Disrupted Spatial Organization of Cued Exogenous Attention Persists Into Adulthood in Developmental Dyslexia

2021

Purpose: Abnormal exogenous attention orienting and diffused spatial distribution of attention have been associated with reading impairment in children with developmental dyslexia. However, studies in adults have failed to replicate such relationships. The goal of the present study was to address this issue by assessing exogenous visual attention and its peripheral spatial distribution in adults with developmental dyslexia.Methods: We measured response times, accuracy and eye movements of 18 dyslexics and 19 typical readers in a cued discrimination paradigm, in which stimuli were presented at different peripheral eccentricities.Results: Results showed that adults with developmental dyslexia…

On some dual frames multipliers with at most countable spectra

2021

A dual frames multiplier is an operator consisting of analysis, multiplication and synthesis processes, where the analysis and the synthesis are made by two dual frames in a Hilbert space, respectively. In this paper we investigate the spectra of some dual frames multipliers giving, in particular, conditions to be at most countable. The contribution extends the results available in literature about the spectra of Bessel multipliers with symbol decaying to zero and of multipliers of dual Riesz bases.

The Fortune of Curial e Güelfa (from discovery to edition)

2021

Ferula sommieriana (Apiaceae), a new species from Pelagie Islands (Sicily)

2021

Ferula sommieriana, a new species occurring in Lampedusa and Linosa, islands of Pelagie Archipelago in the Sicilian Channel, is described and illustrated. Previously it was attributed to F. communis, from which it differs in several features regarding mainly the morphology and anatomy of terminal leaf lobes and mericarps, as well as the shape and size of reproductive structures. Its ecology, conservation status and relationships with other allied Mediterranean species of the sect. Ferula are provided, as well as the analytical keys of the species belonging to the aforesaid section.

Molecular profile study of extracellular vesicles for the identification of useful small “hit” in cancer diagnosis

2021

Tumor-secreted extracellular vesicles (EVs) are the main mediators of cell-cell communication, permitting cells to exchange proteins, lipids, and metabolites in varying physiological and pathological conditions. They contain signature tumor-derived molecules that reflect the intracellular status of their cell of origin. Recent studies have shown that tumor cell-derived EVs can aid in cancer metastasis through the modulation of the tumor microenvironment, suppression of the immune system, pre-metastatic niche formation, and subsequent metastasis. EVs can easily be isolated from a variety of biological fluids, and their content makes them useful biomarkers for the diagnosis, prognosis, monito…

Notulae to the Italian flora of algae, bryophytes, fungi and lichens: 12

2021

In this contribution, new data concerning bryophytes, fungi and lichens of the Italian flora are presented. It includes new records, confirmations or exclusions for the bryophyte genera Acaulon, Campylopus, Entosthodon, Homomallium, Pseudohygrohypnum, and Thuidium, the fungal genera Entoloma, Cortinarius, Mycenella, Oxyporus, and Psathyrella and the lichen genera Anaptychia, Athallia, Baeomyces, Bagliettoa, Calicium, Nephroma, Pectenia, Phaeophyscia, Polyblastia, Protoparmeliopsis, Pyrenula, Ramalina, and Sanguineodiscus.

New constraints for QCD matter from improved Bayesian parameter estimation in heavy-ion collisions at LHC

2021

The transport properties of quark-gluon plasma created in relativistic heavy-ion collisions are quantified by an improved global Bayesian analysis using the CERN Large Hadron Collider Pb–Pb data at sNN=2.76 and 5.02 TeV. The results show that the uncertainty of the extracted transport coefficients is significantly reduced by including new sophisticated collective flow observables from two collision energies for the first time. This work reveals the stronger temperature dependence of specific shear viscosity, a lower value of specific bulk viscosity, and a higher hadronization switching temperature than in the previous studies. The sensitivity analysis confirms that the precision measurement…

Heterogeneity in the Response of Different Subtypes of Drosophila melanogaster Midgut Cells to Viral Infections

2021

This article belongs to the Section Viral Immunology, Vaccines, and Antivirals.

Aqueous selective photocatalytic oxidation of salicyl alcohol by TiO2 catalysts: Influence of some physico-chemical features

2021

Abstract Partial photocatalytic oxidation of salicyl alcohol (2-hydroxybenzyl alcohol) to salicylaldehyde in water was investigated under environmental friendly conditions in the presence of home-prepared and commercial TiO2 (Merck and Aeroxide P25) samples under UVA irradiation. The photocatalysts were characterized by using BET, XRD, SEM and/or TEM techniques. The effects of crystallinity degree, pH (3–11) and presence of a hole trap (ethanol) on the photocatalytic activity and product selectivity were investigated. 4-Hydroxybenzyl alcohol was also used to study the influence of the position of the substituent group in the aromatic ring. High alcohols conversion and product selectivity va…

Oral Magnesium Supplementation for Treating Glucose Metabolism Parameters in People with or at Risk of Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysi…

2021

There is a large and growing body of literature focusing on the use of oral magnesium (Mg) supplementation for improving glucose metabolism in people with or at risk of diabetes. We therefore aimed to investigate the effect of oral Mg supplementation on glucose and insulin-sensitivity parameters in participants with diabetes or at high risk of diabetes, compared with a placebo. Several databases were searched investigating the effect of oral Mg supplementation vs placebo in patients with diabetes or conditions at high risk of diabetes. Data were reported as standardized mean differences (SMDs) with their 95% confidence intervals (CIs) using follow-up data of glucose and insulin-sensitivity …

The long history of rich fens supports persistence of plant and snail habitat specialists

2021

Increasing evidence for the effects of Holocene history on modern biotic communities suggests that current explanations of community patterns and conservation strategies require revisiting. Here we focused on Central European rich fens that are at high risk among mire habitats because of their relatively low environmental stability, and hence sensitivity to successional shifts. At each of 57 study sites, inventory of specialist species of bryophytes, vascular plants and land snails, measurements of local environmental conditions, area, and radiocarbon dating were conducted. We used Moran’s I spatial autocorrelation, multiple linear regression models, MDS, db-RDA, and null models to identify…

Reactive Layer Assembly Sustains an Interlocked Structure in Green Processed and Scalable High-Performance Layered Wood

2021

Wood can be processed into structural materials by partial removal of lignin and subsequent hot compression. The fundamental challenge of this process is achieving a cost-effective, green, and scal...

Heimat – Pädagogische Perspektiven auf einen umstrittenen Begriff

2021

Zusammenfassung Im Zentrum dieses Essays steht die Frage, inwieweit der Begriff der Heimat jenseits seiner faschistischen Instrumentalisierung für pädagogische Theorie und Praxis von Interesse sein kann. Im Anschluss an den marxistischen Philosophen Ernst Bloch und den Bildungstheoretiker Heinz-Joachim Heydorn entsteht eine Vorstellung von Heimat, die der Humanitas verpflichtet ist und im Rahmen einer ideologiekritischen Aufarbeitung Raum für emotionale Beheimatung bietet, ohne einer rechten Dogmatik das Wort zu reden. In diesem Zusammenhang avanciert Heimat zu einer Utopie der Menschlichkeit.

Ideologia cavalleresca e cavalleria sportiva nel Curial

2021

Diagnostic and prognostic value of three micrornas in environmental asbestiform fibers-associated malignant mesothelioma

2021

Fluoro-edenite (FE) is an asbestiform fiber identified in Biancavilla (Sicily, Italy). Environmental exposure to FE has been associated with a higher incidence of malignant mesothelioma (MM). The present study aimed to validate the predicted diagnostic significance of hsa-miR-323a-3p, hsa-miR-101-3p, and hsa-miR-20b-5p on a subset of MM patients exposed to FE and matched with healthy controls. For this purpose, MM tissues vs. nonmalignant pleura tissues were analyzed through droplet digital PCR (ddPCR) to evaluate differences in the expression levels of the selected miRNAs and their MM diagnostic potential. In addition, further computational analysis has been performed to establish the corr…

Cryopreservation of Hazelnut (Corylus avellana L.) Axillary Buds from In Vitro Shoots Using the Droplet Vitrification Method

2021

Cryopreservation by droplet vitrification was applied to hazelnut (Corylus avellana L.). axillary buds of the Italian cultivated variety Tonda Gentile Romana, which were collected from in vitro growing shoots, immersed in ice cooled PVS2 or PVS3 for 60 or 90 min, then transferred to a droplet of vitrification solution, placed on a strip of aluminium foil, and plunged into liquid nitrogen (LN). Additionally, the effect on the recovery of the mother plant after cryopreservation was evaluated, following a cold pre-treatment at 4 °C for 3 months. The highest regrowth percentage (56.7%) was obtained after applying PVS3 for 60 min, while the application of PVS2 for the same amount of time reduced…

Validation of Fenoterol to Study β<sub>2</sub>-Adrenoceptor Function in the Rat Urinary Bladder

2021

Fenoterol is a β<sub>2</sub>-adrenoceptor (AR)-selective agonist that is commonly used to investigate relaxation responses mediated by β<sub>2</sub>-AR in smooth muscle preparations. Some data have questioned this because fenoterol had low potency in the rat urinary bladder when a muscarinic agonist was used as a pre-contraction agent and because some investigators proposed that fenoterol may act in part via β<sub>3</sub>-AR. We designed the present study to investigate whether fenoterol is a proper pharmacological tool to study β<sub>2</sub>-AR-mediated relaxation responses in the rat urinary bladder. Firstly, we have compared the effect of p…

Bergsonin paluu

2021

Henri Bergson (1859–1941) oli 1900-luvun alun tähtifilosofi, joka palkittiin filosofisesta työstään kirjallisuuden Nobel-palkinnolla 1927, kirjoittamatta koskaan kaunokirjallisuutta. Seuraava filosofisukupolvi suhtautui erittäin kriittisesti hänen filosofiaansa (ks. esim. Arouet 1929; Nizan 2002; Sartre 2007). Myös debatti Albert Einsteinin kanssa heikensi Bergsonin arvostusta tieteen kentällä, vaikka Bergson itse pyrki selventämään, että koko debatti perustui Einsteinin väärinkäsitykseen hänen filosofiansa suhteen (ks. Merleau-Ponty 1960, 246–248; Canales 2005). Bergsonin ajattelu nähtiin vanhanaikaisena ja poliittisesti konservatiivisena. Ehkä siksi on myös jollain tavalla yllättävää, ett…

Improved method of manufacturing carbon nanotube infused multifunctional 3D woven composites

2021

This research work aimed to develop smart multifunctional composites via a process for uniformly dispersing carbon nanotubes (CNT) on an orthogonal three-dimensional (3D) woven glass fabric with minimised filtering effect. These smart composites could detect strain under tensile and flexural loading by the piezoresistive response of the infused CNT network. Conventional vacuum assisted resin transfer moulding was modified to control the infusion of 0.25 wt% CNT on the 3D woven glass fabric by varying the vacuum pressure. Results showed that at 101.3 kPa vacuum pressure, the CNT percolated through the thickness of the orthogonal 3D woven glass fabric while being marginally filtered by the f…

utilización de la música popular urbana en la educación primaria y secundaria

2021

Durante la última década ha crecido el interés por incorporar en los diferentes niveles curriculares las identidades y preferencias musicales de los estudiantes, las cuales pertenecen fundamentalmente al género de la música popular urbana. Con el objetivo de profundizar en la utilización educativa de este tipo de música, se ha realizado una revisión sistemática en la que se han analizado 159 trabajos. Entre las conclusiones, destaca el rechazo a la misma por ser considerada estéticamente inferior y poco adecuada para el ámbito escolar. Sin embargo, puede aportar mejoras en la atención, la motivación, la participación y el trabajo colaborativo, así como el desarrollo de un pensamiento crític…

Systemic, environmental and lifestyle risk factors for dry eye disease in a mediterranean caucasian population

2021

Objectives: To assess systemic, environmental and lifestyle risk factors for dry eye disease (DED) in a Mediterranean Caucasian population. Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed on 120 Caucasian participants aged between 18 and 89 years (47.0 ± 22.8 years). Medical history, information regarding environmental conditions and lifestyle, Ocular Surface Disease Index, Dry Eye Questionnaire-5, non-Invasive (Oculus Keratograph 5 M) breakup time, tear film osmolarity and ocular surface staining parameters were assessed in a single clinical session to allow DED diagnosis based on the guidelines of the Tear Film and Ocular Surface Society Dry Eye Workshop II Diagnostic Methodology Report. A…

Biologian ja epistemologian vastavuoroisuus Bergsonin filosofiassa

2021

Elämä on nähty merkittävänä aiheena Bergsonin filosofiassa. Elämän filosofinen merkitys Bergsonilla ilmenee selvästi hänen pääteoksessaan L’évolution créatrice (Luova evoluutio, 1907), jossa hän keskittyy inhimillisten tietokykyjen evolutiivisen alkuperän rekonstruointiin ja tieto-opillisiin seurauksiin. Bergsonin mukaan biologia tarjoaa filosofialle tietokykyjen kehitysteoreettisen näkökulman, ja filosofia metafysiikkana täsmentää biologialle sopivaa epistemologiaa. Tässä artikkelissa esittelen Bergsonin filosofisen teorian biologian ja epistemologian vastavuoroisesta suhteesta. Aloitan epistemologian, tieteen ja metafysiikan välisen suhteen selventämisellä Bergsonin teoriassa. Sen jälkeen…

Persistent, neuropathic-like trigeminal pain after dental implant loading

2021

Painful post-traumatic trigeminal neuropathy (PTTN) is a known complication of dental implant therapy. Besides cases resulting of nerve damage during surgery or implant placement, some patients report delayed neuropathic-like symptoms only after implant loading i.e. crown placement. The present retrospective study aimed at describing the clinical features of pain experienced by these patients.The cohort of patients consulting for chronic orofacial pain at the Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière (Paris, France) between 2015 and 2020 (ABCD study, IRB # TPS 1106180), was screened for patients with history of dental implant placement and persistent pain. Patients with no pain after surgery for…

Bergson ja naurun yhteisöllinen jännite

2021

Artikkelissa selvitetään Henri Bergsonin nauruteoriaa teoksessa Nauru ja arvioidaan sen merkitystä osana Bergsonin filosofiaa yleisemmin. Lisäksi artikkelissa täydennetään Bergsonin nauruteoriaa Gilles Deleuzen, Baruch Spinozan ja Friedrich Nietzschen ajatusten pohjalta. Bergson analysoi teoksessa komiikan synnyttämää naurua ja näkee tämän elämän reaktiona sitä kangistavia taipumuksia vastaan. Elämän luovan mukautumisen ja sen kangistumisen välisestä jännitteestä käytetään artikkelissa nimitystä ”koominen jännite”. Nauru on Bergsonin mukaan olennaisesti inhimillinen ja yhteisöllinen ilmiö, joka huomauttaa jäsenilleen yhteisön elämän kannalta haitallisista poikkeamista. Komiikka on tämän kor…

A polygenic approach to the association between smoking and schizophrenia.

2021

Smoking prevalence in schizophrenia is considerably larger than in general population, playing an important role in early mortality. We compared the polygenic contribution to smoking in schizophrenic patients and controls to assess if genetic factors may explain the different prevalence. Polygenic risk scores (PRSs) for smoking initiation and four genetically correlated traits were calculated in 1108 schizophrenic patients (64.4% smokers) and 1584 controls (31.1% smokers). PRSs for smoking initiation, educational attainment, body mass index and age at first birth were associated with smoking in patients and controls, explaining a similar percentage of variance in both groups. Attention-defi…

Ammonium formate-Pd/C as a new reducing system for 1,2,4-oxadiazoles. Synthesis of guanidine derivatives and reductive rearrangement to quinazolin-4-…

2021

1,2,4-Oxadiazole is a heterocycle with wide reactivity and many useful applications. The reactive O-N bond is usually reduced using molecular hydrogen to obtain amidine derivatives. NH4CO2H-Pd/C is here demonstrated as a new system for the O-N reduction, allowing us to obtain differently substituted acylamidine, acylguanidine and diacylguanidine derivatives. The proposed system is also effective for the achievement of a reductive rearrangement of 5-(2′-aminophenyl)-1,2,4-oxadiazoles into 1-alkylquinazolin-4(1H)-ones. The alkaloid glycosine was also obtained with this method. The obtained compounds were preliminarily tested for their biological activity in terms of their cytotoxicity, induce…

B Lymphocyte-Deficiency in Mice Causes Vascular Dysfunction by Inducing Neutrophilia

2021

B lymphocytes have been implicated in the development of insulin resistance, atherosclerosis and certain types of hypertension. In contrast to these studies, which were performed under pathological conditions, the present study provides evidence for the protective effect of B lymphocytes in maintaining vascular homeostasis under physiological conditions. In young mice not exposed to any known risk factors, the lack of B cells led to massive endothelial dysfunction. The vascular dysfunction in B cell-deficient mice was associated with an increased number of neutrophils in the circulating blood. Neutrophil depletion in B cell-deficient mice resulted in the complete normalization of vascular f…

Caution personne physique. Possibilité de se prévaloir du plan de sauvegarde. Droit transitoire

2021

International audience; (Com. 10 mars 2021, nos 19-16.816 et 19-17.154, arrêt n° 213 F-P, Sté Nord voile et a. c/ Sté Intrum Justitia Debt Finance AG et a., D. 2021. 572 ; Rev. prat. rec. 2021. 25, chron. P. Roussel Galle et F. Reille ; RTD com. 2021. 437, obs. H. Poujade ; RJDA 2021, n° 415)

Simurgh

2021

The availability of non-volatile main memory (NVMM) has started a new era for storage systems and NVMM specific file systems can support extremely high data and metadata rates, which are required by many HPC and data-intensive applications. Scaling metadata performance within NVMM file systems is nevertheless often restricted by the Linux kernel storage stack, while simply moving metadata management to the user space can compromise security or flexibility. This paper introduces Simurgh, a hardware-assisted user space file system with decentralized metadata management that allows secure metadata updates from within user space. Simurgh guarantees consistency, durability, and ordering of updat…

L'exequatur d'une sentence arbitrale à seule fin de sa reconnaissance et de son opposabilité

2021

International audience; (Com. 12 nov. 2020, n° 19-18.849, Sté IPSA Holding, sté CBF associés et sté Brouard-Chaudé c/ Sté Alpha Pétrovision Holding AG, D. 2020. 2286 ; ibid. 2484, obs. T. Clay ; ibid. 2021. 1736, obs. F.-X. Lucas et P. Cagnoli ; RTD civ. 2021. 486, obs. N. Cayrol ; RTD com. 2021. 192, obs. A. Martin-Serf ; Rev. arb. 2021. 236, note D. Bureau)

A Measurement System for Power Inductors in Non-Linear Operating Conditions

2021

The exploitation of power inductors in switching converters outside the linear region requires detailed information on the magnetization curve that often is not included among those usually available on their datasheets. This paper proposes an automatic system in which the inductor is characterized in real operating conditions taking into account also the core temperature. It is based on a switching converter suitably controlled by a virtual instrument. The system was tested by retrieving the inductance vs current curves of two commercial inductors for core temperatures up to 105°C, showing the different behaviors of the magnetization curves. Results are coherent with data given by manufact…

Enforced monoandry over generations induces a reduction of female investment into reproduction in a promiscuous bird.

2021

Abstract While uncovering the costs and benefits of polyandry has attracted considerable attention, assessing the net effect of sexual selection on population fitness requires the experimental manipulation of female mating over generations, which is usually only achievable in laboratory populations of arthropods. However, knowing if sexual selection improves or impairs the expression of life‐history traits is key for the management of captive populations of endangered species, which are mostly long‐lived birds and mammals. It might therefore be questionable to extrapolate the results gathered on laboratory populations of insects to infer the net effect of sexual selection on populations of …

Faut-il soumettre aux mêmes règles l'arbitrage interne étranger et l'arbitrage international ?

2021

International audience; (Civ. 1re, 13 janv. 2021, n° 19-22.932, F-P+I, Sté Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) c/ Société National Gas Company (NATGAS), D. 2021. 86)

Learning Disabilities Elevate Children’s Risk for Behavioral-Emotional Problems : Differences Between LD Types, Genders, and Contexts

2021

Our purpose was to study the frequency of behavioral-emotional problems among children identified with a learning disability (LD). The data were obtained for 579 Finnish children (8–15 years) with reading disability (RD-only), math disability (MD-only), or both (RDMD) assessed at a specialized clinic between 1985 and 2017. We analyzed percentages of children with behavioral-emotional symptoms reaching clinical range (i.e., z score ≥1.5 SDs) and the effects of the LD type, gender, and context (home vs. school) on them. Furthermore, we analyzed the effect of the severity of LD and gender on the amount of behavioral-emotional symptoms reported by teachers and parents. Alarmingly high percenta…

The Role of Chronic Physical Activity in Alleviating the Detrimental Relationship of Childhood Obesity on Brain and Cognition

2021

Shu-Shih Hsieh was supported by the Postdoctoral Research Abroad Program from the Ministry of Science and Technology in Taiwan (reference number: 109-2917-I-564-034). Francisco B. Ortega's research activity was supported by funds from Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (Reference number: DEP2016-79512-R and DEP2017-91544-EXP) and the Andalusian Operational Programme supported with European Regional Development Funds (ERDF in English, FEDER in Spanish, project ref: B-CTS-355-UGR18).

Déclaration et vérification des créances. Différence entre l'irrégularité de la déclaration et le rejet de la créance entraînant son extinction

2021

International audience; (Com. 5 mai 2021, n° 19-17.736, arrêt n° 447 FS- P, M.Z. et a. c/ Sté Lyonnaise de banque, D. 2021. 901 ; Rev. sociétés 2021. 404, obs. F. Reille)