Atmospheric Electricity Influencing Biogeochemical Processes in Soils and Sediments
Conclusion
Our results from experiments and field observations suggest that variation in AE can influence Earth’s subsurface chemistry and the microorganisms in subsurface environments. We have provided proof of evidence that variations in AE can cascade down to changes in sediment redox conditions with implications for microbial electron transport activities and biogeochemical processes such as SO4- reduction. These insights widen our conceptual understanding of processes in water bodies, soils and sediments, and their overlooked links to AE. The coupling of AE and subsurface electrochemistry is likely relevant to...
Source: Frontiers in Physiology - April 15, 2019 Category: Physiology Source Type: research
Financial Incentive Does Not Affect P300 in the Complex Trial Protocol (CTP) Version of the Concealed Information Test (CIT) in Malingering Detection. II. Uninstructed Subjects
This study utilized the older “3-stimulus protocol” [3SP, (7)]. We want to emphasize, however, that the malingering protocol that detects feigned cognitive deficit about autobiographical knowledge has critical differences from the forensic CIT protocol that detects feigned ignorance of crime details, and this fact makes it difficult to generalize from malingering data to forensic CIT data. We will re-visit this issue in the discussion.
It is noted that the present and previous tests of malingering use both verbal/behavioral tests as well as P300 data, typically with a comparative aim. The verbal/behavioral...
Source: Frontiers in Psychiatry - April 14, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Occurrence of Transferable Integrons and sul and dfr Genes Among Sulfonamide-and/or Trimethoprim-Resistant Bacteria Isolated From Chilean Salmonid Farms
Conclusion
The present results demonstrated that Chilean salmon farms play an important role as reservoirs of sulfonamide- and trimethoprim-resistant bacteria. The prevalence of conjugative plasmids and integrons among sul-carrying bacteria suggests these bacteria, mainly belonging to the Pseudomonas genus may contribute to high spread of bacterial resistance to sulfonamides and other antibacterials in environments associated with Chilean salmon farms. This is the first study reporting the occurrence of transferable sul and dfr genes and integrons among the antimicrobial resistant bacteria associated with Chilean salmonid...
Source: Frontiers in Microbiology - April 11, 2019 Category: Microbiology Source Type: research
Mating Status of an Herbivorous Stink Bug Female Affects the Emission of Oviposition-Induced Plant Volatiles Exploited by an Egg Parasitoid
This study contributed to better understanding the host location process by egg parasitoids and laid the basis for the chemical characterization of the elicitor responsible for OIPV emission.
Introduction
Hymenopteran parasitoids play a key ecological role in many ecosystems and these insects have been recently suggested to be the most species-rich group within the animal kingdom (Forbes et al., 2018). Many parasitoid species are natural enemies of insect pests, which can be used in integrated pest management with the aim of reducing pesticide applications (van Lenteren, 2012; Heimpel and Mills, 2017). One of the k...
Source: Frontiers in Physiology - April 11, 2019 Category: Physiology Source Type: research
What matters to people with COPD: outputs from Working Together for Change
What matters to people with COPD: outputs from Working Together for Change, Published online: 12 April 2019; doi:10.1038/s41533-019-0124-zInterviews and workshops exploring patient perceptions of chronic lung disease care suggest a need to incorporate psychological and practical support with clinical management. Patient psychology frequently affects COPD symptoms; for example, patients with similar levels of physical airflow obstruction experience varying levels of breathlessness and ability to function in day-to-day life. Frances Early at the UK’s Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and co-workers used a...
Source: npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine - April 11, 2019 Category: Primary Care Authors: Frances Early Matthew Lettis Sarah-Jane Winders Jonathan Fuld Source Type: research
Neuroergonomics: Where the Cortex Hits the Concrete
P. A. Hancock*
Department of Psychology, Institute for Simulation and Training, University of Central, Orlando, FL, United States
Introduction
This present article considers the nature and impact of the vital contributions of Raja Parasuraman and the way in which his brain-child–neuroergonomics–has begun to flourish and blossom in our contemporary world. By unlocking the secrets of brain activity and then finding mechanisms and technologies to elaborate such processes more directly into the world, he has provided us with a clear vision for the future of human-machine interaction. However, it ...
Source: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience - April 11, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research
Proteomic and Isotopic Response of Desulfovibrio vulgaris to DsrC Perturbation
Conclusion
Together, these isotopic and proteomic observations suggest that in D. vulgaris, genetically enforced suppression of DsrC expression results in decreased metabolic capacity for sulfate reduction and a smaller expressed sulfur isotopic fractionation. Interestingly, the forced under-expression of DsrC in the mutant strain resulted in perturbations to protein expression both within and beyond the central sulfate reduction pathway, consistent with throttling of the fluxes of sulfur and electrons for sulfate reduction. This work provides the first experimental and quantitative test of changes in the abundance of the...
Source: Frontiers in Microbiology - April 10, 2019 Category: Microbiology Source Type: research
Alexithymia and Its Associations With Depression, Suicidality, and Aggression: An Overview of the Literature
Conclusion
It is clear that clinically, there is still much to be learnt about alexithymia and its relationship with a range of related phenomena. Firstly, is alexithymia a continuous and stable trait independent of psychological or somatic symptomology that is developed during childhood? Or is it instead a reactive state induced by trauma and distress at any age, which serves to defend against intense and upsetting emotions? This impacts on treatment options. For example, should we be focussing on early childhood interventions which target the child's emotional environment and parenting to encourage emotional exp...
Source: Frontiers in Psychiatry - April 10, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Handbook of CTG Interpretation: From Patterns to Physiology Editor: Edwin Chandraharan ISBN 978107485501 / Paperback / 237 pages / Cambridge University Press
The Obstetrician&Gynaecologist, Volume 21, Issue 2, Page 152-152, April 2019. (Source: The Obstetrician and Gynaecologist)
Source: The Obstetrician and Gynaecologist - April 8, 2019 Category: OBGYN Tags: Book Review Source Type: research
Professional Development Skills for Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Editors: Tahir Mahmood and Sambit Mukhopadhyay ISBN 9781316631133 / Paperback / 160 pages / £29.99 / Cambridge University Press
The Obstetrician&Gynaecologist, Volume 21, Issue 2, Page 153-153, April 2019. (Source: The Obstetrician and Gynaecologist)
Source: The Obstetrician and Gynaecologist - April 8, 2019 Category: OBGYN Tags: Book Review Source Type: research
Handbook of CTG Interpretation: From Patterns to Physiology Editor: Edwin Chandraharan ISBN 978107485501 / Paperback / 237 pages / Cambridge University Press
The Obstetrician&Gynaecologist, Volume 21, Issue 2, Page 152-152, April 2019. (Source: The Obstetrician and Gynaecologist)
Source: The Obstetrician and Gynaecologist - April 8, 2019 Category: OBGYN Tags: Book Review Source Type: research
Peter G. Coleman, Christine Ivani-Chalian and Maureen Robinson, Self and Meaning in the Lives of Older People , Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2015, 249 pp., pbk £24.99, ISBN 13: 9781107617230.
Book ReviewsKATE BENNETT,Ageing& Society,Volume 36 Issue 08, pp 1776-1776Abstract (Source: Ageing)
Source: Ageing - March 22, 2019 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Mega ‐Review: Causality Books Causal Analytics for Applied Risk Analysis by Louis Anthony Cox, Jr., Douglas A. Popken, and Richard X. Sun. Springer, International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, Vol. 270, 2018, $229, xxii+588. The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect by Judea Pearl and Dana Mackenzie. New York: Basic Books, 2018, $32, x+419. Causality: Models, Reasoning and Inference by Judea Pearl, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2000, 2nd edition, 2009, $64.99, xix+465.
Risk Analysis, EarlyView. (Source: Risk Analysis)
Source: Risk Analysis - March 18, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: D. Warner North Tags: Book Reviews Source Type: research
Aperiodic Order: Volume 2, Crystallography and Almost Periodicity. Edited by M. Baake and U. Grimm. Cambridge University Press, 2017. Pp. 404. Price GBP 110 (hardback). ISBN 9781139033862.
(Source: Acta Crystallographica Section A)
Source: Acta Crystallographica Section A - February 28, 2019 Category: Chemistry Authors: de Boissieu, M. Tags: book review aperiodic crystals almost periodicity book reviews Source Type: research
