content and quality of dietary and serum FA. The aim of this study was to verify the relationships between serum-free FA, inflammatory processes and depressive symptoms in obese adolescents. This was a cross-sectional study that analysed a database composed of 138 post-pubertal adolescents. Data regarding the depressive symptoms, body composition, glucose metabolism, lipid profile, FA profile, leptin concentration, as well as adiponectin, IL-A, IL-6, IL-10, TNF-α, C-reactive protein and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 levels of the subjects were collected. A total of 54·6 % of the adolescents presented with depressive symptoms, and there were positive correlations between depressive symptoms and serum saturated fatty acids (SFA) content, body fat, and inflammatory adipokines, such as leptin, IL-6, and the leptin/adiponectin ratio. Moreover, the content of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) was negatively correlated with depressive symptoms, suggesting that eicosatrienoic acid (C20:2n6) and dihomo-γ-linolenic acid (C20:3n-6) are independently associated with depressive symptom scores and can be critical predictors of poor mental health in humans. These results point to the relationship between SFA and depressive symptoms in obese adolescents. However, longitudinal studies are needed to confirm the causality between dietary SFA and depression in obese individuals.
The potential distribution of Cyclopes didactylus, a silky anteater, reveals a likely unknown population and urgent need for forest conservation in Northeast Brazil
Authors: Fabrício Machado Arielli , Miranda Flávia Regina 
Published: October 2022

AbstractCyclopes didactylus, the smallest of all anteaters, inhabits Amazonian and Atlantic forests with an apparently disjunct distribution. Yet, phylogeography reveals historical connections through the forests of the Northeast Region of Brazil. Its populations in this region are classified by the Red List of Threatened Species as Data Deficient and with a trend towards decline. However, Northeast Brazil has a large sampling gap, and the potential distribution of this species has yet to be evaluated. We investigated the potential distribution of C. didactylus to evaluate the hypothesis of a disjunct distribution between Amazonian and Atlantic forests and estimate the amount of protected area in its predicted distribution. We generated a Maxent distribution model using occurrence records, according to the new taxonomic revision of Cyclopes, and selected current bioclimatic variables to evaluate the continuity of the predicted distribution of the species in Northeast Brazil. We also performed past projections to assess historical connections and overlapped maps of protected areas onto their current distribution. Although its distribution is probably disjunct, at least one as-yet-unknown population may be present in the forests of Northeast Brazil, an area poorly protected. The results are useful for targeting field efforts in this under-sampled region.
Postsecondary L2 writing teachers’ use and perceptions of Grammarly as a complement to their feedback
Authors: Koltovskaia Svetlana 
Published: October 2022

AbstractAlthough it has been suggested that automated writing evaluation (AWE) can liberate teachers’ time to focus more on higher-order concerns as it can take care of lower-order concerns, AWE’s impact on teachers’ feedback practice is underexplored. Additionally, scant literature exists on teachers’ perception of AWE when they use it to complement their feedback. This study explored how Grammarly shaped postsecondary L2 writing teachers’ feedback when it was used to complement teacher feedback as well as teachers’ perceptions of the tool. To understand Grammarly’s impact, teachers’ comments on 10 essays were analyzed. The teachers then had a semi-structured interview aimed at exploring their perceptions of Grammarly. The findings showed that teachers provided feedback both on global and local aspects of writing despite using Grammarly as a complement, and there was no division of labor such as that a teacher takes care of higher-order and Grammarly takes care of lower-order concerns. The findings also revealed factors that impacted teachers’ feedback, including teachers’ use of Grammarly reports, their attitudes toward automated feedback, as well as their beliefs about feedback and course objectives. Overall, of the six teachers, four were positive about Grammarly, while two were skeptical. The study provides implications on how to use Grammarly meaningfully as a complement to teacher feedback.
MRI diagnosed cardiac lipoma in tuberous sclerosis: a case report with a very rare association
Authors: Ismail Balaban , Elmalı Muzaffer , Baysal Kemal 
Published: October 2022

AbstractTuberous sclerosis is a genetic multisystem disorder characterised by hamartomas in several organs. Cardiac rhabdomyomas are the main features of the disease but lipomas can very rarely be associated. Herein, we present a very rare association of tuberous sclerosis and cardiac lipoma detected by echocardiography and diagnosed as a lipoma via MRI and fat suppression technic, aim to report this very rare association, and emphasise usefulness of MRI in cardiac mass lesions.
Early cardiac dysfunction in obese adolescents with Down syndrome or autism
Authors: Haligheri Geetha , Johnson Tyler , Kathol Melanie , Kuzava Laura , Goth Natalie , Staggs Vincent S. , Donnelly Joseph E. , Ptomey Lauren T. , Forsha Dan 
Published: October 2022

AbstractBackground:Obesity in adolescents with intellectual and developmental disabilities) occurs at twice the frequency as their typically developing peers. Typically developing adolescents with obesity have abnormal cardiac function (as measured by strain echocardiography) and cardiac mass, but the effects of obesity on cardiac health in adolescents with Down syndrome or autism spectrum disorder are unknown. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of body mass index on cardiac function in adolescents with Down syndrome or autism.Methods:Adolescents (age 12–21 years) with Down syndrome (n = 28), autism (n = 33), and age-/sex-matched typically developing controls (n = 15) received an echocardiogram optimised for strain analysis at a single timepoint. Measures of ventricular function, mass, and size were collected. Regression modelling evaluated the impact of body mass index and intellectual and developmental disabilities diagnosis on these cardiac measures.Results:In regression modelling, an elevated body mass index z-score was associated with diminished systolic biventricular function by global strain (left ventricular longitudinal strain β 0.87, P < 0.001; left ventricular circumferential strain β 0.57, p 0.003; right ventricular longitudinal strain β 0.63, P < 0.001). Diminished left ventricular diastolic function by early diastolic strain rate was also associated with elevated body mass index (global longitudinal end-diastolic strain rate β −0.7, P < 0.001). No association was found between traditional (non-strain) measures of systolic and diastolic ventricular function and body mass index z-score.Conclusions:Obesity in adolescents with Down syndrome or autism negatively impacts cardiac function as measured by echocardiographic strain analysis that was not detected by traditional parameters.
Long-term results of large common iliac artery aneurysms caused by Kawasaki disease in four patients
Authors: Tsuda Etsuko 
Published: October 2022

AbstractAmong Kawasaki disease patients with systemic artery aneurysms, the brachial and internal iliac arteries are the most commonly affected, and occlusions of both arteries are often found. However, the long-term fate of large common iliac artery aneurysms remains unknown, because their prevalence is very low. The long-term outcomes of common iliac artery aneurysms caused by Kawasaki disease in four patients (three females, one male) were investigated retrospectively based on their medical records and angiograms. Their ages ranged from 30 to 36 years-old. The onset age of Kawasaki disease ranged from 4 to 8 months, and the interval from the onset of Kawasaki disease to the latest angiogram ranged from 17 to 21 years. All patients had bilateral large coronary aneurysms and common iliac artery aneurysms with maximal diameters greater than 10 mm. Although all patients had multi-vessel coronary artery stenotic lesions and systemic artery aneurysms, they were asymptomatic. The three female patients underwent coronary artery bypass grafting, and the male patient underwent replacement of artificial vessels for large bilateral common iliac artery aneurysms at 3 years old of age. Over the long-term, common iliac artery aneurysms greater than 10 mm persisted as calcified aneurysms. However, they had no symptoms due to their common iliac artery aneurysms, and their ankle brachial pressure index was preserved, even if the stenosis of the common iliac artery developed as a late outcome, because the collateral arteries were well developed. The progression of stenosis of the common iliac artery after Kawasaki disease was slower.
Pandemics and Other Health Crises: A Special Report from a European Parliament Workshop
Authors: Quaglio Gianluca , Ragazzoni Luca , De la Mata Isabel , Arafat Raed , De Muynck Sabine , Vlieghe Erika , Claes Petra 
Published: October 2022

AbstractOnce an emergency has passed, general attention typically returns to dealing with day-to-day system management, and the opportunity to learn from the crisis and improve is missed. Lessons from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis must be learned, and the necessary changes made at all levels, both in terms of improving collaboration and strengthening health systems. This special report provides the conclusion of a workshop held in the European Parliament (EP) in Brussels, Belgium. The event explored the modalities of response and preparation to the COVID-19 pandemic, and to health crises in general. The workshop considered actions at different levels: international organizations (global level), European Union (EU) Member States ([MS] national level), and health services (local level). It provided an opportunity to look back at several initiatives taken during the pandemic, and to draw inspiration from them.
Making the “Citizen Constitution”: Popular Participation in the Brazilian Transition to Democracy, 1985–1988
Authors: McDonald Daniel 
Published: October 2022

AbstractThis article examines popular participation in the making of Brazil's 1988 post-authoritarian “Citizen Constitution.” In 1987, Brazilians submitted 122 popular amendments (emendas populares) supported by over 12 million signatures to the National Constituent Assembly (1987–88). As this article contends, this extraordinary experiment in popular constitution-making problematizes notions of Brazil's transition from authoritarian to democratic rule as the most conservative of those that swept Latin America at the end of the Cold War. The popular amendments emerged amid a nationwide campaign for popular participation that saw millions of Brazilians participate in letter-writing campaigns, protests, and debates over the constitution that carried over into the halls of the Constituent Assembly itself. I argue that the popular amendments countered the arbitrary authoritarianism of the Brazilian civil-military dictatorship (1964–85) with a constitutionalism in which everyday Brazilians would safeguard democracy through popular participation in government. While only partially consolidated, this vision offered diverse marginalized groups an opportunity to claim full citizenship in Brazil's nascent democracy, especially in ways that more overtly addressed issues of race, ethnicity, gender, and disability. This article thus shows that far from being the exclusive province of political elites, everyday people meaningfully shaped the constitutional restorations in late twentieth-century Latin America.
Educational Attainment Polygenic Scores: Examining Evidence for Gene–Environment Interplay with Adolescent Alcohol, Tobacco and Cannabis Use
Authors: Davis Christal N. , Gizer Ian R. , Colodro-Conde Lucía , Statham Dixie J. , Martin Nicholas G. , Slutske Wendy S. 
Published: October 2022

AbstractGenes associated with educational attainment may be related to or interact with adolescent alcohol, tobacco and cannabis use. Potential gene–environment interplay between educational attainment polygenic scores (EA-PGS) and adolescent alcohol, tobacco, and cannabis use was evaluated with a series of regression models fitted to data from a sample of 1871 adult Australian twins. All models controlled for age, age2, cohort, sex and genetic ancestry as fixed effects, and a genetic relatedness matrix was included as a random effect. Although there was no evidence that adolescent alcohol, tobacco or cannabis use interacted with EA-PGS to influence educational attainment, there was a significant, positive gene–environment correlation with adolescent alcohol use at all PGS thresholds (ps <.02). Higher EA-PGS were associated with an increased likelihood of using alcohol as an adolescent (ΔR2 ranged from 0.5% to 1.1%). The positive gene–environment correlation suggests a complex relationship between educational attainment and alcohol use that is due to common genetic factors.
HPPD-resistant cotton response and weed management systems using isoxaflutole
Authors: Foster Delaney C. , Dotray Peter A. , Thompson Corey N. , Baldwin Gregory B. , Moore Frederick T. 
Published: October 2022

AbstractThe southern United States produces 90% of the nation’s cotton, and the Texas High Plains is the largest contiguous cotton producing region. Since 2011, glyphosate-resistant Palmer amaranth has complicated cotton production, and alternatives to glyphosate are needed. Integrating soil residual herbicides into a weed management program is a crucial step to control glyphosate resistant weeds before emergence. The recent development of p-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD)-resistant cotton by BASF Corporation may allow growers to use isoxaflutole in future weed management programs. In 2019 and 2020, field experiments were conducted in New Deal, Lubbock, and Halfway, Texas, to evaluate HPPD-resistant cotton response to isoxaflutole applied preemergence (PRE) or early postemergence (EPOST) and to determine the efficacy of isoxaflutole when used as part of a season-long weed management program. At the New Deal location, cotton response was observed following the EPOST application, but it never exceeded 10%. Cotton response was greatest following the PRE application in Lubbock in 2019 but did not exceed 14%. In 2020 in Lubbock, cotton was replanted due to severe weather. There was <1% cotton response following the PRE application, and maximum cotton response observed was 9% following EPOST and mid-postemergence (MPOST) applications. Cotton lint yields were not different from those of the nontreated, weed-free control at either location. In non-crop weed control studies in Halfway, all treatments controlled Palmer amaranth ≥94% 21 d after the EPOST application. Twenty-one days after the MPOST treatment, systems with isoxaflutole applied EPOST controlled Palmer amaranth by 88% to 93%, while systems with isoxaflutole PRE controlled Palmer amaranth by 94% to 98%. End-of-season Palmer amaranth control was lowest in the system without isoxaflutole (88%) and when isoxaflutole was used EPOST (88% to 91%). These studies suggest that the use of isoxaflutole in cotton weed management systems may improve season-long control of several troublesome weeds with no adverse effects on cotton yield and quality.
A Technique for the Array Partitioning
Authors: Capozzoli Amedeo , Curcio Claudio , D’Elia Giuseppe , Liseno Angelo 
Published: October 2022

AbstractA first stage of a sub‐array synthesis method is presented. The approach refers to a continuous aperture radiating multiple beams thanks to a phase‐only control and its aim is to determine the optimal partitioning of an aperture into sub‐apertures fed with a constant phase. The technique is based on a multi‐stage approach. Several synthesis tools are used in cascade to perform the multiple beam synthesis of a prefixed aperture. To improve the effectiveness of the method, an interleaved use of global and local optimizers is adopted and the number of the unknowns is progressively increased from stage to stage. A numerical analysis is reported to show the effectiveness of the method.
Characterizing Groundwater Chemistry and Recharge in the Critical Zone of an Agricultural Claypan Watershed
Authors: Hofmeister Kathryn , Lerch Robert , Baffaut Claire , Yang John , Liu Fengjing 
Published: October 2022

AbstractSoils with low permeability horizons (e.g., claypans) are vulnerable to loss of nutrients through surface runoff along with preferential flow paths through the restrictive horizon to deeper aquifers. Partitioning between these hydrologic pathways is important to determine transport processes and develop strategies that mitigate stream contamination. Our objective was to investigate controls on groundwater chemistry and recharge pathways using natural geochemical tracers in the Goodwater Creek Experimental Watershed in Missouri, U.S. Groundwater samples were collected during 2011–2017 from 32 piezometers ranging from 0.13 to 16 m deep along with stream water and precipitation. Diagnostic tools of mixing models indicated that chemistry of perched water directly above the claypan and shallow groundwater immediately below was controlled primarily by chemical equilibrium. Five solutes behaved conservatively in most deep piezometers (>5 m), reflecting mixing of two end members and the lack of significant denitrification processes. End member mixing analysis showed that the deeper groundwater originated primarily from groundwater at similar depths, often upslope or from strata directly above, with small contributions from perched water, highlighting the importance of both horizontal and vertical preferential recharge pathways. Vertical pathways are likely dictated by soil heterogeneity throughout the critical zone and do not occur synchronously with precipitation events or simultaneously over all piezometer locations. The complex recharge pathways provide stochastic conduits for nitrate transport to deeper aquifers where legacy stores accumulate, presenting a significant challenge for water quality management in watersheds with restrictive soil horizons and spatially and temporally heterogeneous preferential flow pathways, including the Mississippi River Basin.
Mapping the Lithosphere and Asthenosphere Beneath Alaska With Sp Converted Waves
Authors: Gama Isabella , Fischer Karen M. , Hua Junlin 
Published: October 2022

AbstractWe obtained a 3D image of crust and mantle seismic velocity gradients beneath the state of Alaska using common‐conversion point (CCP) stacking of S‐to‐p converted body waves recorded by hundreds of stations from the NSF EarthScope Transportable Array and other portable arrays and permanent networks. Moho depths delineate the thick crust of the underthrust Yakutat terrane and the crustal root beneath the Brooks Range. The North American lithosphere is particularly thin close to the subducting lithosphere in the Alaska subduction zone, consistent with thinning of the upper plate by subduction zone flow and melt rising from the mantle wedge. The lithosphere remains relatively thin far to the northwest and north, including the Seward Peninsula and regions to the south of the Brooks Range where lithospheric extension and foundering may have played a role. The lithosphere dramatically thickens beneath the Brooks Range and northern Arctic Alaska terrane where it appears to be both cold and highly viscous. The CCP stack also revealed a pronounced positive velocity gradient at depths of 130–230 km that represents the base of a layer within the asthenosphere whose low velocities are best explained by the presence of partial melt. Although this gradient is present close to the subducting lithosphere, where partial melting is enabled by slab‐derived fluids, it is strongest beneath the Seward Peninsula and northeast of the Wrangell volcanic field, suggesting the presence of partial melt in the asthenosphere hundreds of kilometers away from the slab, likely due to decompression melting in upwelling asthenosphere.
On the Spatial Variability of the Mesoscale Sea Surface Height Wavenumber Spectra in the Atlantic Ocean
Authors: Xu Xiaobiao , Chassignet Eric P. , Wallcraft Alan J. , Arbic Brian K. , Buijsman Maarten C. , Solano Miguel 
Published: October 2022

AbstractThe wavenumber spectral slope of sea surface height (SSH) computed within the mesoscale range (70–250 km) from satellite altimetry exhibits a large spatial variability which, until now, has not been reproduced in numerical ocean models. This study documents the impacts of including internal tides, high‐resolution bathymetry, and high‐frequency atmospheric variability on the SSH wavenumber spectra in the Atlantic Ocean, using a series of 1/50° North and equatorial Atlantic simulations with a realistic representation of barotropic/baroclinic tides and mesoscale‐to‐submesoscale variability. The results show that the inclusion of internal tides does increase high frequency SSH variability (with clear peaks near 120 and 70 km) and flattens the spectra slope in the mesoscale range in a good agreement with observations. The surface signature of internal tides, mostly in the equatorial Atlantic but also in subtropical regions in the eastern North Atlantic, is the primary reason behind the observed large spatial variability of the spectral slope in the Atlantic. Internal tides are stronger in the tropical regions when compared to higher latitudes because of the stronger barotropic tides and stronger stratification in the upper layer of the water column. High‐resolution bathymetry does play an important role in the internal tide generation on a local scale, but its impact on the modeled large‐scale SSH variability and SSH wavenumber spectra is quite small. High‐frequency wind variability plays only a minor role on the generation of the simulated high‐frequency SSH variability. Impact of altimetry sampling on the computation of the SSH wavenumber spectra is also discussed.