Environmental factors and infection withCandidatus Liberibacter asiaticusinfluence long-range dispersal of the Asian citrus psyllid

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xavier Martini
Soil Research ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhi-Peng Liu ◽  
Ming-An Shao ◽  
Yun-Qiang Wang

Traditional statistical analysis of the correlations between spatially distributed variables takes no account of their regionalised nature. Factorial kriging analysis (FKA) was developed and widely used to overcome this problem. In our study, we applied FKA to investigate scale-dependent correlations between selected soil properties and environmental factors across the Loess Plateau of China. Surface soil samples were collected from 382 sampling sites throughout the region, and soil organic carbon (SOC), soil total nitrogen (STN), soil total phosphorus (STP), soil total potassium (STK), soil pH, bulk density (BD), and clay and silt contents were determined. Five environmental factors (elevation, precipitation, temperature, land-use type, and soil type) were also included in the FKA to identify influential processes. A linear model of co-regionalisation, including a nugget effect and two spherical structures (effective ranges of 200 and 400 km), was fitted to the experimental auto- and cross-variograms of the variables. Scale-dependent correlations were calculated for nugget-effect scale (<30–50 km), short-range scale with a range of 200 km, and long-range scale with a range of 400 km. Principal component analysis was conducted to clearly illustrate the correlations at each spatial scale. The scale-dependent correlations were different from the general correlations and varied at different scales. Generally, SOC and STN were strongly correlated at the nugget-effect scale and the long-range scale, but not at the short-range scale. Precipitation and clay content showed close correlations with STP at the nugget-effect scale and long-range scale. The STK was weakly correlated with the other variables at each spatial scale, and closely correlated with soil type at the long-range scale. Soil pH was closely correlated with BD, soil type, and elevation at the nugget-effect, short, and long spatial scales, respectively. Close correlations were found between BD and land-use type at each spatial scale. Land use and soil type were considered to be the important factors controlling spatial variation of soil properties at the short-range scale, while at the long-range scale the likely factors were identified as precipitation, temperature, and elevation. Our study provided an insight into the spatial-dependent correlations between soil properties and environmental factors from a regional perspective.


2015 ◽  
Vol 108 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Lewis-Rosenblum ◽  
X. Martini ◽  
S. Tiwari ◽  
L. L. Stelinski

2009 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 233-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atsushi Kume ◽  
Osamu Nagafuchi ◽  
Suguru Akune ◽  
Nobutake Nakatani ◽  
Masaaki Chiwa ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole M. Baran

AbstractReductionist thinking in neuroscience is manifest in the widespread use of animal models of neuropsychiatric disorders. Broader investigations of diverse behaviors in non-model organisms and longer-term study of the mechanisms of plasticity will yield fundamental insights into the neurobiological, developmental, genetic, and environmental factors contributing to the “massively multifactorial system networks” which go awry in mental disorders.


2020 ◽  
Vol 134 (18) ◽  
pp. 2447-2451
Author(s):  
Anissa Viveiros ◽  
Gavin Y. Oudit

Abstract The global prevalence of obesity has been rising at an alarming rate, accompanied by an increase in both childhood and maternal obesity. The concept of metabolic programming is highly topical, and in this context, describes a predisposition of offspring of obese mothers to the development of obesity independent of environmental factors. Research published in this issue of Clinical Science conducted by Litzenburger and colleagues (Clin. Sci. (Lond.) (2020) 134, 921–939) have identified sex-dependent differences in metabolic programming and identify putative signaling pathways involved in the differential phenotype of adipose tissue between males and females. Delineating the distinction between metabolically healthy and unhealthy obesity is a topic of emerging interest, and the precise nature of adipocytes are key to pathogenesis, independent of adipose tissue volume.


2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (12) ◽  
pp. 83-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Blake Huer ◽  
Travis T. Threats

The World Health Organization's (WHO's) 2001 International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health (ICF) has as one of its central tenets the full inclusion of persons with disabilities in society. It acknowledges the need for medical and rehabilitation intervention in its biopscychosocial framework. However, the WHO realizes that society must do its part to facilitate this full participation and empowerment. Persons with complex communication needs (PWCCN) often need augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) in order to express themselves. However, in order to access and successfully use AAC, PWCCN need access to the necessary AAC devices and services, as well as a willing society to interact with them as full contributing members of society. The factors outside of a person's specific physical and/or cognitive functional limitations are addressed in the ICF via the Personal and Environmental Factors. Personal Factors include the individual's personality traits, lifestyle, experiences, social/educational/professional background, race, gender, and age. Environmental Factors include community support systems, social service agencies, governments, social networks, and those persons that interact with the PWCCN. This article addresses the sociopolitical influences on PWCCN and their functioning from a human rights perspective. The necessary introspective role of speech-language pathologists in this process is explored.


2004 ◽  
Vol 171 (4S) ◽  
pp. 99-99
Author(s):  
Vincenzo Serretta ◽  
Vincenzo Altieri ◽  
Giuseppe Morgia ◽  
Rosalinda Allegro ◽  
Alessandra Di Lallo ◽  
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