cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Maternal Education Prospectively Predicts Child Neurocognitive Function: An Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes Study
Creators: name: Bowers, Maureen E.
name: Troller-Renfree, Sonya
name: Ola, Cindy
name: Lai, Jin-Shei
name: Hershey, Gurjit K. Khurana
name: Keating, Daniel P.
name: Ferrara, Assiamira
name: Elliott, Amy J.
name: Hernandez, Alexis
name: Leve, Leslie D.
name: Leach, Stephanie C.
name: Camargo, Carlos A.
name: Shapiro, Allison L. B.
name: Morales, Santiago
name: Ziegler, Katherine
name: Deoni, Sean
name: Nozadi, Sara S.
name: McGrath, Monica
name: Fifer, William
name: Swingler, Margaret M.
name: Schweitzer, Julie B.
name: Hartert, Tina V.
name: Shuffrey, Lauren
Publisher: name: American Psychological Association (APA)
Year: 2024

description: A large body of research has established a relation between maternal education and children's neurocognitive functions, such as executive function and language. However, most studies have focused on early childhood and relatively few studies have examined associations with changes in maternal education over time. Consequently, it remains unclear if early maternal education is longitudinally related to neurocognitive functions in children, adolescents, and young adults. In addition, the associations between changes in maternal education across development and more broadly defined neurocognitive outcomes remain relatively untested. The current study leveraged a large multicohort sample to examine the longitudinal relations between perinatal maternal education and changes in maternal education during development with children's, adolescents', and young adults' neurocognitive functions (N = 2,688; Mage = 10.32 years; SDage = 4.26; range = 3-20 years). Moreover, we examined the differential effects of perinatal maternal education and changes in maternal education across development on executive function and language performance. Perinatal maternal education was positively associated with children's later overall neurocognitive function. This longitudinal relation was stronger for language than executive function. In addition, increases in maternal education were related to improved language performance but were not associated with executive functioning performance. Our findings support perinatal maternal education as an important predictor of neurocognitive outcomes later in development. Moreover, our results suggest that examining how maternal education changes across development can provide important insights that can help inform policies and interventions designed to foster neurocognitive development. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).
Local Change Point Detection and Cleaning of EEMD Signals
Creators: name: Hoffman, Kentaro
name: Lees, Jonathan
name: Zhang, Kai
Publisher: name: Springer Nature
Year: 2023

description: The ensemble empirical mode decomposition (EEMD) has become a preferred technique to decompose nonlinear and non-stationary signals due to its ability to create time-varying basis functions. However, current EEMD signal cleaning techniques are unable to deal with situations where a signal only occurs for a portion of the entire recording length. By combining change point detection and statistical hypothesis testing, we demonstrate how to clean a signal to emphasize unique local changes within each basis function. This not only allows us to observe which frequency bands are undergoing a change, but also leads to improved recovery of the underlying information. Using this technique, we demonstrate improved signal cleaning performance for acoustic shockwave signal detection.
Stochastic resonance mediates the state-dependent effect of periodic stimulation on cortical alpha oscillations
Creators: name: Hutt, Axel
name: Lefebvre, Jeremie
name: Frohlich, Flavio
Publisher: name: eLife
Year: 2017

description: Brain stimulation can be used to engage and modulate rhythmic activity in brain networks. However, the outcomes of brain stimulation are shaped by behavioral states and endogenous fluctuations in brain activity. To better understand how this intrinsic oscillatory activity controls the susceptibility of the brain to stimulation, we analyzed a computational model of the thalamo-cortical system in two distinct states (rest and task-engaged) to identify the mechanisms by which endogenous alpha oscillations (8Hz-12Hz) are modulated by periodic stimulation. Our analysis shows that the different responses to stimulation observed experimentally in these brain states can be explained by a passage through a bifurcation combined with stochastic resonance - a mechanism by which irregular fluctuations amplify the response of a nonlinear system to weak periodic signals. Indeed, our findings suggest that modulation of brain oscillations is best achieved in states of low endogenous rhythmic activity, and that irregular state-dependent fluctuations in thalamic inputs shape the susceptibility of cortical population to periodic stimulation.
Neurocognitive and social-communicative function of children born very preterm at 10 years of age: Associations with microorganisms recovered from the placenta parenchyma
Creators: name: Leviton, Alan
name: Stewart, Jill R.
name: Tomlinson, Martha Scott
name: Onderdonk, Andrew B.
name: Fry, Rebecca C.
name: Santos, Hudson P.
name: Kuban, Karl C. K.
name: O'Shea, T. Michael
name: Joseph, Robert
name: Heeren, Timothy
Publisher: name: Springer Nature
Year: 2019

description: ObjectiveInfection of the placenta has been associated with preterm birth as well as neurocognitive impairment. This study aimed to determine whether specific bacterial species in the placenta of extremely preterm pregnancies are associated with neurological deficits later in life.Study DesignUsing data from 807 children in the ELGAN study the risks of a low score on six neurological assessments in relation to 15 different microbes were quantified with odds ratios.ResultsThe presence of certain microbial species in the placenta was associated with lower scores on numerical and oral language assessments. Lactobacillus sp. was associated with decreased risk of a low oral language score and a composite measure of IQ and executive function.ConclusionPlacental microorganisms were associated with neurocognitive, but not social-communicative, outcomes at age 10. In contrast, the presence of the anti-inflammatory Lactobacillus sp. in the placenta was associated with a lower risk of impaired neurocognitive functions.
Elevated protein concentrations in newborn blood and the risks of autism spectrum disorder, and of social impairment, at age 10 years among infants born before the 28th week of gestation
Creators: name: O'Shea, T. Michael
name: Allred, Elizabeth N.
name: ELGAN study investigators
name: Kuban, Karl C. K.
name: Leviton, Alan
name: Korzeniewski, Steven J.
Publisher: name: Springer Nature
Year: 2018

description: Among the 1 of 10 children who are born preterm annually in the United States, 6% are born before the third trimester. Among children who survive birth before the 28th week of gestation, the risks of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and non-autistic social impairment are severalfold higher than in the general population. We examined the relationship between top quartile inflammation-related protein concentrations among children born extremely preterm and ASD or, separately, a high score on the Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS total score ≥65) among those who did not meet ASD criteria, using information only from the subset of children whose DAS-II verbal or non-verbal IQ was ≥70, who were assessed for ASD, and who had proteins measured in blood collected on ≥2 days (N = 763). ASD (N = 36) assessed at age 10 years is associated with recurrent top quartile concentrations of inflammation-related proteins during the first post-natal month (e.g., SAA odds ratio (OR); 95% confidence interval (CI): 2.5; 1.2–5.3) and IL-6 (OR; 95% CI: 2.6; 1.03–6.4)). Top quartile concentrations of neurotrophic proteins appear to moderate the increased risk of ASD associated with repeated top quartile concentrations of inflammation-related proteins. High (top quartile) concentrations of SAA are associated with elevated risk of ASD (2.8; 1.2–6.7) when Ang-1 concentrations are below the top quartile, but not when Ang-1 concentrations are high (1.3; 0.3–5.8). Similarly, high concentrations of TNF-α are associated with heightened risk of SRS-defined social impairment (N = 130) (2.0; 1.1–3.8) when ANG-1 concentrations are not high, but not when ANG-1 concentrations are elevated (0.5; 0.1–4.2).
Environmental influences on child health outcomes: cohorts of individuals born very preterm
Creators: name: Hudak, Mark
name: Emmanuel, Crisma
name: Santos, Hudson P.
name: Marsit, Carmen
name: O'Shea, T. Michael
name: Fry, Rebecca C.
name: Aschner, Judy L.
name: Lester, Barry
name: McGowan, Elisabeth
name: Patel, Simran
name: Stroustrup, Annemarie
name: McGrath, Monica
Publisher: name: Springer Nature
Year: 2022

description: The National Institutes of Health's Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program was designed to address solution-oriented research questions about the links between children's early life environment and their risks of pre-, peri-, and post-natal complications, asthma, obesity, neurodevelopmental disorders, and positive health. Children born very preterm are at increased risk for many of the outcomes on which ECHO focuses, but the contributions of environmental factors to this risk are not well characterized. Three ECHO cohorts consist almost exclusively of individuals born very preterm. Data provided to ECHO from cohorts can be used to address hypotheses about (1) differential risks of chronic health and developmental conditions between individuals born very preterm and those born at term; (2) health disparities across social determinants of health; and (3) mechanisms linking early-life exposures and later-life outcomes among individuals born very preterm.ImpactThe National Institutes of Health's Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes Program is conducting solution-oriented research on the links between children's environment and health.Three ECHO cohorts comprise study participants born very preterm; these cohorts have enrolled, to date, 1751 individuals born in 14 states in the U.S. in between April 2002 and March 2020.Extensive data are available on early-life environmental exposures and child outcomes related to neurodevelopment, asthma, obesity, and positive health.Data from ECHO preterm cohorts can be used to address questions about the combined effects of preterm birth and environmental exposures on child health outcomes.
Agronomic Application Of Olive Mill Waste Water: Short-Term Effect On Soil Chemical Properties And Barley Performance Under Semiarid Mediterranean Conditions
Creators: name: Dakhli, Raja DAKHLI
Publisher: name: EQA - International Journal of Environmental Quality
Year: 2017
Subjects: OMW, soil, Barley crop, yield.

description: The extraction of oil produces olive mill waste water “OMW” which has a very high polluting power resulting in high levels of COD (chemical oxygen demand), high salinity and a strong phenolic compounds causing environmental pollution. Thus, the exploitation of this waste without preliminary treatment is very limited considering the toxic effect on soil and plants.

The search for new technologies or processes for recovery of the effluent is necessary. The spreading of OMWW in the sandy soil in arid conditions of Southern Tunisia is a potential alternative for this purpose.

The identification of a recovery method of “OMW” as a fertilizer in agriculture is an initiative with both agronomic and environmental interest.

 In this study, the spreading of 15, 30 and 45 m³/ha for three consecutive years was tested in the presence of irrigated barley crop in order to assess the impact of the incorporation of these effluent on soil chemical and biological characteristics and plant behaviour.

The results of the study showed that spreading amounts from 15 to 45 m³/ha for three consecutive years induced a considerable improvement of soil fertility.

The pH and soil phosphorus content remain stable during the three years of study while the soil salinity increased for the 45 m3/ha treatment where it exceeded 6 dS /m.

In addition, all the components of barley yield, except 1000 grain weight, were negatively affected by “OMW”, in particular yield plots that received higher doses as 30 m³/ha and 45 m³/ ha.

Obviously, the straw, spikels and grain yield, are negatively affected with relatively different degrees depending on the dose applied but also on the cumulative effect of successive applications during the three years of study.
description: EQA - International Journal of Environmental Quality, Vol 27 (2018)
Conducting double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trials of transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS)
Creators: name: Frohlich, Flavio
name: Riddle, Justin
Publisher: name: Springer Nature
Year: 2021

description: Many psychiatric and neurological illnesses can be conceptualized as oscillopathies defined as pathological changes in brain network oscillations. We previously proposed the application of rational design for the development of non-invasive brain stimulation for the modulation and restoration of cortical oscillations as a network therapeutic. Here, we show how transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS), which applies a weak sine-wave electric current to the scalp, may serve as a therapeutic platform for the treatment of CNS illnesses. Recently, an initial series of double-blind, placebo-controlled treatment trials of tACS have been published. Here, we first map out the conceptual underpinnings of such trials with focus on target identification, engagement, and validation. Then, we discuss practical aspects that need to be considered for successful trial execution, with particular regards to ensuring successful study blind. Finally, we briefly review the few published double-blind tACS trials and conclude with a proposed roadmap to move the field forward with the goal of moving from pilot trials to convincing efficacy studies of tACS.
Study on Dust and its Effects on Water of Raeis-Ali-Delwari Dam
Creators: name: Jabri, Sohrab
name: Taghizadeh, Mohammad Mehdi
Publisher: name: EQA - International Journal of Environmental Quality
Year: 2018
Subjects: Dust, water turbidity, Pm10

description: Dust is one of the most important types of air pollution which find a way to the air via human and natural activities. In recent years, Boushehr province in SE Iran has been exposed to increase of dust, and the problem has worsened dramatically

   In the present descriptive-analytical research, it has been tried, using library and information studies, to determine the amount as well as the effects of dust upon turbidity of water of Raeis-Ali_Delwari dam in Boushehr province during 1395 AH.

    Sampling of water level was done at 8 points of the dam during 12 days including clear days (9 days) and dusty days (3 days). The average levels of turbidity were measured in clear days at 6.11 up to 6.59 NTU, and in dusty days at 6.81 up to 7.73 NTU.  Also, the density of suspended particles was approximately 688 μ gr/m3 in dusty days, and 134 μ gr/m3 as for usual days. The results showed that although the density of particles in dusty days had reached 5 times that in usual days, the turbidity of the water of the lake behind the dam was 0.1 times higher. One could infer that 3 days after a remarkable decrease of the dust in the province, there had been no considerable effect on turbidity of the dam water.  Besides, it was implied that the decline in dust had occurred due to air mass movement and not because of the particles sediment.
description: EQA - International Journal of Environmental Quality, Vol 27 (2018)
Apostolepis nigroterminata Boulenger 1896
Creators: name: Nogueira, Cristiano C.
name: Argôlo, Antonio J. S.
name: Arzamendia, Vanesa
name: Azevedo, Josué A.
name: Barbo, Fausto E.
name: Bérnils, Renato S.
name: Bolochio, Bruna E.
name: Borges-Martins, Marcio
name: Brasil-Godinho, Marcela
name: Braz, Henrique
name: Buononato, Marcus A.
name: Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F.
name: Colli, Guarino R.
name: Costa, Henrique C.
name: Franco, Francisco L.
name: Giraudo, Alejandro
name: Gonzalez, Rodrigo C.
name: Guedes, Thaís
name: Hoogmoed, Marinus S.
name: Marques, Otavio A. V.
name: Montingelli, Giovanna G.
name: Passos, Paulo
name: Prudente, Ana L. C.
name: Rivas, Gilson A.
name: Sanchez, Paola M.
name: Serrano, Filipe C.
name: Silva Jr., Nelson J.
name: Strüssmann, Christine
name: Vieira-Alencar, João Paulo S.
name: Zaher, Hussam
name: Sawaya, Ricardo J.
name: Martins, Marcio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Colubridae
Apostolepis
Apostolepis nigroterminata

description: Apostolepis nigroterminata Boulenger, 1896
Type locality. Calleria, Ucayali, Peru.
Distribution. Known from Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru, mostly along the Chiquitano Dry Forest and surrounding regions (Plt. 249A). In Brazil, found in the Cerrado and Chiquitano Dry Forest (Plt. 249A) at low elevations (Plt. 249B). Observed in the field in seasonally dry forest (Lema and Renner, 2016).
description: Published as part of Nogueira, Cristiano C., Argôlo, Antonio J. S., Arzamendia, Vanesa, Azevedo, Josué A., Barbo, Fausto E., Bérnils, Renato S., Bolochio, Bruna E., Borges-Martins, Marcio, Brasil-Godinho, Marcela, Braz, Henrique, Buononato, Marcus A., Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F., Colli, Guarino R., Costa, Henrique C., Franco, Francisco L., Giraudo, Alejandro, Gonzalez, Rodrigo C., Guedes, Thaís, Hoogmoed, Marinus S., Marques, Otavio A. V., Montingelli, Giovanna G., Passos, Paulo, Prudente, Ana L. C., Rivas, Gilson A., Sanchez, Paola M., Serrano, Filipe C., Silva Jr., Nelson J., Strüssmann, Christine, Vieira-Alencar, João Paulo S., Zaher, Hussam, Sawaya, Ricardo J. & Martins, Marcio, 2019, Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna, pp. 1-274 in South American Journal of Herpetology 14 (s 1) on page 31, DOI: 10.2994/SAJH-D-19-00120.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10061686
Wastewater assessment in Galatz city during 2015-2016
Creators: name: Drasovean, Romana Maria
name: Condurache-Bota, Simona
name: Tigau, Nicolae
Publisher: name: EQA - International Journal of Environmental Quality
Year: 2018
Subjects: monitoring; wastewater; physical parameters; chemical parameters; allowable values; quality indicators

description: Due to the industrialization and urbanization a great quantity of wastewater is produced every day. It is important to monitor the wastewater quality and to determine if it is safe to discharge it in to the environment.

In this study, wastewater quality in Galatz city, from Romania, was evaluated. The wastewater generally comes from domestic activities and from industry. We were monitored wastewater which enters in the treatment station of the city.

In order to monitor the wastewater quality, some physical and chemical parameters were determined according to standard methods. The analyzed chemical parameters were: ammonium (mg/l), total nitrogen (mg/l), sulphides and hydrogen sulphide (mg/l), total phosphorus, total dispersed solids (TDS), total solids in suspension (TSS)(mg/l), chemical oxygen demand (COD)(mg O2/l) and pH.  As physical parameters was studied only conductivity. These data were collected during February 2015–February 2016. The physico-chemical parameters were determinated each month during this period.
description: EQA - International Journal of Environmental Quality, Vol 27 (2018)
Apostolepis phillipsi Harvey 1999
Creators: name: Nogueira, Cristiano C.
name: Argôlo, Antonio J. S.
name: Arzamendia, Vanesa
name: Azevedo, Josué A.
name: Barbo, Fausto E.
name: Bérnils, Renato S.
name: Bolochio, Bruna E.
name: Borges-Martins, Marcio
name: Brasil-Godinho, Marcela
name: Braz, Henrique
name: Buononato, Marcus A.
name: Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F.
name: Colli, Guarino R.
name: Costa, Henrique C.
name: Franco, Francisco L.
name: Giraudo, Alejandro
name: Gonzalez, Rodrigo C.
name: Guedes, Thaís
name: Hoogmoed, Marinus S.
name: Marques, Otavio A. V.
name: Montingelli, Giovanna G.
name: Passos, Paulo
name: Prudente, Ana L. C.
name: Rivas, Gilson A.
name: Sanchez, Paola M.
name: Serrano, Filipe C.
name: Silva Jr., Nelson J.
name: Strüssmann, Christine
name: Vieira-Alencar, João Paulo S.
name: Zaher, Hussam
name: Sawaya, Ricardo J.
name: Martins, Marcio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Colubridae
Apostolepis
Apostolepis phillipsi

description: Apostolepis phillipsi Harvey, 1999
Type locality. Estancia El Refugio, Parque Nacional Noel Kempff Mercado, Velasco Province, Santa Cruz, Bolívia.
Distribution. Known from Bolivia and Brazil (Plt. 250A). In Brazil, restricted to the Huanchaca/Ricardo Franco Plateau at the border of Bolivia and Brazil and the contact between the Cerrado and Chiquitano Dry Forest (Plt. 250A) at intermediate elevations (Plt. 250B). We retain the species epithet Apostolepis phillipsi, based on the principle of taxonomic stability (Colli et al., 2019). Observed in the field in seasonally dry hillside forest (Harvey, 1999; Colli et al., 2019).
description: Published as part of Nogueira, Cristiano C., Argôlo, Antonio J. S., Arzamendia, Vanesa, Azevedo, Josué A., Barbo, Fausto E., Bérnils, Renato S., Bolochio, Bruna E., Borges-Martins, Marcio, Brasil-Godinho, Marcela, Braz, Henrique, Buononato, Marcus A., Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F., Colli, Guarino R., Costa, Henrique C., Franco, Francisco L., Giraudo, Alejandro, Gonzalez, Rodrigo C., Guedes, Thaís, Hoogmoed, Marinus S., Marques, Otavio A. V., Montingelli, Giovanna G., Passos, Paulo, Prudente, Ana L. C., Rivas, Gilson A., Sanchez, Paola M., Serrano, Filipe C., Silva Jr., Nelson J., Strüssmann, Christine, Vieira-Alencar, João Paulo S., Zaher, Hussam, Sawaya, Ricardo J. & Martins, Marcio, 2019, Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna, pp. 1-274 in South American Journal of Herpetology 14 (s 1) on page 31, DOI: 10.2994/SAJH-D-19-00120.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10061686
Environmental Impact Assessment of artificial feeding plans: the Hammami plain in Iran
Creators: name: Ataei, Pouria
name: Khatir, Ashkan
name: Izadi, Nasim
name: J. Frost, Keith
Publisher: name: EQA - International Journal of Environmental Quality
Year: 2017

description: The research was conducted with the aim of assessing the environmental impacts of artificial feeding plans of Hammami Plain in Fars Province in Iran. In this paper, EIA was undertaken using the ICOLD matrix. In this method, the effect of each project activity on the environmental components in the region was assessed in two stages; project construction and operation based on physical, ecological, socio-economic, and cultural environments. Findings indicate that positive effects will be generally exerted on the environment of the region by establishing and operating artificial feeding plans in Hammami Plain. In other words, the existence of negative impacts on the environment, will mean substantial positive impacts will be seen in the region consequently; the rise in the average level of aquifer, enhancement of agricultural wells, and development of agriculture in the region, to name a few.
description: EQA - International Journal of Environmental Quality, Vol 27 (2018)
Association between microbiome and the development of adverse posttraumatic neuropsychiatric sequelae after traumatic stress exposure
Creators: name: An, Xinming
name: Swor, Robert A.
name: Hudak, Lauren A.
name: Merchant, Roland C.
name: Domeier, Robert M.
name: Hendry, Phyllis L.
name: Jones, Christopher W.
name: Harris, Erica
name: Pearson, Claire
name: Bucci, Vanni
name: Peak, David A.
name: Haran, John P.
name: Rauch, Scott L.
name: Lewandowski, Christopher
name: Pascual, Jose L.
name: Kessler, Ronald C.
name: Seamon, Mark J.
name: Koenen, Karestan C.
name: Beaudoin, Francesca L.
name: Stevens, Jennifer S.
name: Neylan, Thomas C.
name: Sheikh, Sophia
name: Sanchez, Leon D.
name: Salive, Marie-Claire
name: Rathlev, Niels K.
name: Linnstaedt, Sarah D.
name: Storrow, Alan B.
name: House, Stacey L.
name: Zeng, Donglin
name: Punches, Brittany E.
name: Zeamer, Abigail L.
name: McLean, Samuel A.
name: Clifford, Gari D.
name: Bruce, Steven E.
name: Musey, Paul I.
name: O'Neil, Brian J.
name: Sergot, Paulina
Publisher: name: Springer Nature
Year: 2023

description: Patients exposed to trauma often experience high rates of adverse post-traumatic neuropsychiatric sequelae (APNS). The biological mechanisms promoting APNS are currently unknown, but the microbiota-gut-brain axis offers an avenue to understanding mechanisms as well as possibilities for intervention. Microbiome composition after trauma exposure has been poorly examined regarding neuropsychiatric outcomes. We aimed to determine whether the gut microbiomes of trauma-exposed emergency department patients who develop APNS have dysfunctional gut microbiome profiles and discover potential associated mechanisms. We performed metagenomic analysis on stool samples (n = 51) from a subset of adults enrolled in the Advancing Understanding of RecOvery afteR traumA (AURORA) study. Two-, eight- and twelve-week post-trauma outcomes for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (PTSD checklist for DSM-5), normalized depression scores (PROMIS Depression Short Form 8b) and somatic symptom counts were collected. Generalized linear models were created for each outcome using microbial abundances and relevant demographics. Mixed-effect random forest machine learning models were used to identify associations between APNS outcomes and microbial features and encoded metabolic pathways from stool metagenomics. Microbial species, including Flavonifractor plautii, Ruminococcus gnavus and, Bifidobacterium species, which are prevalent commensal gut microbes, were found to be important in predicting worse APNS outcomes from microbial abundance data. Notably, through APNS outcome modeling using microbial metabolic pathways, worse APNS outcomes were highly predicted by decreased L-arginine related pathway genes and increased citrulline and ornithine pathways. Common commensal microbial species are enriched in individuals who develop APNS. More notably, we identified a biological mechanism through which the gut microbiome reduces global arginine bioavailability, a metabolic change that has also been demonstrated in the plasma of patients with PTSD.
Opening a window on the past: paleo-horizons across Pleistocene and Holocene. Madonna della Grotta, Praia a Mare, Southern Italy
Creators: name: Cocco, Stefania
name: Caputo Barucchi, V.
name: Negri, A.
name: Giovannotti, M.
name: Splendiani, A.
name: Fioravanti, T.
name: Albertini, D.
name: Cardelli, Valeria
name: Courchesne, F.
name: Corti, Giuseppe
Publisher: name: EQA - International Journal of Environmental Quality
Year: 2017
Subjects: Salmo trutta; paleo-environment; human artifacts; climate change

description: The goal of this study was to identify and characterize three paleo-horizons along a stratigraphic succession embracing sediments from Paleolithic to historic that has been preserved inside a grotto close to the Tyrrhenian Sea in southern Italy. The studied paleo-horizons date back to the transition period between Pleistocene and Holocene, when swift alternations of cold and warm phases profoundly altered the range dynamics of many organisms, including salmonids like Salmo trutta and, consequently, the behavior of the humans that occupied the grotto. Morphological observations and preliminary analysis were run to assess if the paleo-horizons preserved information of the human modified behavior. Results confirmed that one of the three paleo-horizons (Bud horizon, dating back to 10,300 cal YBP) had a strongly affected anthropic origin as it contains the rests of terrestrial (mammals, birds, and snails) and sea food (Salmo trutta and Patella spp.), and showed a hard compaction acquired via hydroconsolidation.
description: EQA - International Journal of Environmental Quality, Vol 25 (2017): Cultural Landscapes
The reciprocal effects of perceived accuracy and trust in news media: a two-wave online panel study in the context of the 2021 German federal election
Creators: name: Holtrup, Stefanie
name: Henke, Jakob
name: Steffan, Dennis
name: Möhring, Wiebke
Publisher: name: TU Dortmund
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 070

description: Trust in the news media is an important prerequisite for democracies. Building on media trust and accuracy research, we investigate reciprocal effects between perceived accuracy and trust in news. We implemented a two-wave online panel survey (N = 952) in the context of the 2021 German federal election. For media individuals' use, we find that trust and accuracy are reciprocally related and are influenced by media use. For the media in general, only trust has an effect on accuracy, whereas media skepticism and cynicism are only associated with trust, not with accuracy. Further results and their implications are discussed.
description: Journalism & mass communication quarterly;101(1)
WHEN A PEDOMARKER IS LACKING:  PALYNOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL MULTIANALYSIS  OF A LATEGLACIAL-HOLOCENE SOILS SUITE (BOLOGNA)
Creators: name: Cacciari, Marco
name: Cremonini, Stefano
name: Marchesini, Marco
name: Vianello, Gilmo
name: Vittori Antisari, Livia
Publisher: name: EQA - International Journal of Environmental Quality
Year: 2017
Subjects: geochemistry; pedology; palynology; Holocene; Bologna

description: In 2014 a 13-metres long palaeopedological section has been sampled in the courtyard of Sant’Orsola Hospital (Bologna) to make a paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the area and to better understand the environmental dynamics occurring at the Chalcolithic site found at the depth of 5 metres. Pedological horizons have been grouped in 14 Soil Units (SU), 3 of which show a strong blackening. Chronological reference points are the 13230±70 cal. yr BP radiocarbon dated ACkb horizon of SU 10 (the lowest black horizon), the Chalcolithic charcoal horizon of SU 4 (the topmost) and the top-section Roman horizon of SU 1, the latter recognised thanks to some ceramic fragments. The other black horizon didn’t show specific characters on the field.

Fossa Cavallina creek is the main driver of local depositional and environmental dynamics, while human presence is a subordinate factor. At first, geomorphological and chemical multianalysis have provided data to understand pedological conditions; secondly, palynological analysis has not only allowed to better characterise the environmental changes and their local drivers, but it also permitted to putatively assign the basal SU 14 to the Bølling interstadial, even though no diagnostic pedological features [AES 7b Vignola Unit’s A-Bw-Bt-Bk-C 2 m-thick reddish dark brown non calcareous Alfisol sensu Martelli et al. (editors), 2009] had been found. These results stress the striking importance of an integrated geomorphological, pedological and palynological approach towards the study of continental pedogenised deposits.
description: EQA - International Journal of Environmental Quality, Vol 24 (2017): Paleosols, Pedoarchaeology
Apostolepis polylepis
Creators: name: Nogueira, Cristiano C.
name: Argôlo, Antonio J. S.
name: Arzamendia, Vanesa
name: Azevedo, Josué A.
name: Barbo, Fausto E.
name: Bérnils, Renato S.
name: Bolochio, Bruna E.
name: Borges-Martins, Marcio
name: Brasil-Godinho, Marcela
name: Braz, Henrique
name: Buononato, Marcus A.
name: Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F.
name: Colli, Guarino R.
name: Costa, Henrique C.
name: Franco, Francisco L.
name: Giraudo, Alejandro
name: Gonzalez, Rodrigo C.
name: Guedes, Thaís
name: Hoogmoed, Marinus S.
name: Marques, Otavio A. V.
name: Montingelli, Giovanna G.
name: Passos, Paulo
name: Prudente, Ana L. C.
name: Rivas, Gilson A.
name: Sanchez, Paola M.
name: Serrano, Filipe C.
name: Silva Jr., Nelson J.
name: Strüssmann, Christine
name: Vieira-Alencar, João Paulo S.
name: Zaher, Hussam
name: Sawaya, Ricardo J.
name: Martins, Marcio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Colubridae
Apostolepis
Apostolepis polylepis

description: Apostolepis polylepis (Amaral, 1922)
Type locality. Village of Engenheiro Dodt, currently Santa Filomena, state of Piauí, Brazil.
Distribution. Endemic to Brazil (Plt. 251A), restricted to the northeastern portion of the Cerrado (Plt. 251A) at low to intermediate elevations (Plt. 251B). Observed in the field in open savanna and grassland on sandy soils (Nogueira et al., 2011; Recoder et al., 2011).
description: Published as part of Nogueira, Cristiano C., Argôlo, Antonio J. S., Arzamendia, Vanesa, Azevedo, Josué A., Barbo, Fausto E., Bérnils, Renato S., Bolochio, Bruna E., Borges-Martins, Marcio, Brasil-Godinho, Marcela, Braz, Henrique, Buononato, Marcus A., Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F., Colli, Guarino R., Costa, Henrique C., Franco, Francisco L., Giraudo, Alejandro, Gonzalez, Rodrigo C., Guedes, Thaís, Hoogmoed, Marinus S., Marques, Otavio A. V., Montingelli, Giovanna G., Passos, Paulo, Prudente, Ana L. C., Rivas, Gilson A., Sanchez, Paola M., Serrano, Filipe C., Silva Jr., Nelson J., Strüssmann, Christine, Vieira-Alencar, João Paulo S., Zaher, Hussam, Sawaya, Ricardo J. & Martins, Marcio, 2019, Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna, pp. 1-274 in South American Journal of Herpetology 14 (s 1) on page 31, DOI: 10.2994/SAJH-D-19-00120.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10061686
THE PALYNOLOGY CONTRIBUTION IN PALAEOENVIRONMENT INVESTIGATION. A CASE-STUDY OF A LATEGLACIAL-HOLOCENE SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE NEAR BOLOGNA (NORTHERN ITALY)
Creators: name: Marchesini, Marco
name: Marvelli, Silvia
name: Lobietti, Antonella
Publisher: name: EQA - International Journal of Environmental Quality
Year: 2017
Subjects: pedosequence; geomorphology; pollen analysis; landscape; human impact

description: The palynological studies are extremely relevant in the investigation of the evolution of palaeoenvironments. A case of pedopalynological studies was applied to the Lateglacial to Holocene sedimentary sequence derived from a small site located in San Lazzaro di Savena in the surroundings of Bologna, (Emilia Romagna, Northern Italy). Several disciplinary and analytical approaches, including pedostratigraphy, geochemistry, radiocarbon dating, archaeobotanical investigation and δ13C stable isotopes analyses, were taken into account for the complete characterization of the pedosequence.
description: EQA - International Journal of Environmental Quality, Vol 25 (2017): Cultural Landscapes
Transcranial alternating current stimulation entrains alpha oscillations by preferential phase synchronization of fast-spiking cortical neurons to stimulation waveform
Creators: name: Passey, D. J.
name: Doan, Thien T.
name: Negahbani, Ehsan
name: Hoover, Anna C.
name: Stitt, Iain M.
name: Fröhlich, Flavio
name: Dannhauer, Moritz
name: Davey, Marshall
name: Huang, Wei A.
name: Peterchev, Angel V.
name: Ahn, Sangtae
name: Radtke-Schuller, Susanne
Publisher: name: Springer Nature
Year: 2021

description: Computational modeling and human studies suggest that transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) modulates alpha oscillations by entrainment. Yet, a direct examination of how tACS interacts with neuronal spiking activity that gives rise to the alpha oscillation in the thalamo-cortical system has been lacking. Here, we demonstrate how tACS entrains endogenous alpha oscillations in head-fixed awake ferrets. We first show that endogenous alpha oscillations in the posterior parietal cortex drive the primary visual cortex and the higher-order visual thalamus. Spike-field coherence is largest for the alpha frequency band, and presumed fast-spiking inhibitory interneurons exhibit strongest coupling to this oscillation. We then apply alpha-tACS that results in a field strength comparable to what is commonly used in humans (<0.5â€‰mV/mm). Both in these ferret experiments and in a computational model of the thalamo-cortical system, tACS entrains alpha oscillations by following the theoretically predicted Arnold tongue. Intriguingly, the fast-spiking inhibitory interneurons exhibit a stronger entrainment response to tACS in both the ferret experiments and the computational model, likely due to their stronger endogenous coupling to the alpha oscillation. Our findings demonstrate the in vivo mechanism of action for the modulation of the alpha oscillation by tACS.
Apostolepis quinquelineata Boulenger 1896
Creators: name: Nogueira, Cristiano C.
name: Argôlo, Antonio J. S.
name: Arzamendia, Vanesa
name: Azevedo, Josué A.
name: Barbo, Fausto E.
name: Bérnils, Renato S.
name: Bolochio, Bruna E.
name: Borges-Martins, Marcio
name: Brasil-Godinho, Marcela
name: Braz, Henrique
name: Buononato, Marcus A.
name: Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F.
name: Colli, Guarino R.
name: Costa, Henrique C.
name: Franco, Francisco L.
name: Giraudo, Alejandro
name: Gonzalez, Rodrigo C.
name: Guedes, Thaís
name: Hoogmoed, Marinus S.
name: Marques, Otavio A. V.
name: Montingelli, Giovanna G.
name: Passos, Paulo
name: Prudente, Ana L. C.
name: Rivas, Gilson A.
name: Sanchez, Paola M.
name: Serrano, Filipe C.
name: Silva Jr., Nelson J.
name: Strüssmann, Christine
name: Vieira-Alencar, João Paulo S.
name: Zaher, Hussam
name: Sawaya, Ricardo J.
name: Martins, Marcio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Colubridae
Apostolepis
Apostolepis quinquelineata

description: Apostolepis quinquelineata Boulenger, 1896
Type locality. Demerara, Guyana.
Distribution. Known from Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, and Suriname on the Guiana Shield (Plt. 252A). Map and taxonomy follow Curcio et al. (2011). In Brazil, it is found in Amazonia north of the Amazon River (Plt. 252A) at low elevations (Plt. 252B). Recorded in the field in forests (Martins and Oliveira, 1998).
description: Published as part of Nogueira, Cristiano C., Argôlo, Antonio J. S., Arzamendia, Vanesa, Azevedo, Josué A., Barbo, Fausto E., Bérnils, Renato S., Bolochio, Bruna E., Borges-Martins, Marcio, Brasil-Godinho, Marcela, Braz, Henrique, Buononato, Marcus A., Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F., Colli, Guarino R., Costa, Henrique C., Franco, Francisco L., Giraudo, Alejandro, Gonzalez, Rodrigo C., Guedes, Thaís, Hoogmoed, Marinus S., Marques, Otavio A. V., Montingelli, Giovanna G., Passos, Paulo, Prudente, Ana L. C., Rivas, Gilson A., Sanchez, Paola M., Serrano, Filipe C., Silva Jr., Nelson J., Strüssmann, Christine, Vieira-Alencar, João Paulo S., Zaher, Hussam, Sawaya, Ricardo J. & Martins, Marcio, 2019, Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna, pp. 1-274 in South American Journal of Herpetology 14 (s 1) on page 31, DOI: 10.2994/SAJH-D-19-00120.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10061686
Digital automation of transdermal drug delivery with high spatiotemporal resolution
Creators: name: Huang, Zhili
name: Xing, Sicheng
name: Lipman, Will
name: Zhang, Lin
name: Chen, Zeka
name: Xie, Wanrong
name: Song, Juan
name: Hafiz, Priyash
name: Wang, Yihang
name: Yan, Zijie
name: Bai, Wubin
name: Davis, Brayden
name: Wang, Tian
Publisher: name: Springer Nature
Year: 2024

description: Transdermal drug delivery is of vital importance for medical treatments. However, user adherence to long-term repetitive drug delivery poses a grand challenge. Furthermore, the dynamic and unpredictable disease progression demands a pharmaceutical treatment that can be actively controlled in real-time to ensure medical precision and personalization. Here, we report a spatiotemporal on-demand patch (SOP) that integrates drug-loaded microneedles with biocompatible metallic membranes to enable electrically triggered active control of drug release. Precise control of drug release to targeted locations (<1 mm2), rapid drug release response to electrical triggers (<30 s), and multi-modal operation involving both drug release and electrical stimulation highlight the novelty. Solution-based fabrication ensures high customizability and scalability to tailor the SOP for various pharmaceutical needs. The wireless-powered and digital-controlled SOP demonstrates great promise in achieving full automation of drug delivery, improving user adherence while ensuring medical precision. Based on these characteristics, we utilized SOPs in sleep studies. We revealed that programmed release of exogenous melatonin from SOPs improve sleep of mice, indicating potential values for basic research and clinical treatments.
Apostolepis quirogai Giraudo and Scrocchi 1998
Creators: name: Nogueira, Cristiano C.
name: Argôlo, Antonio J. S.
name: Arzamendia, Vanesa
name: Azevedo, Josué A.
name: Barbo, Fausto E.
name: Bérnils, Renato S.
name: Bolochio, Bruna E.
name: Borges-Martins, Marcio
name: Brasil-Godinho, Marcela
name: Braz, Henrique
name: Buononato, Marcus A.
name: Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F.
name: Colli, Guarino R.
name: Costa, Henrique C.
name: Franco, Francisco L.
name: Giraudo, Alejandro
name: Gonzalez, Rodrigo C.
name: Guedes, Thaís
name: Hoogmoed, Marinus S.
name: Marques, Otavio A. V.
name: Montingelli, Giovanna G.
name: Passos, Paulo
name: Prudente, Ana L. C.
name: Rivas, Gilson A.
name: Sanchez, Paola M.
name: Serrano, Filipe C.
name: Silva Jr., Nelson J.
name: Strüssmann, Christine
name: Vieira-Alencar, João Paulo S.
name: Zaher, Hussam
name: Sawaya, Ricardo J.
name: Martins, Marcio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Colubridae
Apostolepis
Apostolepis quirogai

description: Apostolepis quirogai Giraudo and Scrocchi, 1998
Type locality. Posadas, Misiones Province, Argentina.
Distribution. Known from southern South America, in Argentina and Brazil (Plt. 318A). In Brazil, recorded in the Pampas Grasslands (Plt. 318A) at low elevations (Plt. 253B). Observed in the field in urban areas within a matrix of seasonal subtropical forest and grassland (Giraudo and Scrocchi, 1998).
description: Published as part of Nogueira, Cristiano C., Argôlo, Antonio J. S., Arzamendia, Vanesa, Azevedo, Josué A., Barbo, Fausto E., Bérnils, Renato S., Bolochio, Bruna E., Borges-Martins, Marcio, Brasil-Godinho, Marcela, Braz, Henrique, Buononato, Marcus A., Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F., Colli, Guarino R., Costa, Henrique C., Franco, Francisco L., Giraudo, Alejandro, Gonzalez, Rodrigo C., Guedes, Thaís, Hoogmoed, Marinus S., Marques, Otavio A. V., Montingelli, Giovanna G., Passos, Paulo, Prudente, Ana L. C., Rivas, Gilson A., Sanchez, Paola M., Serrano, Filipe C., Silva Jr., Nelson J., Strüssmann, Christine, Vieira-Alencar, João Paulo S., Zaher, Hussam, Sawaya, Ricardo J. & Martins, Marcio, 2019, Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna, pp. 1-274 in South American Journal of Herpetology 14 (s 1) on page 31, DOI: 10.2994/SAJH-D-19-00120.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10061686
Status and prediction of sulfur dioxide as an air pollutant in Tehran, Iran
Creators: name: Masoudi, Masoud
name: Behzadi, Farshad
name: Sakhaei, Mohammad
Publisher: name: EQA - International Journal of Environmental Quality
Year: 2018

description: In the present study, air quality analyses for sulfur dioxide (SO2) were conducted in Tehran, Capital of Iran. The measurements were taken in four different locations to prepare average data in the city. The averages concentrations were calculated for every 24 hours, each month and each season. Results showed that the highest concentration of sulfur dioxide occurs generally in the mid-night and beginning of morning while the least concentration was found at the afternoon. Monthly concentrations of the sulfur dioxide showed the highest value in August while the least value in April. The seasonal concentrations showed the least amounts in spring while the highest in summer. Then Relations between the air pollutant and some meteorological parameters were calculated statistically using the daily average data. The wind data (velocity, direction), relative humidity, temperature, sunshine periods, dew point and rainfall were considered as independent variables. The level relationships between concentration of pollutant and meteorological parameters were expressed by multiple linear and nonlinear regression equations for both annual and seasonal conditions using SPSS software. RMSE test showed that among different prediction models, stepwise model is the best option.
description: EQA - International Journal of Environmental Quality, Vol 28 (2018)
The mastery of the Takhtabush as a paradigm traditional design element in the hot zone climate
Creators: name: Mohamed, Mady Ahmed
Publisher: name: EQA - International Journal of Environmental Quality
Year: 2018
Subjects: Courtyard, Thermal Performance, Takhtabush

description: The Takhtabush "A covered outdoor sitting area at ground level" was introduced in the Mamluk period in the 12th century to the traditional courtyard in Egypt (El-Shorbagy 2010). It is located between the shaded courtyard and the backyard, opening completely onto the courtyard and through a Mashrabia onto the backyard which ensures a steady flow of air by convection (Fathy 1986). Several studies investigated the thermal performance of the courtyard and few of them highlighted on the importance of the Takhtabush. No one investigated how far the Takhtabush can affect the thermal performance of the courtyard. The author of this paper doubts the efficiency of the courtyard without the Takhtabush in hot arid zone where the air velocity during the summer is very low most of the time. The current research conducts a comparative study between two scenarios of the courtyard (with and without the Takhtabush) through technical investigation. The investigation is done using monitoring techniques with observation and field measurements. Data is analysed using statistical analysis software. The results showed quantitatively and qualitatively the importance of employing the Takhtabush to enhance the thermal performance of the courtyard.
description: EQA - International Journal of Environmental Quality, Vol 28 (2018)
Water Quality Analysis of near Marble Mine Area in Tehsil -Kotputali, District- Jaipur, Rajasthan (India)
Creators: name: SAXENA, NEHA
Publisher: name: EQA - International Journal of Environmental Quality
Year: 2018

description: Water is the most vital resources in our planet. From the different mining process the quality of ground water and surface water get contaminated by chemicals from mining. Further in processes creating environmental damage, the contamination resulting from leakage of chemicals also affects the health of the local population. To assess the quality of water two monitoring/sampling summer seasons were selected to analyses the quality of water near the marble mine in Tehsil - Kotputali, District- Jaipur (Rajasthan). Result shows that mining affects the quality of surrounding surface water and ground water. Observation showed a negative correlation with the water control. 20% results are within the permissible limits but 80 % results are above the permissible limits recommended by IS:3025 & APHA. The water is contaminated with high concentration of metals, types of toxic sulphides, and the presence of salts can negatively affect the water quality, marine life and ground water quality.

Keyword: Mining, Sulphides, Toxic, Jaipur.
description: EQA - International Journal of Environmental Quality, Vol 27 (2018)