131I and 99mTc in Effluents from a Nuclear Medicine Facility and Associated Sewage Treatment Unit - Alessander Sá do Carmo; Elizabeth Aparecida Vianello; Wagner Pereira; Evangelina Marcia Lima de Macêdo; Lucas Gomes Padilha Filho; Sérgio Augusto Lopes de Souza; Ademir Xavier da Silva (Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2021)

Molecular phylogeny and character evolution of Flemingia (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae, Phaseoleae, Cajaninae) inferred from three cpDNA and nrITS sequence data - Truong Van Do; Bo Xu; Xin-Fen Gao (Plant Systematics and Evolution, 2021)

Overlap of Ecological Niche Breadth of Euglossa cordata and Eulaema nigrita (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Euglossini) Accessed by Pollen Loads and Species Distribution Modeling - Elder Assis Miranda; Irailde do Nascimento Lima; Cíntia A. Oi; Margarita M. López-Uribe; Marco Antonio Del Lama; Breno Magalhães Freitas; Cláudia Inês Silva (Neotropical Entomology, 2021)

Dopaminergic Modulation of Forced Running Performance in Adolescent Rats: Role of Striatal D1 and Extra-striatal D2 Dopamine Receptors - Angel Toval; Daniel Garrigos; Yevheniy Kutsenko; Miroljub Popović; Bruno Ribeiro Do-Couto; Nicanor Morales-Delgado; Kuei Y. Tseng; José Luis Ferran (Molecular Neurobiology, 2021)
Improving exercise capacity during adolescence impacts positively on cognitive and motor functions. However, the neural mechanisms contributing to enhance physical performance during this sensitive period remain poorly understood. Such knowledge could help to optimize exercise programs and promote a healthy physical and cognitive development in youth athletes. The central dopamine system is of great interest because of its role in regulating motor behavior through the activation of D1 and D2 receptors. Thus, the aim of the present study is to determine whether D1 or D2 receptor signaling contributes to modulate the exercise capacity during adolescence and if this modulation takes place through the striatum. To test this, we used a rodent model of forced running wheel that we implemented recently to assess the exercise capacity. Briefly, rats were exposed to an 8-day period of habituation in the running wheel before assessing their locomotor performance in response to an incremental exercise test, in which the speed was gradually increased until exhaustion. We found that systemic administration of D1-like (SCH23390) and/or D2-like (raclopride) receptor antagonists prior to the incremental test reduced the duration of forced running in a dose-dependent manner. Similarly, locomotor activity in the open field was decreased by the dopamine antagonists. Interestingly, this was not the case following intrastriatal infusion of an effective dose of SCH23390, which decreased motor performance during the incremental test without disrupting the behavioral response in the open field. Surprisingly, intrastriatal delivery of raclopride failed to impact the duration of forced running. Altogether, these results indicate that the level of locomotor response to incremental loads of forced running in adolescent rats is dopamine dependent and mechanistically linked to the activation of striatal D1 and extra-striatal D2 receptors.

Morphological variability of sandy beaches due to variable oceanographic conditions: a study case of oceanic beaches of Rio de Janeiro city (Brazil) - Breylla Campos Carvalho; Flavia Moraes Lins-de-Barros; Priscila Linhares da Silva; Juliana do Nascimento Pena; Josefa Varela Guerra (Journal of Coastal Conservation, 2021)

Pressurized extraction of phycobiliproteins from Arthrospira platensis and evaluation of its effect on antioxidant and anticancer activities of these biomolecules - Thalita Adrielly Viana Carlos; Kelma Maria dos Santos Pires Cavalcante; Fátima de Cássia Evangelista de Oliveira; Claudia do Ó Pessoa; Hosiberto Batista Sant’Ana; Filipe Xavier Feitosa; Maria Valderez Ponte Rocha (Journal of Applied Phycology, 2021)

Growth and saxitoxin production responses to copper (CuCl2) exposure by the cyanobacterium Raphidiopsis raciborskii - Lais Albuquerque Giraldi; Sarah Regina Vargas; Paulo Vagner Santos; Alessandra Emanuele Tonietto; Flavia Vischi Winck; Maria do Carmo Calijuri (Journal of Applied Phycology, 2021)

Cultivation of the red seaweed Kappaphycus alvarezii using biofloc effluent - Clóvis Murilo Pires; Giovana Carolina Bazzo; Pedro Luiz Manique Barreto; Carlos Manoel do Espírito Santo; Thallis Felipe Boa Ventura; Anna Gabrielle La Macchia Pedra; Ticiane Rover; Malachy McGovern; Leila Hayashi (Journal of Applied Phycology, 2021)

RGMa can induce skeletal muscle cell hyperplasia via association with neogenin signalling pathway - Alinne do Carmo Costa; Aline Gonçalves Lio Copola; Clara Carvalho e Souza; Júlia Meireles Nogueira; Gerluza Aparecida Borges Silva; Erika Cristina Jorge (In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Animal, 2021)

Does tradeoff between financial and social indicators matters in environmental consideration: evidence from G7 region - Nguyen Van Song; Nguyen Thi Minh Phuong; Thai Thi Kim Oanh; Do Huy Chien; Vu Quang Phuc; Muhammad Mohsin (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Carnauba (Copernicia prunifera) palm tree biomass as adsorbent for Pb(II) and Cd(II) from water medium - Maria Roniele Félix Oliveira; Katiany do Vale Abreu; Ana Lúcia Eufrázio Romão; Dalila Maria Barbosa Davi; Carlos Emanuel de Carvalho Magalhães; Elma Neide Vasconcelos Martins Carrilho; Carlucio Roberto Alves (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Evaluation of chelating and cytoprotective activity of vanillin against the toxic action of mercuric chloride as an alternative for phytoremediation - Joelma P. da Silva; Maria do S. Costa; Fabia F. Campina; Camila F. Bezerra; Thiago S. de Freitas; Amanda K. Sousa; Celestina E. Sobral Souza; Yedda M. L. S. de Matos; Francisco N. Pereira-Junior; Irwim R. A. Menezes; Henrique D. M. Coutinho; Janaína E. Rocha (Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2021)

Evaluation of Mycotoxin Production and Phytopathogenicity of the Entomopathogenic Fungi Fusarium caatingaense and F. pernambucanum from Brazil - Marília de H. C. Maciel; Ana Cláudia T. do Amaral; Túlio Diego da Silva; Jadson D. P. Bezerra; Cristina M. de Souza-Motta; Antonio Félix da Costa; Patricia Vieira Tiago; Neiva Tinti de Oliveira (Current Microbiology, 2021)

Assessment of vegetation recomposition methods in a tropical forest using satellite images - Raissa André de Araujo; Juli Lage de Souza Silva; Jessica dos Santos Cugula; Jonilton Pantoja Paschoal; Victor Paulo Peçanha Esteves; Cláudia do Rosário Vaz Morgado (Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 2021)

Evaluation of Cerebellar Function and Integrity of Adult Rats After Long-Term Exposure to Aluminum at Equivalent Urban Region Consumption Concentrations - Rafael Monteiro Fernandes; Priscila Cunha Nascimento; Maria Karolina Martins; Walessa Alana Bragança Aragão; Luis Felipe Sarmiento Rivera; Leonardo Oliveira Bittencourt; Sabrina C. Cartágenes; Maria Elena Crespo-Lopez; Cristiane do Socorro Ferraz Maia; Rafael Rodrigues Lima (Biological Trace Element Research, 2021)

Population history of the Blue-backed Manakin (Chiroxiphia pareola) supports Plio-Pleistocene diversification in the Amazon and shows a recent connection with the Atlantic Forest - Nayla Fábia Ferreira do Nascimento; Carlos Eduardo Quevedo Agne; Henrique Batalha-Filho; Helder Farias Pereira de Araujo (Journal of Ornithology, 2021)

Effective detection methods for Pectinatella magnifica Leidy 1851 colony distribution using statoblasts - Eui-Jeong Ko; Yuno Do; Hojoon Kim; Haeng-Seop Song; Timothy S. Wood; Tae-Soo Chon; Gea-Jae Joo; Ji Yoon Kim (Biological Invasions, 2021)

Toxic Metals in Broccoli by Combined Use of Acidity Correctives and Poultry Litter Under Mountain Tropical Conditions - Carlos Antônio dos Santos; Nelson Moura Brasil do Amaral Sobrinho; Rafael Gomes da Mota Gonçalves; Tâncio Gutier Ailan Costa; Margarida Goréte Ferreira do Carmo (Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2021)

Effects of stocking density on survival, growth and stress resistance of juvenile tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum) reared in a recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) - Walisson de Souza e Silva; Andre Lima Ferreira; Luanna do Carmo Neves; Nathália Soares Ferreira; Glauber David Almeida Palheta; Rodrigo Takata; Ronald Kennedy Luz (Aquaculture International, 2021)

Scale‐dependent patterns of metacommunity structuring in aquatic organisms across floodplain systems - Fernando M. Lansac‐Tôha; Luis M. Bini; Jani Heino; Bianca R. Meira; Bianca T. Segovia; Carla S. Pavanelli; Claudia C. Bonecker; Claudia P. de Deus; Evanilde Benedito; Geziele M. Alves; Gislaine I. Manetta; Juliana D. Dias; et al. (Journal of Biogeography, 2021)
Aim Evaluating how groups of organisms vary in dispersal capability and how environmental, spatial and temporal signals vary across multiple scales is critical to elucidating metacommunity theory. We examined whether the relative contributions of environmental, spatial and hydrological factors have different effects on organismal groups with different dispersal abilities at three spatial scales, and how this knowledge contributes to our understanding of metacommunity dynamics. Location Four major Brazilian floodplains, with the largest distance among them of 2,300 Km. Taxon 10 aquatic organismal groups, ranging from bacterioplankton to fish. Methods We sampled lakes connected to the main river in the low‐ and high‐water periods of each floodplain between 2011 and 2012. Different biological groups were analysed across three hierarchical spatial scales (fine, intermediate and subcontinental) within and between floodplain systems. We applied a series of partial redundancy analyses to estimate the relative contributions of environmental factors, spatial factors and hydrological period for each biological group. Results At the fine spatial scale, predominantly environmental factors and hydrological period structure metacommunities, although less so for microorganisms than for micro‐invertebrates and macro‐organisms. The relative importance of environmental factors increased at the intermediate spatial scale. At the subcontinental scale, the relative importance of spatial factors increased for all biological groups, but environmental factors remained the primary regulators of microorganisms even at the largest scale. Main conclusions This study design allowed us to make more robust inferences about the mechanisms responsible for regulating community structure of distinct biological groups at different spatial scales. Our results suggest that biological groups displaying distinct body size likely determine the spatial extent at which environmental, spatial and hydrological processes prevail as the primary regulators of community structure. These findings are important in guiding the conservation and management of floodplain biodiversity because these systems are naturally highly heterogeneous in space and time.

Morphological development and photosynthetic acclimation of Panax ginseng seedlings to irradiation by light-emitting diodes (LEDs) - Inbae Jang; Gyungran Do; Hyunseung Hwang; Sujeoung Suh; Jin Yu; Inbok Jang; Jiwon Moon; Changhoo Chun (Horticulture, Environment, and Biotechnology, 2021)

Silver nanoparticles as the sterilant in large-scale micropropagation of chrysanthemum - Hoang Thanh Tung; Huynh Gia Bao; Do Manh Cuong; Ha Thi My Ngan; Vu Thi Hien; Vu Quoc Luan; Bui Van The Vinh; Hoang Thi Nhu Phuong; Nguyen Ba Nam; Le Ngoc Trieu; Nguyen Khoa Truong; Pham Nguyen Duc Hoang; et al. (In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant, 2021)

Heavy Metal Concentrations and Basal Respiration in Contaminated Substrates used in the Cuban Urban Agriculture - Mirelys Rodríguez Alfaro; Bernardo Calero Martín; Olegario Muñiz Ugarte; Anabel Rodríguez García; Fernando Bruno Vieira da Silva; Clístenes Williams Araújo do Nascimento (Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2021)

Correction to: The ten amino acids of the oxygen-evolving enhancer of tobacco is sufficient as the peptide residues for protein transport to the chloroplast thylakoid - Sang Hoon Ma; Hyun Min Kim; Se Hee Park; Seo Young Park; Thanh Dat Mai; Ju Hui Do; Yeonjong Koo; Young Hee Joung (Plant Molecular Biology, 2021)

The ten amino acids of the oxygen-evolving enhancer of tobacco is sufficient as the peptide residues for protein transport to the chloroplast thylakoid - Sang Hoon Ma; Hyun Min Kim; Se Hee Park; Seo Young Park; Thanh Dat Mai; Ju Hui Do; Yeonjong Koo; Young Hee Joung (Plant Molecular Biology, 2021)
Key message The thylakoid transit peptide of tobacco oxygen-evolving enhancer protein contains a minimal ten amino acid sequences for thylakoid lumen transports. This ten amino acids do not contain twin-arginine, which is required for typical chloroplast lumen translocation. Abstract Chloroplasts are intracellular organelles responsible for photosynthesis to produce organic carbon for all organisms. Numerous proteins must be transported from the cytosol to chloroplasts to support photosynthesis. This transport is facilitated by chloroplast transit peptides (TPs). Four chloroplast thylakoid lumen TPs were isolated from Nicotiana tabacum and were functionally analyzed as thylakoid lumen TPs. Typical chloroplast stroma-transit peptides and thylakoid lumen transit peptides (tTPs) are found in N. tabacum transit peptides (NtTPs) and the functions of these peptides are confirmed with TP–GFP fusion proteins under fluorescence microscopy and chloroplast fractionation, followed by Western blot analysis. During the functional analysis of tTPs, we uncovered the minimum 10 amino acid sequence is sufficient for thylakoid lumen transport. These ten amino acids can efficiently translocate GFP protein, even if they do not contain the twin-arginine residues required for the twin-arginine translocation (Tat) pathway, which is a typical thylakoid lumen transport. Further, thylakoid lumen transporting processes through the Tat pathway was examined by analyzing tTP sequence functions and we demonstrate that the importance of hydrophobic core for the tTP cleavage and target protein translocation.

Plastid genome evolution in Amazonian açaí palm (Euterpe oleracea Mart.) and Atlantic forest açaí palm (Euterpe edulis Mart.) - Amanda de Santana Lopes; Túlio Gomes Pacheco; Odyone Nascimento da Silva; Leila do Nascimento Vieira; Miguel Pedro Guerra; Eduardo Pacca Luna Mattar; Valter Antonio de Baura; Eduardo Balsanelli; Emanuel Maltempi de Souza; Fábio de Oliveira Pedrosa; Marcelo Rogalski (Plant Molecular Biology, 2021)

Specialized androconial scales conceal species-specific semiochemicals of sympatric sulphur butterflies (Lepidoptera: Pieridae: Coliadinae) - Carlos Eduardo Beserra Nobre; Layse Albuquerque da Silva Lucas; Rafael José Ribeiro Padilha; Daniela Maria do Amaral Ferraz Navarro; Luiz Carlos Alves; Artur Campos Dália Maia (Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 2021)

Influence of genetic polymorphisms in glutathione-S-transferases gene in response to imatinib among Brazilian patients with chronic myeloid leukemia - Kezia Aguiar Delmond; Hugo Delleon; Rebeca Mota Goveia; Thallita Monteiro Teixeira; Davi Carvalho Abreu; Francyelli Mello-Andrade; Angela Adamski da Silva Reis; Daniela de Melo e Silva; Adriana do Prado Barbosa; Renato Sampaio Tavares; Carlos Eduardo Anunciação; Elisângela Silveira-Lacerda (Molecular Biology Reports, 2021)

Filter Cake as a Long-Standing Source of Micronutrients for Sugarcane - Carlos Alexandre Costa Crusciol; James Mabry McCray; Murilo de Campos; Carlos Antonio Costa do Nascimento; Otávio Bagiotto Rossato; Jaqueline Cristiane Adorna; Estêvão Vicari Mellis (Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 2021)

Application of Proximal Optical Sensors to Assess Nitrogen Status and Yield of Bell Pepper Grown in Slab - Jose Maria da Silva; Paulo Cezar Rezende Fontes; Carla do Carmo Milagres; Edimaldo Garcia Junior (Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 2021)

Geodiversity Index Map of Rio Grande do Norte State, Northeast Brazil: Cartography and Quantitative Assessment - Marília Cristina Santos Souza Dias; Jéssica Oliveira Domingos; Silas Samuel dos Santos Costa; Marcos Antonio Leite do Nascimento; Matheus Lisboa Nobre da Silva; Larissa Praxedes Granjeiro; Rafael Felipe de Lima Miranda (Geoheritage, 2021)

Application of WRF-Chem to simulate air quality over Northern Vietnam - Thi Nhu Ngoc Do; Xuan Truong Ngo; Van Ha Pham; Nhu Luan Vuong; Hoang Anh Le; Chau Thuy Pham; Quang Hung Bui; Thi Nhat Thanh Nguyen (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Spatial and temporal variations of PAHs in surface sediments of estuarine and coast of CanGio wetland, Vietnam - Hoang Thi Thanh Thuy; Tu Thi Cam Loan; Pham Thanh Luu; Nguyen Van Dong; Le Duy Bao; Trinh Hong Phuong; Nguyen Trong Khanh; Tran Thi Hoang Yen; Do Xuan Huy (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Brazilian cuisine: comparison of environmental, economic and nutritional performance of two typical Brazilian dishes - Mirelly Lopes da Costa; Gabrielli do Carmo Martinelli; Maycon Jorge Ulisses Saraiva Farinha; Luciana Virginia Mario Bernardo; Carla Heloisa de Faria Domingues; Everton Vogel; Clandio Favarini Ruviaro (Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2021)

Nebivolol Prevents Up-Regulation of Nox2/NADPH Oxidase and Lipoperoxidation in the Early Stages of Ethanol-Induced Cardiac Toxicity - Gabriel T. do Vale; Carla B. P. da Silva; Arthur H. Sousa; Natália A. Gonzaga; Juliana M. Parente; Katiúscia M. Araújo; Michele M. Castro; Carlos R. Tirapelli (Cardiovascular Toxicology, 2021)

Exploring antibiotic resistance in environmental integron-cassettes through intI-attC amplicons deep sequencing - Marcela França Dias; Giovanni Marques de Castro; Magna Cristina de Paiva; Mariana de Paula Reis; Susanne Facchin; Anderson Oliveira do Carmo; Marta Salgueiro Alves; Maria Luíza Suhadolnik; Amanda de Moraes Motta; Isabel Henriques; Evanguedes Kalapothakis; Francisco Pereira Lobo; et al. (Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, 2021)

Evolution of virulence-related phenotypes of Sporothrix brasiliensis isolates from patients with chronic sporotrichosis and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome - Ingrid Ludmila Rodrigues Cruz; Dayvison Francis Saraiva Freitas; Priscila Marques de Macedo; Maria Clara Gutierrez-Galhardo; Antonio Carlos Francesconi do Valle; Marcos de Abreu Almeida; Rowena Alves Coelho; Fábio Brito-Santos; Maria Helena Galdino Figueiredo-Carvalho; Rosely Maria Zancopé-Oliveira; Rodrigo Almeida-Paes (Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, 2021)

Rediscovery and historical records of the Strange-tailed Tyrant Alectrurus risora (Passeriformes: Tyrannidae) in Brazil - Alyson Vieira de Melo; Victor do Nascimento; Alex Augusto Abreu Bovo; Ben Phalan (Ornithology Research, 2021)

Trends in Biological Nutrient Removal for the Treatment of Low Strength Organic Wastewaters - J Rajesh Banu; J Merrylin; S Kavitha; R Yukesh Kannah; P Selvakumar; S Gopikumar; P Sivashanmugam; Khac-Uan Do; Gopalakrishnan Kumar (Current Pollution Reports, 2021)

Influence of Extractives Content and Lignin Quality of Eucalyptus Wood in the Mass Balance of Pyrolysis Process - Thiago de Paula Protásio; Michael Douglas Roque Lima; Roberthi Alef Costa Teixeira; Fábio Silva do Rosário; Ana Clara Caxito de Araújo; Maíra Reis de Assis; Paulo Ricardo Gherardi Hein; Paulo Fernando Trugilho (BioEnergy Research, 2021)

Diversity of enteric and non-enteric human adenovirus strains in Brazil, 2006-2011 - Ellen Viana de Souza; Yasmin França Viana Pires de Souza; Roberta Salzone Medeiros; Lais Sampaio de Azevedo; Talita Gonçalves Aires de Queiroz; Rodrigo Lopes Sanz-Duro; Robson dos Santos Souza Marinho; Shirley Vasconcelos Komninakis; Maria do Carmo Sampaio Tavares Timenetsky; Adriana Luchs (Archives of Virology, 2021)

First investigation of the prevalence of parvoviruses in slaughterhouse pigs and genomic characterization of ungulate copiparvovirus 2 in Vietnam - Nguyen Thi Dieu Thuy; Nguyen Tran Trung; Tran Quoc Dung; Do Vo Anh Khoa; Dinh Thi Ngoc Thuy; Tanja Opriessnig (Archives of Virology, 2021)

Equilibrium reproductive strategy of the peacock bass Cichla kelberi facilitates invasion into a Neotropical reservoir - Gustavo Henrique Soares Guedes; Iracema David Gomes; Aparecida Alves do Nascimento; Fernanda Silva de Aguiar; Francisco Gerson Araújo (Journal of Fish Biology, 2021)
The reproductive strategy of the non‐native predator cichlid Cichla kelberi was determined to explain its success after more than 60 years of being introduced into an isolated reservoir in southeastern Brazil. This was one of the first‐known translocations of the genus Cichla out of its natural range. Macro‐ and microscopy characteristics of the gonadal development stages and the maturation phases, along with the reproductive features (size at first maturation size, gonado‐somatic index and sex ratio), were described. It was hypothesized that the stable conditions of the reservoir, with low connectivity, weakly defined spatial gradient and slight seasonal changes in environmental variables, favour the equilibrium strategy that enables predators to have high offspring survivorship because of great parental investment in individual progeny. Sex ratio was well balanced, with males and females reaching first maturity between 30.0 and 28.6 cm total length ( L T ), respectively. The stages of oocyte (primary and secondary growth, vitellogenic and atresia) and spermatocyte (spermatogonia, spermatocytes, spermatids and spermatozoa) development were identified. Five phases of gonadal development (immature, developing, spawning capable, regressing and regenerating) were described for both sexes. A long reproductive season was found, with spawning peaks in August/September and, to a lesser extent, in April/May. Parental care and spawns in parcels (batch spawns) corroborated the raised equilibrium strategy that was effective in this isolated reservoir. This species developed reproductive mechanisms that fit to different environmental conditions, with multiple spawning being associated with lentic environments and asynchronous development of oocytes, which are released over long periods. The reproductive plasticity in reservoirs may be one of the main factors inherent to the successful of colonization and establishment of the peacock bass in the environments in which they were introduced.

Seakeeping Tests of a FOWT in Wind and Waves: An Analysis of Dynamic Coupling Effects and Their Impact on the Predictions of Pitch Motion Response - Giovanni Amaral; Pedro Mello; Lucas do Carmo; Izabela Alberto; Edgard Malta; Alexandre Simos; Guilherme Franzini; Hideyuki Suzuki; Rodolfo Gonçalves (Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2021)
The present work highlights some of the dynamic couplings observed in a series of tests performed in a wave basin with a scaled-model of a Floating Offshore Wind Turbine (FOWT) with semi-submersible substructure. The model was moored by means of a conventional chain catenary system and an actively controlled fan was used for emulating the thrust loads during the tests. A set of wave tests was performed for concomitant effects of not aligned wave and wind. The experimental measurements illustrate the main coupling effects involved and how they affect the FOWT motions in waves, especially when the floater presents a non-negligible tilt angle. In addition, a frequency domain numerical analysis was performed in order to evaluate its ability to capture these effects properly. The influence of different modes of fan response, floater trim angles (changeable with ballast compensation) and variations in the mooring stiffness with the offsets were investigated in the analysis. Results attest that significant changes in the FOWT responses may indeed arise from coupling effects, thus indicating that caution must be taken when simplifying the hydrodynamic frequency-domain models often used as a basis for the simulation of FOWTs in waves and in optimization procedures for the design of the floater and mooring lines.

Dietary inflammatory potential, cardiometabolic risk and inflammation in children and adolescents: a systematic review - Lara Gomes Suhett; Helen Hermana Miranda Hermsdorff; Bruna Clemente Cota; Sarah Aparecida Vieira Ribeiro; Nitin Shivappa; James R. Hébert; Sylvia do Carmo Castro Franceschini; Juliana Farias de Novaes (Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 2021)

Enhanced Production of Astaxanthin by Co-culture of Paracoccus haeundaensis and Lactic Acid Bacteria - Seong Seok Choi; Yong Bae Seo; Soo-Wan Nam; Gun-Do Kim (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021)
This study aimed to determine the increase in astaxanthin production from Paracoccus haeundaensis by optimizing the medium conditions and co-culturing with lactic acid bacteria. In order to select a suitable strain to co-culture with P. haeundaensis , several strains were co-cultured with P. haeundaensis . Lactobacillus fermentum was selected as the optimal strain. Further to optimize the astaxanthin production in the co-culture, various medium conditions were tested and the PMF medium developed in this study was selected as the optimum medium. For the co-culture under optimal conditions, the dried cell mass and astaxanthin concentration were 1.84 ± 0.09 g/L and 821.09 ± 30.98 μg/g-dried cell weight, respectively, which was 2.5 times higher than that of the P. haeundaensis strain in the Luria-Bertani broth medium. In order to confirm the transcription level of the carotenoid biosynthesis genes such as crtE, crtB, crtI, crtY, crtZ , and crtW of P. haeundaensis in the co-culture, real-time qPCR was performed. Among the six carotenoid biosynthesis genes, crtI, crtY , and crtZ showed a significant difference in relative RNA levels. The mass culture was performed using a 5 L jar fermenter and the astaxanthin concentration was the same as that at the laboratory scale. These results may be used as reference for co-culture and astaxanthin production in carotenoid biosynthesis microorganisms.

Progress and future prospects in biochar composites: Application and reflection in the soil environment - Sandip Mandal; Shengyan Pu; Sangeeta Adhikari; Hui Ma; Do-Heyoung Kim; Yingchen Bai; Deyi Hou (Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 2021)

Bats, pangolins, minks and other animals - villains or victims of SARS-CoV-2? - Beatriz do Vale; Ana Patrícia Lopes; Maria da Conceição Fontes; Mário Silvestre; Luís Cardoso; Ana Cláudia Coelho (Veterinary Research Communications, 2021)

Adaptability and Genotypic Stability of Sweet Sorghum in the Brazilian Cerrado - Jose Adalberto Gomes Alvels; Pablo Diego Silva Cabral; Paulo Eduardo Teodoro; Lilian Silvia Candido; Fernando Higino de Lima e Silva; João Hilário Neto; Edésio Fialho do Reis (Sugar Tech, 2021)

Isolation, Identification, and Screening of Lactic Acid Bacteria with Probiotic Potential in Silage of Different Species of Forage Plants, Cocoa Beans, and Artisanal Salami - Eliana dos Santos Leandro; Verônica Cortez Ginani; Ernandes Rodrigues de Alencar; Odilon Gomes Pereira; Ester Cardoso Paes Rose; Helson Mário Martins do Vale; Riccardo Pratesi; Mariana Machado Hecht; Marilia Hermes Cavalcanti; Caroline Stéfany Oliveira Tavares (Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins, 2021)

Rice protein-binding microarrays: a tool to detect cis-acting elements near promoter regions in rice - Joung Sug Kim; SongHwa Chae; Kyong Mi Jun; Gang-Seob Lee; Jong-Seong Jeon; Kyung Do Kim; Yeon-Ki Kim (Planta, 2021)
Main conclusion The present study showed that a rice ( Oryza sativa )-specific protein-binding microarray (RPBM) can be applied to analyze DNA-binding motifs with a TF where binding is evaluated in extended natural promoter regions. The analysis may facilitate identifying TFs and their downstream genes and constructing gene networks through cis-elements. Abstract Transcription factors (TFs) regulate gene expression at the transcriptional level by binding a specific DNA sequence. Thus, predicting the DNA-binding motifs of TFs is one of the most important areas in the functional analysis of TFs in the postgenomic era. Although many methods have been developed to address this challenge, many TFs still have unknown DNA-binding motifs. In this study, we designed RPBM with 40-bp probes and 20-bp of overlap, yielding 49 probes spanning the 1-kb upstream region before the translation start site of each gene in the entire genome. To confirm the efficiency of RPBM technology, we selected two previously studied TFs, OsWOX13 and OsSMF1 , and an uncharacterized TF, OsWRKY34 . We identified the ATTGATTG and CCACGTCA DNA-binding sequences of OsWOX13 and OsSMF1, respectively. In total, 635 and 932 putative feature genes were identified for OsWOX13 and OsSMF1 , respectively. We discovered the CGTTGACTTT DNA-binding sequence and 195 putative feature genes of OsWRKY34. RPBM could be applicable in the analysis of DNA-binding motifs for TFs where binding is evaluated in the promoter and 5′ upstream CDS regions. The analysis may facilitate identifying TFs and their downstream genes and constructing gene networks through cis-elements.

Dual Encapsulated Dacarbazine and Zinc Phthalocyanine Polymeric Nanoparticle for Photodynamic Therapy of Melanoma - Sara Rhaissa Rezende do Reis; Edward Helal-Neto; Aline Oliveira da Silva de Barros; Suyene Rocha Pinto; Filipe Leal Portilho; Luciana Betzler de Oliveira Siqueira; Luciana Magalhães Rebelo Alencar; Si Amar Dahoumane; Frank Alexis; Eduardo Ricci-Junior; Ralph Santos-Oliveira (Pharmaceutical Research, 2021)

Role of p53 in transcriptional repression of SVCT2 - Eun Ho Kim; Dong-In Koh; Yea Seong Ryu; Sang-Soo Park; Seung-Woo Hong; Jai-Hee Moon; Jae-Sik Shin; Mi Jin Kim; Do Yeon Kim; Jun Ki Hong; Hong-Rae Jeong; Hyeseon Yun; et al. (Molecular Biology Reports, 2021)

Performance of the agarophyte Gracilariopsis tenuifrons in a multi-trophic aquaculture system with Litopenaeus vannamei using water recirculation - Marcella Araújo do Amaral Carneiro; Júlia Fanny de Jesus Resende; Sérgio Ricardo Oliveira; Felipe de Oliveira Fernandes; Henrique Douglas dos Santos Borburema; Marcelle Stephanne Barbosa-Silva; Ana Beatriz Gomes Ferreira; Eliane Marinho-Soriano (Journal of Applied Phycology, 2021)

Research advances and applications of biosensing technology for the diagnosis of pathogens in sustainable agriculture - Qurban Ali; Sunny Ahmar; Muhammad Aamir Sohail; Muhammad Kamran; Mohsin Ali; Muhammad Hamzah Saleem; Muhammad Rizwan; Agha Mushtaque Ahmed; Freddy Mora-Poblete; Antônio Teixeira do Amaral Júnior; Mustansar Mubeen; Shafaqat Ali (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Water assessment of the Itapemirim River/Espírito Santo (Brazil): abiotic and toxicogenetic aspects - Iasmini Nicoli Galter; Ian Drumond Duarte; Maressa Malini; Francielen Barroso Aragão; Ian de Oliveira Martins; Lívia Dorch Rocha; Maria Tereza Weitzel Dias Carneiro; Kamila Soares do Espírito Santo; José Augusto de Oliveira David; e Silvia Tamie Matsumoto (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Chemometric tools applied to optimize a fast solid-phase microextraction method for analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in produced water - Pedro Hermano M. Vasconcelos; André Luiz M. Camelo; Ari Clecius A. de Lima; Hélio O. do Nascimento; Carla B. Vidal; Ronaldo F. do Nascimento; Gisele S. Lopes; Elisane Longhinotti (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

The environmental importance of iron speciation in soils: evaluation of classic methodologies - Gabriele Verônica de Mello Gabriel; Leonardo Machado Pitombo; Luana Maria Tavares Rosa; Acacio Aparecido Navarrete; Wander Gustavo Botero; Janaina Braga do Carmo; Luciana Camargo de Oliveira (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2021)

Improvement of glutathione production by a metabolically engineered Yarrowia lipolytica strain using a small-scale optimization approach - Diem T. H. Do; Patrick Fickers; Imen Ben Tahar (Biotechnology Letters, 2021)

Optimization of the human colorectal carcinoma antigen GA733-2 production in tobacco plants - Se Hee Park; Kon-Young Ji; Hyun Min Kim; Sang Hoon Ma; Seo Young Park; Ju Hui Do; Doo-Byoung Oh; Hyung Sik Kang; Jae Sung Shim; Young Hee Joung (Plant Biotechnology Reports, 2021)

Characterization of Agro-morphological Traits of Tartary Buckwheat Germplasm Under Spring Cultivation and Analysis of Health-Related Primary Bioactive Components in Seeds by HPLC Method - Yu-Mi Choi; Hyemyeong Yoon; Sukyeung Lee; Do Yoon Hyun; Myung-Chul Lee; Sejong Oh; Muhammad Rauf (Journal of Plant Biology, 2021)

Bioactive Male-Produced Volatiles from Anastrepha obliqua and their Role in Attraction of Conspecific Females - Nathaly C. De Aquino; Luana L. Ferreira; Raphael Tavares; Claudinete S. Silva; Adriana Mendonça; Iara Sordi Joachim-Bravo; Paulo Milet-Pinheiro; Daniela Navarro; Fabiane C. De Abreu Galdino; Ruth R. Do Nascimento (Journal of Chemical Ecology, 2021)

Porcine circovirus genotypes and their copathogens in pigs with respiratory disease in southern provinces of Vietnam - Phat Xuan Dinh; Minh Nam Nguyen; Hien The Nguyen; Vu Hoang Tran; Quy Dinh Tran; Kim Hoang Dang; Dai Tan Vo; Hien Thanh Le; Nam Thi Thu Nguyen; Toan Tat Nguyen; Duy Tien Do (Archives of Virology, 2021)

A mixture of chloromethylisothiazolinone and methylisothiazolinone impairs rat vascular smooth muscle by depleting thiols and thereby elevating cytosolic Zn2+ and generating reactive oxygen species - Van Quan Do; Yoon-Seok Seo; Jung-Min Park; Jieun Yu; Men Thi Hoai Duong; Junichi Nakai; Sang-Kyum Kim; Hee-Chul Ahn; Moo-Yeol Lee (Archives of Toxicology, 2021)

Responses of Aquatic Nontarget Organisms in Experiments Simulating a Scenario of Contamination by Imidacloprid in a Freshwater Environment - Lucas Gonçalves Queiroz; Caio César Achiles do Prado; Éryka Costa de Almeida; Felipe Augusto Dörr; Ernani Pinto; Flávio Teixeira da Silva; Teresa Cristina Brazil de Paiva (Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2021)

Triterpenoids and steroids from the fruiting bodies of Hexagonia tenuis and their cytotoxicity - Do Xuan Hung; Ping-Chung Kuo; Nguyen Ngoc Tuan; Hoang Van Trung; Nguyen Tan Thanh; Nguyen Thi Ha; Bach Long Giang; Nguyen Quang Trung; Nguyen Thi Ngan; Ha Viet Hai; Doan Lan Phuong; Dang Ngoc Quang; et al. (Natural Product Research, 2021)

The effect of physico-chemical treatment in reducing Listeria monocytogenes biofilms on lettuce leaf surfaces - Md. Furkanur Rahaman Mizan; Hye Ran Cho; Md. Ashrafudoulla; Junbin Cho; Md. Iqbal Hossain; Dong-Un Lee; Sang-Do Ha (Biofouling, 2021)

Microbiological evaluation of an experimental denture cleanser containing essential oil of Lippia sidoides - Joel Oliveira Barreto; Francisca Bruna Stefany Aires do Nascimento; Said Gonçalves da Cruz Fonseca; Letícia Serpa Sampaio; Cecília Rocha da Silva; João Batista de Andrade Neto; Hélio Vitoriano Nobre Júnior; Rômulo Rocha Regis (Biofouling, 2021)

Evaluation of root-to-shoot de novo organogenesis in wild guava species, Psidium schenckianum and P. guineense (Myrtaceae) - Márcia Adriana Carvalho dos Santos; Mailson Monteiro do Rêgo; Manoel Abilio de Queiróz; Ana Claudia Ferreira da Cruz; Thaís Cristina Ribeiro da Silva; Marcos Vinícius Marques Pinheiro; Diego Silva Batista; Diego Ismael Rocha; Wagner Campos Otoni (Vegetos, 2021)

Estimate the effects of environmental determining factors on childhood asthma hospital admissions in Lisbon, Portugal: a time series modelling study - Mónica Rodrigues; Isabel Natário; Maria do Rosário de Oliveira Martins (Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2021)

Selection of reference genes for quantitative real-time PCR normalization in European quail tissues - Fabiana Cristina Belchior de Sousa; Carlos Souza do Nascimento; Maíse dos Santos Macário; Renan dos Santos Araújo; Leandro Teixeira Barbosa; Geraldo Fábio Viana Bayão; Katiene Régia Silva Sousa (Molecular Biology Reports, 2021)

Morphological damage in Sertoli, myoid and interstitial cells in a mouse model of mucopolysaccharidosis type I (MPS I) - Cinthia Castro do Nascimento; Odair Aguiar; Gustavo Monteiro Viana; Vânia D’Almeida (Molecular Biology Reports, 2021)

NIR Luminescence Enhancement of YVO4:Nd Phosphor for Biological Application - Júlio Tadashi Tanaka; Susane Bonamin Moscardini; Willian Eurípedes do Nascimento Melo; Helena Brunckova; Eduardo José Nassar; Lucas Alonso Rocha (Journal of Fluorescence, 2021)

Heavy metals distribution in different parts of cultivated and native plants and their relationship with soil content - A. L. do Nascimento Júnior; A. de Q. Paiva; L. da S. Souza; L. F. Souza-Filho; L. D. Souza; E. I. Fernandes Filho; C. E. R. G. Schaefer; E. F. da Silva; A. C. O. Fernandes; F. A. da S. Xavier (International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2021)

Cypermethrin- and fipronil-based insecticides cause biochemical changes in Physalaemus gracilis tadpoles - Camila F. Rutkoski; Natani Macagnan; Alexandre Folador; Vrandrieli J. Skovronski; Aline M. B. do Amaral; Jossiele Wesz Leitemperger; Maiara Dorneles Costa; Paulo A. Hartmann; Caroline Müller; Vania L. Loro; Marilia T. Hartmann (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Avocado kernels, an industrial residue: a source of compounds with insecticidal activity against silverleaf whitefly - Sheila Salles de Carvalho; Leandro do Prado Ribeiro; Moacir Rossi Forim; Maria Fátima das Graças Fernandes da Silva; Keylla Utherdyany Bicalho; João Batista Fernandes; José Djair Vendramim (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Simultaneous removal of pollutants and high value biomaterials production by Chlorella variabilis TH03 from domestic wastewater - Dang Thuan Tran; Thi Cam Van Do; Quang Trung Nguyen; Truong Giang Le (Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 2021)

COVID-19: the impact of a global crisis on sustainable development research - Walter Leal Filho; Anabela Marisa Azul; Tony Wall; Claudio R. P. Vasconcelos; Amanda Lange Salvia; Arminda do Paço; Kalterina Shulla; Vanessa Levesque; Federica Doni; Lorena Alvarez-Castañón; Claudia Mac-lean; Lucas Veiga Avila; et al. (Sustainability Science, 2021)

Age and body mass are more important than horns to determine the social position of dairy cows - Matheus Deniz; Karolini Tenffen de Sousa; Marcos Martinez do Vale; João Ricardo Dittrich (Journal of Ethology, 2021)

On the performance of phase-based filters for enhancing lateral boundaries of magnetic and gravity sources: a case study of the Seattle uplift - Luan Thanh Pham; Erdinc Oksum; Thanh Duc Do; Dat Viet Nguyen; Ahmed M. Eldosouky (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2021)

Phytochemistry and antiplasmodial activity of Xylopia sericea leaves - Douglas Costa Gontijo; Maria Fernanda Alves do Nascimento; Geraldo Célio Brandão; Alaíde Braga de Oliveira (Natural Product Research, 2020)

A New Species of Spongilla (Porifera, Demospongiae) from a Karst Lake in Ha Long Bay (Vietnam) - Barbara Calcinai; Carlo Cerrano; Laura Núñez-Pons; Maurizio Pansini; Do Cong Thung; Marco Bertolino (Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2020)
Cahong in Ha Long Bay (Vietnam) is a small lake with a reduced, invisible connection with the open sea. The water column conditions locally experience notable fluctuations across the year, mostly driven by biannual monsoon seasons. Salinity, temperature, and pH often reach extreme values, unsustainable for the majority of the marine fauna. Therefore, the biodiversity of the benthic macrofauna in this peculiar habitat is remarkably low. In particular, a single sponge species new to science was found solely populating this characteristic brackish lake during our last survey in August 2018. Spongilla manconiae sp. nov. is a new Porifera species described here. It belongs to an exclusively freshwater taxon and seems to have acquired adaptive traits to tolerate extreme peaks of temperature and salinity. The mitochondrial Cytochrome C Oxidase subunit 1 (COI) and the nuclear Internal Transcribed Spacers 1 and 2 (ITSs) gene markers were used for barcoding tagging and phylogenetic analyses. The new species revealed large genetic distances and separate clustering in the tree topology, with respect to other reference spongillid sequences from various geographic areas. The study provides evidence for an urgency to protect these unique marine lake systems because they represent rare, fluctuant, fragile habitats that may speed up speciation processes.

Designing U-shaped tunnel linings in stratified soils using the hyperstatic reaction method - Dianchun Du; Daniel Dias; Ngocanh Do (European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering, 2020)

Green Areas in an Urban Environment Minimize the Mutagenic Effects of Polluting Gases - Aline do Nascimento Rocha; Rosilda Mara Mussury (Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2020)

Use of Sodium Metabisulphite and Ascorbic Acid to Control Browning in Ready-to-Eat Processed Potatoes during Prolonged Storage - Revenli Fernanda do Nascimento; Maria Helene Giovanetti Canteri; Sabrina Ávila Rodrigues; João Luiz Kovaleski (Potato Research, 2020)

Are Juvenile Manila Clam Ruditapes philippinarum Free from Perkinsus olseni Infection in Korean Waters? - Hye-Mi Lee; Young-Ghan Cho; Hee-Do Jeung; Min-Seok Jang; Jee Youn Hwang; Kwang-Sik Choi (Ocean Science Journal, 2020)

Rosmarinic acid prevents gastric ulcers via sulfhydryl groups reinforcement, antioxidant and immunomodulatory effects - Raphaela Francelino do Nascimento; Rodrigo de Oliveira Formiga; Flávia Danielle Frota Machado; Igor Rafael Praxedes de Sales; Gedson Moraes de Lima; Edvaldo Balbino Alves Júnior; Giciane Carvalho Vieira; Raquel Fragoso Pereira; Aurigena Antunes de Araújo; Raimundo Fernandes de Araújo Junior; José Maria Barbosa Filho; Leônia Maria Batista (Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology, 2020)

Oral Colonization by Candida Species in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis - Eliana Tomomi Shimabukuro da Cunha; Lívia Mara Alves Figueiredo-Godoi; Diogo Haddad Santos; Rafael Paterno Castello Dias Carneiro; Guilherme Sciascia do Olival; Patrícia Pimentel de Barros; Keila Narimatsu; Charles Peter Tilbery; Juliana Campos Junqueira (Mycopathologia, 2020)

Potential therapeutic and pharmacological effects of Wogonin: an updated review - Do Luong Huynh; Tran Hoang Ngau; Nguyen Hoai Nguyen; Gia-Buu Tran; Cuong Thach Nguyen (Molecular Biology Reports, 2020)

Antifungal activity of aminoalcohols and diamines against dermatophytes and yeast - César A. Caneschi; Bruno A. de Oliveira; Angelina M. de Almeida; Renata P. do Carmo; Francislene J. Martins; Mauro V. de Almeida; Nádia R. B. Raposo (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2020)

Effects of Tetracyclines on Enzymatic Activity and Soil Nutrient Availability - Nathalie Caroline Hirt Kessler; Silvio Cesar Sampaio; Naimara Vieira do Prado; Marcelo Bevilacqua Remor; Ralpho Rinaldo dos Reis; Cláudia Marques dos Santos Cordovil (Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 2020)

Dynamic of P Flux in Tropical Acid Soils Fertilized with Humic Acid–Complexed Phosphate - Eduardo Zavaschi; Letícia de Abreu Faria; Risely Ferraz-Almeida; Carlos Antonio Costa do Nascimento; Paulo Sergio Pavinato; Rafael Otto; André César Vitti; Godofredo Cesar Vitti (Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 2020)

Detection of flash-flood potential areas using watershed characteristics: Application to Cau River watershed in Vietnam - Loi Duong Thi; Thanh Do Van; Huong Le Van (Journal of Earth System Science, 2020)

Effect of Suction on the Shear Strength of Soil–Rock Interfaces - Fernando A. M. Marinho; Eurípedes do Amaral Vargas (Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 2020)

Physiological and metabolic responses in juvenile Colossoma macropomum exposed to hypoxia - Luanna do Carmo Neves; Gisele Cristina Favero; Suzane Lilian Beier; Nathália Soares Ferreira; Glauber David Almeida Palheta; Nuno Filipe Alves Correia de Melo; Ronald Kennedy Luz (Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 2020)

Leprosy surveillance study in a highly endemic Brazilian area using leprosy specific serologic tests and IFNγ whole blood assay - Aline do Carmo Gonçalves; Emerith Mayra Hungria; Aline Araújo Freitas; Samira Sékula-Bührer; Cassia Maria Gomes; Ana Cecília Coelho; Laura Branquinho Nascimento; Mariane Martins de Araújo Stefani (European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 2020)

Pathogenic Fusarium species complexes associated to seeds of indigenous Brazilian forest tree Aspidosperma polyneuron - E. J. Mazarotto; C. G. Poitevin; A. L. M. do Carmo; A. F. dos Santos; S. M. Tralamazza; I. C. Pimentel (European Journal of Plant Pathology, 2020)

Raising the water temperature: consequences in behavior and biochemical biomarkers of the freshwater crab Aegla longirostri (Crustacea, Anomura) - Cristina Cerezer; Jossiele Wesz Leitemperger; Aline Monique Blank do Amaral; Bruna Ceretta Ferreira; Aline Teixeira Marins; Vania Lucia Loro; Marlise Ladvocat Bartholomei-Santos; Sandro Santos (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

Determination of pesticides of different chemical classes in drinking water of the state of Santa Catarina (Brazil) using solid-phase microextraction coupled to chromatographic determinations - Sângela Nascimento do Carmo; Leila Dorácio Mendes; Gabriela Corazza; Heloísa Comelli; Josias Merib; Eduardo Carasek (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

Deforestation Trajectories on a Development Frontier in the Brazilian Amazon: 35 Years of Settlement Colonization, Policy and Economic Shifts, and Land Accumulation - Gabriel Cardoso Carrero; Philip Martin Fearnside; Denis Ribeiro do Valle; Cristiano de Souza Alves (Environmental Management, 2020)

Seasonality Effects on Antibacterial and Antibiotic Potentiating Activity against Multidrug-Resistant Strains of Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus and ATR-FTIR Spectra of Essential Oils from Vitex gardneriana Leaves - Raimundo Luiz Silva Pereira; Thiago Sampaio de Freitas; Priscilla Ramos Freitas; Ana Carolina Justino de Araújo; Fábia Ferreira Campina; Kleber Ribeiro Fidelis; Jean Parcelli Costa do Vale; Antônio César Honorato Barreto; Henrique Douglas Melo Coutinho; Paulo Nogueira Bandeira; Alexandre Magno Rodrigues Teixeira; Hélcio Silva dos Santos (Current Microbiology, 2020)

Punicalagin triggers ergosterol biosynthesis disruption and cell cycle arrest in Cryptococcus gattii and Candida albicans - Thaísa Cristina Silva; Renato Ivan de Ávila; Ana Laura Sene Amâncio Zara; Andressa Santana Santos; Fábio Ataídes; Vivianny Aparecida Queiroz Freitas; Carolina Rodrigues Costa; Marize Campos Valadares; Maria do Rosário Rodrigues Silva (Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, 2020)

Investigation of thiosemicarbazide free or within chitosan nanoparticles in a murine model of vulvovaginal candidiasis - Deize Evangelista Araújo; Amanda Alves de Oliveira; Mirlane dos Santos Cabral; Adelaide Fernandes Costa; Bárbara Carolina Silva; Lívia do Carmo Silva; Liliana Borges de Menezes; Célia Maria de Almeida Soares; Andre Correa Amaral; Maristela Pereira (Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, 2020)

Molecular characterization of aureocin 4181: a natural N-formylated aureocin A70 variant with a broad spectrum of activity - Selda Loase Salustiano Marques-Bastos; Marcus Lívio Varella Coelho; Hilana Ceotto-Vigoder; Patrícia Carlin Fagundes; Gabriela Silva Almeida; Dag A. Brede; Ingolf F. Nes; Maria Aparecida Vasconcelos de Paiva Brito; Maria do Carmo de Freire Bastos (Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, 2020)

Microbial diversity of two natural CO2-rich springs with contrasting hydrochemical features - Daegeun Ko; Hyun-Kwon Do; Chul-Hwan Kim; Seong-Taek Yun; Haegeun Chung (Geosciences Journal, 2020)

Assessment of genetic diversity and population structure among a collection of Korean Perilla germplasms based on SSR markers - Jun Seok Oh; Kyu Jin Sa; Do Yoon Hyun; Gyu-Taek Cho; Ju Kyong Lee (Genes & Genomics, 2020)

Statistical approach on mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediments of the NE Brazilian outer shelf - Luzia Liniane do Nascimento Silva; Moab Praxedes Gomes (Geo-Marine Letters, 2020)

Organic matter in the deltaic clinoform of the São Francisco River (Eastern Brazil) - Narayana Flora Costa Escobar; José Maria Landim Dominguez; Maria do Rosário Zucchi; Antônio Expedito Gomes de Azevedo; Adriane Gonçalves de Araújo Nunes Rangel; Renata Cardia Rebouças (Geo-Marine Letters, 2020)

Correction to: Sedimentary records of Marine Isotopic Stage 3 (MIS 3) in southern Brazil - Sergio R. Dillenburg; Eduardo G. Barboza; Maria Luiza C. C. Rosa; Felipe Caron; Rodrigo Cancelli; Cristiane B. Santos-Fischer; Renato P. Lopes; Matias do Nascimento Ritter (Geo-Marine Letters, 2020)

Sedimentary records of Marine Isotopic Stage 3 (MIS 3) in southern Brazil - Sergio R. Dillenburg; Eduardo G. Barboza; Maria Luiza C. C. Rosa; Felipe Caron; Rodrigo Cancelli; Cristiane B. Santos-Fischer; Renato P. Lopes; Matias do Nascimento Ritter (Geo-Marine Letters, 2020)

Breaks of macrosynteny and collinearity among moth bean (Vigna aconitifolia), cowpea (V. unguiculata), and common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) - Ana Rafaela da S. Oliveira; Lívia do Vale Martins; Fernanda de O. Bustamante; María Muñoz-Amatriaín; Timothy Close; Antônio F. da Costa; Ana Maria Benko-Iseppon; Andrea Pedrosa-Harand; Ana Christina Brasileiro-Vidal (Chromosome Research, 2020)

Biodegradation of diethyl-phthalate (DEP) by halotolerant bacteria isolated from an estuarine environment - Elen Aquino Perpetuo; Esther Cecília Nunes da Silva; Bruno Karolski; Claudio Augusto Oller do Nascimento (Biodegradation, 2020)

Acute toxicity of hot aqueous extract from leaves of the Terminalia catappa in juvenile fish Colossoma macropomum - Juliana Oliveira Meneses; Fernanda dos Santos Cunha; Joel Artur Rodrigues Dias; Ana Flávia Santos da Cunha; Francisco José dos Santos; Natalino da Costa Sousa; Márcia Valéria Silva do Couto; Peterson Emmanuel Guimarães Paixão; Higo Andrade Abe; Bruno dos Santos Lima; Antônio Guilherme de Carvalho Neto; Adriano Antunes de Souza Araújo; et al. (Aquaculture International, 2020)

Isolation, Identification, and Biochemical Characteristics of a Cold-Tolerant Chlorella vulgaris KNUA007 Isolated from King George Island, Antarctica - Seung-Woo Jo; Jeong-Mi Do; Nam Seon Kang; Jong Myong Park; Jae Hak Lee; Han Soon Kim; Ji Won Hong; Ho-Sung Yoon (Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2020)
A cold-tolerant unicellular green alga was isolated from a meltwater stream on King George Island, Antarctica. Morphological, molecular, and biochemical analyses revealed that the isolate belonged to the species Chlorella vulgaris. We tentatively named this algal strain C.vulgaris KNUA007 and investigated its growth and lipid composition. We found that the strain was able to thrive in a wide range of temperatures, from 5 to 30 °C; however, it did not survive at 35 °C. Ultimate analysis confirmed high gross calorific values only at low temperatures (10 °C), with comparable values to land plants for biomass fuel. Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry analysis revealed that the isolate was rich in nutritionally important polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs). The major fatty acid components were hexadecatrienoic acid (C16:3 ω3, 17.31%), linoleic acid (C18:2 ω6, 8.52%), and α-linolenic acid (C18:3 ω3, 43.35%) at 10 °C. The microalga was tolerant to low temperatures, making it an attractive candidate for the production of biochemicals under cold weather conditions. Therefore, this Antarctic microalga may have potential as an alternative to fish and/or plant oils as a source of omega-3 PUFA. The temperature tolerance and composition of C.vulgaris KNUA007 also make the isolate desirable for commercial applications in the pharmaceutical industry.

Characterization, antibacterial activity and antibiotic modifying action of the Caryocar coriaceum Wittm. pulp and almond fixed oil - Fladson F.G. Pereira; Maria K. S. B. Feitosa; Maria do S. Costa; Saulo R. Tintino; Fábio F.G. Rodrigues; Irwin R. A. Menezes; Henrique D. M. Coutinho; José G.M. da Costa; Erlânio O. de Sousa (Natural Product Research, 2020)

Below the waterline: cryptic diversity of aquatic pipid frogs ( Pipa carvalhoi ) unveiled through an integrative taxonomy approach - Luana Rodrigues Lima; Daniel Pacheco Bruschi; Filipe Augusto Cavalcanti Do Nascimento; Paulo Victor Scherrer De Araújo; Leonora Pires Costa; Maria Tereza Chiarioni Thomé; Adrian Antonio Garda; Michelle Louise Zattera; Tamí Mott (Systematics and Biodiversity, 2020)

Strategies to display heterologous proteins on the cell surface of lactic acid bacteria using as anchor the C-terminal domain of Lactobacillus acidophilus SlpA - Tania B. Gordillo; Miranda C. Palumbo; Mariana Claudia Allievi; Darío A. Fernández Do Porto; Sandra M. Ruzal; María Mercedes Palomino (World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2020)

Spatial dynamics of the Girolando breed in Brazil: analysis of genetic integration and environmental factors - Nathalia Silva da Costa; Marcos Vinicius G. B. da Silva; João Cláudio do Carmo Panetto; Marco Antonio Machado; Luiza Seixas; Vanessa Peripolli; Renato Fontes Guimarães; Osmar Abilio Carvalho; Renata Augusto Vieira; Concepta McManus (Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2020)

Effects of clinical mastitis and puerperal diseases on reproductive efficiency of dairy cows - Carla Cristian Campos; Francisco Luiz do Prado; João Paulo Justo dos Reis; Luisa Cunha Carneiro; Paula Regina Basso Silva; Giovanna Faria de Moraes; Ricarda Maria dos Santos (Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2020)

Content analysis of dam break studies for tailings dams with high damage potential in the Quadrilátero Ferrífero, Minas Gerais: technical weaknesses and proposals for improvements - Camilla Adriane de Paiva; Aníbal da Fonseca Santiago; José Francisco do Prado Filho (Natural Hazards, 2020)

Comparative analysis of acute and chronic stress-induced neurobehavioral alteration and liver injury in mice - Tae Woo Oh; Kwang-Youn Kim; Hyun Ju Do; Young-Woo Kim; Kwang-Il Park (Molecular & Cellular Toxicology, 2020)

Thiosemicarbazone and thiazole: in vitro evaluation of leishmanicidal and ultrastructural activity on Leishmania infantum - Camila Marques Queiroz; Gevanio Bezerra de Oliveira Filho; José Wanderlan Pontes Espíndola; Amanda Vasconcelos do Nascimento; Amanda Silva dos Santos Aliança; Virginia Maria Barros de Lorena; Ana Paula Sampaio Feitosa; Paula Roberta da Silva; Luiz Carlos Alves; Ana Cristina Lima Leite; Fábio André Brayner (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2020)

Identification of potential anti-inflammatory and melanoma cytotoxic compounds from Aegiceras corniculatum - Le Ba Vinh; Nguyen Viet Phong; Irshad Ali; Gao Dan; Young Sang Koh; Hoang Le Tuan Anh; Do Thi Van Anh; Seo Young Yang; Young Ho Kim (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2020)

Are maternal and reciprocal effects important in breeding the inter-specific hybrid between Acacia auriculiformis and A. mangium? - Nghiem Quynh Chi; Chris Harwood; Rod Griffin; Jane Harbard; Do Huu Son; Ngo Van Chinh (Euphytica, 2020)

Risk assessment to health and human safety in an urban basin in northeastern Brazil - Iana Chaiene de Araujo Vidal; Rui de Oliveira; Mônica de Amorim Coura; Ruth Silveira do Nascimento; Igor Souza Ogata; Francisco das Chagas da Costa Filho; Sinara Martins Camelo (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

Metal mixtures in pregnant women and umbilical cord blood at urban populations—Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Nataly Damasceno de Figueiredo; Monica Seefelder Araújo; Ronir R Luiz; Volney de Magalhaes Câmara; Silvana do Couto Jacob; Lisia Maria Gobbo dos Santos; Santos Alves Vicentini; Carmen Ildes Rodrigues Froes Asmus (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

Optimization of sampling frequency for coastal seawater quality monitoring - Huu Tuan Do; Lan Anh Phan Thi (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2020)

Background concentrations and quality reference values for potentially toxic elements in soils of Piauí state, Brazil - Cácio Luiz Boechat; Lizandra de Sousa Luz Duarte; Antonny Francisco Sampaio de Sena; Clistenes Williams Araujo do Nascimento; Ygor Jacques Agra Bezerra da Silva; Yuri Jacques Agra Bezerra da Silva; Ana Clecia Campos Brito; Paloma Cunha Saraiva (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2020)

Near-infrared spectroscopy for the prediction of rare earth elements in soils from the largest uranium-phosphate deposit in Brazil using PLS, iPLS, and iSPA-PLS models - Angelo Jamil Maia; Yuri Jacques Agra Bezerra da Silva; Clístenes Williams Araújo do Nascimento; Germano Veras; Maria Eugenia Ortiz Escobar; Cleyton Saialy Medeiros Cunha; Ygor Jacques Agra Bezerra da Silva; Rennan Cabral Nascimento; Lavínia Hannah de Souza Pereira (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2020)

The effects of combined treatment of losartan and ramipril on hypertension and related complications - Hyun-Soo Park; Do-Hyung Lee; Joo-Hui Han; Sang-Hyuk Jung; Miji Lee; Keun-Woo Jang; Chang-Seon Myung (Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation, 2020)

The role of environmental filtering, geographic distance and dispersal barriers in shaping the turnover of plant and animal species in Amazonia - Cristian Dambros; Gabriela Zuquim; Gabriel M. Moulatlet; Flávia R. C. Costa; Hanna Tuomisto; Camila C. Ribas; Renato Azevedo; Fabricio Baccaro; Paulo E. D. Bobrowiec; Murilo S. Dias; Thaise Emilio; Helder M. V. Espirito-Santo; et al. (Biodiversity and Conservation, 2020)
To determine the effect of rivers, environmental conditions, and isolation by distance on the distribution of species in Amazonia. Location: Brazilian Amazonia. Time period: Current. Major taxa studied: Birds, fishes, bats, ants, termites, butterflies, ferns + lycophytes, gingers and palms. We compiled a unique dataset of biotic and abiotic information from 822 plots spread over the Brazilian Amazon. We evaluated the effects of environment, geographic distance and dispersal barriers (rivers) on assemblage composition of animal and plant taxa using multivariate techniques and distance- and raw-data-based regression approaches. Environmental variables (soil/water), geographic distance, and rivers were associated with the distribution of most taxa. The wide and relatively old Amazon River tended to determine differences in community composition for most biological groups. Despite this association, environment and geographic distance were generally more important than rivers in explaining the changes in species composition. The results from multi-taxa comparisons suggest that variation in community composition in Amazonia reflects both dispersal limitation (isolation by distance or by large rivers) and the adaptation of species to local environmental conditions. Larger and older river barriers influenced the distribution of species. However, in general this effect is weaker than the effects of environmental gradients or geographical distance at broad scales in Amazonia, but the relative importance of each of these processes varies among biological groups.

Evaluating the role of endogenous and exogenous features on larval hake nutritional condition - Marina V. Diaz; Marina Do Souto; Paola Betti; Brenda Temperoni; Agustín Schiariti; Laura Machinandiarena; Daniel R. Brown; Gustavo J. Macchi (Fisheries Oceanography, 2020)
Evaluating the nutritional condition of fish larvae is imperative to establish the importance of starvation, understanding the causes of larval mortality and determining favorable zones for growth and survival within nursery areas. We assessed the nutritional condition of Merluccius hubbsi larvae employing RNA/DNA index ( sRD) and its derived index of growth performance ( Gpf ). Larvae ( N = 395) were collected during the reproductive peak in 2010 and 2011. Principal Component Analysis and Generalized Linear Models were used to study the relationship between larval condition and endogenous factors (size, weight, growth rate, trophic incidence, and carbon content per stomach) and exogenous variables (temperature, chlorophyll concentration, potential prey availability, ctenophore biomass, and hake larvae density). The year of sampling was also considered as a variable. The significant variables in the model selection were size, temperature, the density of hake larvae, and year. The larval size was positively related to the condition while larval density and temperature showed a negative relationship with the sRD index. The year was also a significant variable, with higher larval sRD values in 2010. The negative relationship between sRD and larval density suggests the existence of mechanisms of density‐dependence operating upon larval condition. On the other hand, the lower temperatures occurred in stratified waters (with greater availability of food) a fact that might explain the negative relationship between sRD and temperature. The fitting of the models suggests that other explanatory variables might be considered to improve the understanding of the nutritional condition index nature.

NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES: a data set on carnivore distribution in the Neotropics - Mariana Nagy‐Reis; Júlia Emi de Faria Oshima; Claudia Zukeran Kanda; Francesca Belem Lopes Palmeira; Fabiano Rodrigues de Melo; Ronaldo Gonçalves Morato; Lilian Bonjorne; Marcelo Magioli; Caroline Leuchtenberger; Fabio Rohe; Frederico Gemesio Lemos; Felipe Martello; et al. (Ecology, 2020)
Mammalian carnivores are considered a key group in maintaining ecological health and can indicate potential ecological integrity in landscapes where they occur. Carnivores also hold high conservation value and their habitat requirements can guide management and conservation plans. The order Carnivora has 84 species from 8 families in the Neotropical region: Canidae; Felidae; Mephitidae; Mustelidae; Otariidae; Phocidae; Procyonidae; and Ursidae. Herein, we include published and unpublished data on native terrestrial Neotropical carnivores (Canidae; Felidae; Mephitidae; Mustelidae; Procyonidae; and Ursidae). NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES is a publicly available data set that includes 99,605 data entries from 35,511 unique georeferenced coordinates. Detection/non‐detection and quantitative data were obtained from 1818 to 2018 by researchers, governmental agencies, non‐governmental organizations, and private consultants. Data were collected using several methods including camera trapping, museum collections, roadkill, line transect, and opportunistic records. Literature (peer‐reviewed and grey literature) from Portuguese, Spanish and English were incorporated in this compilation. Most of the data set consists of detection data entries (n = 79,343; 79.7%) but also includes non‐detection data (n = 20,262; 20.3%). Of those, 43.3% also include count data (n = 43,151). The information available in NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES will contribute to macroecological, ecological, and conservation questions in multiple spatio‐temporal perspectives. As carnivores play key roles in trophic interactions, a better understanding of their distribution and habitat requirements are essential to establish conservation management plans and safeguard the future ecological health of Neotropical ecosystems. Our data paper, combined with other large‐scale data sets, has great potential to clarify species distribution and related ecological processes within the Neotropics. There are no copyright restrictions and no restriction for using data from this data paper, as long as the data paper is cited as the source of the information used. We also request that users inform us of how they intend to use the data.

NEOTROPICAL ALIEN MAMMALS: a data set of occurrence and abundance of alien mammals in the Neotropics - Clarissa Alves da Rosa; Bruno R. Ribeiro; Vanesa Bejarano; Fernando Henrique Puertas; Adriana Bocchiglieri; Adriana Loeser dos Santos Barbosa; Adriano Garcia Chiarello; Adriano Pereira Paglia; Adriele Aparecida Pereira; Adryelle Francisca de Souza Moreira; Agnis Cristiane de Souza; Aiesca Pellegrin; et al. (Ecology, 2020)
Biological invasion is one of the main threats to native biodiversity. For a species to become invasive, it must be voluntarily or involuntarily introduced by humans into a nonnative habitat. Mammals were among first taxa to be introduced worldwide for game, meat, and labor, yet the number of species introduced in the Neotropics remains unknown. In this data set, we make available occurrence and abundance data on mammal species that (1) transposed a geographical barrier and (2) were voluntarily or involuntarily introduced by humans into the Neotropics. Our data set is composed of 73,738 historical and current georeferenced records on alien mammal species of which around 96% correspond to occurrence data on 77 species belonging to eight orders and 26 families. Data cover 26 continental countries in the Neotropics, ranging from Mexico and its frontier regions (southern Florida and coastal‐central Florida in the southeast United States) to Argentina, Paraguay, Chile, and Uruguay, and the 13 countries of Caribbean islands. Our data set also includes neotropical species (e.g., Callithrix sp., Myocastor coypus , Nasua nasua) considered alien in particular areas of Neotropics. The most numerous species in terms of records are from Bos sp. ( n = 37,782), Sus scrofa ( n = 6,730), and Canis familiaris ( n = 10,084); 17 species were represented by only one record (e.g., S yncerus caffer, Cervus timorensis, Cervus unicolor, Canis latrans ). Primates have the highest number of species in the data set ( n = 20 species), partly because of uncertainties regarding taxonomic identification of the genera Callithrix, which includes the species Callithrix aurita, Callithrix flaviceps, Callithrix geoffroyi, Callithrix jacchus, Callithrix kuhlii, Callithrix penicillata , and their hybrids. This unique data set will be a valuable source of information on invasion risk assessments, biodiversity redistribution and conservation‐related research. There are no copyright restrictions. Please cite this data paper when using the data in publications. We also request that researchers and teachers inform us on how they are using the data.

Algrizea Minor Sobral, Faria & Proença (Myrteae, Myrtaceae): chemical composition, antinociceptive, antimicrobial and antioxidant activity of essential oil - Bruno Oliveira de Veras; Yago Queiroz dos Santos; Fernanda Granja da Silva Oliveira; Jackson Roberto Guedes da Silva Almeida; Alexandre Gomes da Silva; Maria Tereza dos Santos Correia; Katharina Marques Diniz; João Ricardhis Saturnino de Oliveira; Vera Lúcia de Menezes Lima; Daniela Maria do Amaral Ferraz Navarro; Júlio César Ribeiro de Oliveira Farias de Aguiar; Maria Betânia Melo de Oliveira; et al. (Natural Product Research, 2020)

Three new muurolane-type sesquiterpene glycosides from the whole plants of Balanophora fungosa subsp. indica - Bui Huu Tai; Nguyen Xuan Nhiem; Pham Hai Yen; Tran Hong Quang; Nguyen Thi Cuc; Do Thi Trang; Vu Van Doan; Dan Thi Thuy Hang; Chau Van Minh; Phan Van Kiem (Natural Product Research, 2020)

Use of red mud from amazon region as an adsorbent for the removal of methylene blue: process optimization, isotherm and kinetic studies - Y. J. C. Martins; A. C. M. Almeida; B M. Viegas; R. A. do Nascimento; N. F. da P. Ribeiro (International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2020)

Soil macroarthropod community and soil biological quality index in a green manure farming system of the Brazilian semi-arid - Karla Selene Forstall-Sosa; Tancredo Augusto Feitosa de Souza; Edjane de Oliveira Lucena; Samuel Inocêncio Alves da Silva; Jean Telvio Andrade Ferreira; Thamillys do Nascimento Silva; Djail Santos; Júlia Carina Niemeyer (Biologia, 2020)

Inhibitory Effect of Topical Cartilage Acellular Matrix Suspension Treatment on Neovascularization in a Rabbit Corneal Model - Hee-Woong Yun; Byung Hyune Choi; Do Young Park; Long Hao Jin; Byoung-Hyun Min (Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, 2020)

ClPLD5, a phospholipase gene is involved in protection of cytoskeleton stability in pollen of self-imcompatible ‘Xiangshui’ lemon (Citrus limon) - Wei Lin; Minhphu Do; Mi Wei; Xinhua He; Yuan Liu; Zhiyi Fan; Shuwei Zhang; Cong Luo; Guixiang Huang; Guibing Hu (Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 2020)

Pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate reduces alloxan-induced kidney damage by decreasing nox4, inducible nitric oxide synthase, and metalloproteinase-2 - Bruna Pinheiro Pereira; Gabriel Tavares do Valle; Bruno César Côrrea Salles; Karla Cristinne Mancini Costa; Marilene Lopes Ângelo; Larissa Helena Lobo Torres; Rômulo Dias Novaes; Sílvia Graciela Ruginsk; Carlos Renato Tirapelli; Fernanda Borges de Araújo Paula; Carla Speroni Ceron (Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology, 2020)

Preparation and α-glucosidase inhibition of andrographolide derivatives - Minh Huy Ly; Tuyen Ngoc Truong; Tuoi Thi Hong Do (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2020)

A statistical shape modeling approach for predicting subject-specific human skull from head surface - Tan-Nhu Nguyen; Vi-Do Tran; Ho-Quang Nguyen; Tien-Tuan Dao (Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, 2020)

Analysis and modeling of a landslide-induced tsunami-like wave across the Truong river in Quang Nam province, Vietnam - Do Minh Duc; Dang Quang Khang; Dao Minh Duc; Do Minh Ngoc; Dinh Thi Quynh; Dang Thi Thuy; Nguyen Khac Hoang Giang; Pham Van Tien; Nguyen Huu Ha (Landslides, 2020)

Selection of popcorn hybrids resistant to southern corn leaf blight grown in distinct N availability - Railan do Nascimento Ferreira Kurosawa; Antonio Teixeira do Amaral Júnior; Janieli Maganha Silva Vivas; Marcelo Vivas; Samuel Henrique Kamphorst; Valter Jairo de Lima; Rafael Nunes de Almeida (European Journal of Plant Pathology, 2020)

Yield stability analysis of maize hybrids using the self-organizing map of Kohonen - Luiz Rafael Clovis; Carlos Alberto Scapim; Ronald José Barth Pinto; Marcelo Vivas; Janeo Eustáquio de Almeida Filho; Antonio Teixeira do Amaral Júnior (Euphytica, 2020)

Analysis of the phenotypic adaptability and stability of strains of cowpea through the GGE Biplot approach - Derivaldo Pureza da Cruz; Geraldo de Amaral Gravina; Marcelo Vivas; Geovana Cremonini Entringer; Richardson Sales Rocha; Mário Euclides Pechara da Costa Jaeggi; Lilia Marque Gravina; Israel Martins Pereira; Antônio Teixeira do Amaral Junior; Ramon de Moraes; Tâmara Rebecca Albuquerque de Oliveira; Rogério Figueiredo Daher (Euphytica, 2020)

The presence of microcystins in the coastal waters of Nigeria, from the Bights of Bonny and Benin, Gulf of Guinea - Medina O Kadiri; Solomon Isagba; Jeffrey U Ogbebor; Osasere A. Omoruyi; Timothy E. Unusiotame-Owolagba; Adriana Sturion Lorenzi; Maria do Carmo Bittencourt-Oliveira; Mathias Ahii Chia (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

Nitrogen mineralization and eutrophication risks in mangroves receiving shrimp farming effluents - Hermano Melo Queiroz; Tiago Osório Ferreira; Carlos Alberto Kenji Taniguchi; Diego Barcellos; Juliana Costa do Nascimento; Gabriel Nuto Nóbrega; Xosé Luis Otero; Adriana Guirado Artur (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

Evaluation of the radiological quality of water released by a uranium mining in Brazil - Wagner de Souza Pereira; Alphonse Kelecom; Jose Marques Lopes; Alessander Sá do Carmo; Delcy de Azevedo Py Júnior; Ademir Xavier da Silva (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

Geochemical background concentrations of potentially toxic elements in soils of the Carajás Mineral Province, southeast of the Amazonian Craton - Mauricio Wilians de Lima; Sheryle Santos Hamid; Edna Santos de Souza; Renato Alves Teixeira; Dulcidéia da Conceição Palheta; Kelson do Carmo Freitas Faial; Antonio Rodrigues Fernandes (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2020)

Dynamics of mercury in the plankton of a hydroelectric reservoir, Western Amazon - Elisabete Lourdes do Nascimento; Roberto Keidy Miyai; João Paulo de Oliveira Gomes; Ronado de Almeida; Dario Pires de Carvalho; Ângelo Gilberto Manzatto; José Vicente Elias Bernardi; Ene Glória da Silveira; Wanderley Rodrigues Bastos (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2020)

Considerations in the Development of Small-Diameter Vascular Graft as an Alternative for Bypass and Reconstructive Surgeries: A Review - Francis O. Obiweluozor; Gladys A. Emechebe; Do-Wan Kim; Hwa-Jin Cho; Chan Hee Park; Cheol Sang Kim; In Seok Jeong (Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology, 2020)

Molecular genetic approaches for enhancing stress tolerance and fruit quality of tomato - Antt Htet Wai; Aung Htay Naing; Do-Jin Lee; Chang Kil Kim; Mi-Young Chung (Plant Biotechnology Reports, 2020)

On the taxonomy of the genus Cyclaspis Sars, 1865 (Crustacea: Cumacea: Bodotriidae) from the Brazilian coast, with three new records and descriptions of three new species - Ayrton do Ramo Brito; Cristiana Silveira Serejo (Marine Biodiversity, 2020)

Wild Blonde Capuchins (Sapajus flavius) Perform Anointing Behaviour Using Toxic Secretions of a Millipede (Spirobolida: Rhinocricidae) - Karolina Medeiros; Anielise Campêlo; Artur Campos D. Maia; Robério Freire Filho; Daniela Maria Do Amaral Ferraz Navarro; Amazonas Chagas; Monique Bastos; Gareth Jones; Bruna Bezerra (Journal of Chemical Ecology, 2020)

Hematological, biochemical, and histopathological responses in sorubim Pseudoplatystoma spp. experimentally infected with Lactococcus garvieae - Robson Andrade Rodrigues; André Luiz do Nascimento Silva; Mayara Schueroff Siqueira; Fabiana Pilarski; Cassia Rejane Brito Leal; Karin Virgínia Kuibida; Cristiane Meldau de Campos; Carlos Eurico Fernandes (Aquaculture International, 2020)

Identification and characterization of Sinuolinea niloticus from Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) farmed in Botucatu, Brazil - Alexandre Battazza; Felipe César da Silva Brasileiro; Eduardo Ferreira Machado; Magna Gomes de Matos; Cauê Bastos Tertuliano dos Santos; Marianna Vaz Rodrigues; Diana do Nascimento; Noeme Sousa Rocha (Aquaculture International, 2020)

Benzocaine and menthol as anesthetics for the African cichlid Aulonocara nyassae - Andre Lima Ferreira; Walisson de Souza e Silva; Luanna do Carmo Neves; Nathália Soares Ferreira; Rodrigo Takata; Ronald Kennedy Luz (Aquaculture International, 2020)

Conservation paradox: Large-scale mining waste in protected areas in two global hotspots, southeastern Brazil - Luciana Hiromi Yoshino Kamino; Eric Oliveira Pereira; Flávio Fonseca do Carmo (Ambio, 2020)

Agroforestry systems: an alternative to intensify forage-based livestock in the Brazilian Amazon - Leandro F. Domiciano; Bruno C. Pedreira; Nágela M. F. da Silva; Mircéia A. Mombach; Fernanda H. M. Chizzotti; Erick D. Batista; Perivaldo Carvalho; Luciano S. Cabral; Dalton H. Pereira; Hemython L. B. do Nascimento (Agroforestry Systems, 2020)

A Useful Manufacturing Guide for Rotary Piercing Seamless Pipe by ALE Method - Ameen Topa; Burak Can Cerik; Do Kyun Kim (Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2020)
The development of numerical simulations is potentially useful in predicting the most suitable manufacturing processes and ultimately improving product quality. Seamless pipes are manufactured by a rotary piercing process in which round billets (workpiece) are fed between two rolls and pierced by a stationary plug. During this process, the material undergoes severe deformation which renders it impractical to be modelled and analysed with conventional finite element methods. In this paper, three-dimensional numerical simulations of the piercing process are performed with an arbitrary Lagrangian–Eulerian (ALE) formulation in LS-DYNA software. Details about the material model as well as the elements’ formulations are elaborated here, and mesh sensitivity analysis was performed. The results of the numerical simulations are in good agreement with experimental data found in the literature and the validity of the analysis method is confirmed. The effects of varying workpiece velocity, process temperature, and wall thickness on the maximum stress levels of the product material/pipes are investigated by performing simulations of sixty scenarios. Three-dimensional surface plots are generated which can be utilized to predict the maximum stress value at any given combination of the three parameters.

Nearshore Topographical Changes and Coastal Stability in Nam Dinh Province, Vietnam - Nguyen Thanh Hung; Do Minh Duc; Dinh Thi Quynh; Vu Dinh Cuong (Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2020)
Recently, the coastal zone in Vietnam has experienced more intensive sea attacks due to severe typhoons, climate change, and humsection an activities. Sea level rise has been recorded all along the coast. Moreover, sand exploitation and engineering measures have significantly changed local reliefs and led to apparent sea water level change on the coast of Nam Dinh province. Coastal erosion and sea dike failures have become a serious problem in the region. The site investigation of nearshore topography shows the recent changes to the coast. Hydrodynamic models show that changes of relief and increased wave attacks on dikes. The main reason for sea dike instability is soil erosion due to wave topping; meanwhile, the dikes are stable in terms of sliding. The coast should be reinforced with properly constructed revetments, wave topping preventive measures, and nearshore sand exploitation should be halted.

Predicting tidal heights for extreme environments: from 25 h observations to accurate predictions at Jang Bogo Antarctic Research Station, Ross Sea, Antarctica - Do-Seong Byun; Deirdre E. Hart (Ocean Science, 2020)
Accurate tidal height data for the seas around Antarctica are much needed, given the crucial role of these tides in the regional and global ocean, marine cryosphere, and climate processes. However, obtaining long-term sea level records for traditional tidal predictions is extremely difficult around ice-affected coasts. This study evaluates the ability of a relatively new tidal-species-based approach, the complete tidal species modulation with tidal constant corrections (CTSM + TCC) method, to accurately predict tides for a temporary observation station in the Ross Sea, Antarctica, using a record from a neighbouring reference station characterised by a similar tidal regime. Predictions for the “mixed, mainly diurnal” regime of Jang Bogo Antarctic Research Station (JBARS) were made and evaluated based on summertime (2017; and 2018 to 2019) short-term (25 h) observations at this temporary station, along with tidal prediction data derived from year-long observations (2013) from the neighbouring “diurnal” regime of Cape Roberts (ROBT). Results reveal the CTSM + TCC method can produce accurate (to within ∼5 cm root mean square errors) tidal predictions for JBARS when using short-term (25 h) tidal data from periods with higher-than-average tidal ranges (i.e. those at high lunar declinations). We demonstrate how to determine optimal short-term data collection periods based on the Moon's declination and/or the modulated amplitude ratio and phase lag difference between the diurnal and semidiurnal species predicted from CTSM at ROBT (i.e. the reference tidal station). The importance of using long-period tides to improve tidal prediction accuracy is also considered and, finally, the unique tidal regimes of the Ross Sea examined in this paper are situated within a wider Antarctic tidal context using Finite Element Solution 2014 (FES2014) model data.

Hydrodynamic Measurements of Propagating Waves at Different Nearshore Depths in Hujeong Beach, Korea - Jong Dae Do; Yeon S. Chang; Jae-Youll Jin; Weon Mu Jeong; Byunggil Lee; Ho Kyung Ha (Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2020)
This paper reports the results of hydrodynamic measurements at two different water depths to observe wave properties in the course of wave propagation, especially during storm periods, in Hujeong Beach, Korea. In addition to hydrodynamic measurements, video monitoring data and satellite images from Sentinel-II were employed to compare the temporal changes in shoreline positions and shallow water bathymetry during the storms. Through combination of a variety of observational data sets, the accuracy of analysis could be enhanced by preventing possible misinterpretation. Two significant storms were observed from two experiments conducted at different times and locations of the beach. The hydrodynamic conditions were similar in both of the periods in terms of wave and current conditions as well as wave nonlinearity such as skewness. However, the response of shoreline during the two storms was the opposite because it was eroded during the first storm but advanced during the second storm. This suggests that other controlling factors such as storm duration need to be investigated to support the analysis of cross-shore sediment transport and consequent shoreline evolution for future studies.

In vitro growth performance of Psidium guajava and P. guineense plantlets as affected by culture medium formulations - Márcia Adriana Carvalho dos Santos; Mailson Monteiro do Rêgo; Manoel Abílio de Queiróz; Duanny Thais Rodrigues Caproni; Otto Herbert Schuhmacher Dietrich; André Ferreira Santos; Diego Ismael Rocha; Diego Silva Batista; Wagner Campos Otoni (Vegetos, 2020)

Plastome sequences of the subgenus Passiflora reveal highly divergent genes and specific evolutionary features - Túlio Gomes Pacheco; Amanda de Santana Lopes; Juliana Fátima Welter; Karla Suemy Clemente Yotoko; Wagner Campos Otoni; Leila do Nascimento Vieira; Miguel Pedro Guerra; Rubens Onofre Nodari; Eduardo Balsanelli; Fábio de Oliveira Pedrosa; Emanuel Maltempi de Souza; Marcelo Rogalski (Plant Molecular Biology, 2020)

Anti-Melanoma Activity of Indomethacin Incorporated into Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles - Natália Helen Ferreira; Arthur Barcelos Ribeiro; Francisco Rinaldi-Neto; Fernanda Santos Fernandes; Samuel do Nascimento; Wilson Rodrigues Braz; Eduardo José Nassar; Denise Crispim Tavares (Pharmaceutical Research, 2020)

Changes in fineroot growth dynamics in response to phosphorus application in an Acacia mangium plantation in Vietnam - Nguyen Toan Thang; Vu Tien Lam; Nguyen Huy Son; Tran Van Do; Dang Van Thuyet; Phung Dinh Trung; Pham Dinh Sam; Tran Hoang Quy; Nguyen Thi Thu Phuong; Ly Thi Thanh Huyen; Nguyen Huu Thinh; Nguyen Van Tuan; et al. (New Forests, 2020)

QTL mapping for pre-harvest sprouting resistance in japonica rice varieties utilizing genome re-sequencing - Kyeong-Seong Cheon; Yong Jae Won; Young-Min Jeong; Youn-Young Lee; Do-Yu Kang; Jun Oh; Hyoja Oh; Song Lim Kim; Nyunhee Kim; Eungyeong Lee; In Sun Yoon; Inchan Choi; et al. (Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 2020)
Pre-harvest sprouting (PHS) leads to serious economic losses because of reductions in yield and quality. To analyze the quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for PHS resistance in japonica rice, PHS rates on panicles were measured in 160 recombinant inbred lines (RILs) derived from a cross between the temperate japonica varieties Odae (PHS resistant) and Unbong40 (PHS susceptible) under two different environmental conditions—field (summer) and greenhouse (winter) environments. Genome re-sequencing of the parental varieties detected 266,773 DNA polymorphisms including 248,255 single nucleotide polymorphisms and 18,518 insertions/deletions. We constructed a genetic map comprising 239 kompetitive allele-specific PCR and 49 cleaved amplified polymorphic sequence markers. In the field environment, two major QTLs, qPHS-3 FD and qPHS-11 FD , were identified on chromosomes 3 and 11, respectively, whereas three major QTLs, qPHS-3 GH , qPHS-4 GH , and qPHS-11 GH , were identified on chromosomes 3, 4, and 11, respectively, in the greenhouse environment. qPHS-11 GH and qPHS-11 FD had similar locations on chromosome 11, suggesting the existence of a gene conferring stable PHS resistance effects under different environmental conditions. The QTLs identified in this study can be used to improve the PHS resistance of japonica varieties, and they may improve our understanding of the genetic basis of PHS resistance.

Molecular, Physiological, and Symbiotic Characterization of Cowpea Rhizobia from Soils Under Different Agricultural Systems in the Semiarid Region of Brazil - Pâmella Thalita Souza Sena; Tailane Ribeiro do Nascimento; Jaynne de Oliveira Siqueira Lino; Gilmar Silva Oliveira; Reginaldo Alves Ferreira Neto; Ana Dolores Santiago de Freitas; Paulo Ivan Fernandes-Júnior; Lindete Míria Vieira Martins (Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 2020)

Pentacyanoferrate(II) complex of pyridine-4- and pyrazine-2-hydroxamic acid as source of HNO: investigation of anti-tubercular and vasodilation activities - Edinilton Muniz Carvalho; Tercio de Freitas Paulo; Alix Sournia Saquet; Bruno Lopes Abbadi; Fernanda Souza Macchi; Cristiano Valim Bizarro; Rafael de Morais Campos; Talles Luann Abrantes Ferreira; Nilberto Robson Falcão do Nascimento; Luiz Gonzaga França Lopes; Remi Chauvin; Eduardo Henrique Silva Sousa; et al. (JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, 2020)

Ecosystem Services and Typology of Urban Geodiversity: Qualitative Assessment in Natal Town, Brazilian Northeast - Matheus Lisboa Nobre da Silva; Marcos Antonio Leite do Nascimento (Geoheritage, 2020)

Multi-trait multi-environment diallel analyses for maize breeding - Igor Ferreira Coelho; Rodrigo Silva Alves; João Romero do Amaral Santos de Car Rocha; Marco Antônio Peixoto; Larissa Pereira Ribeiro Teodoro; Paulo Eduardo Teodoro; Jefferson Fernando Naves Pinto; Edésio Fialho dos Reis; Leonardo Lopes Bhering (Euphytica, 2020)

Identification and quantification of main anthropogenic stocks and flows of potassium in Brazil - Samuel Sipert; Eduardo Cohim; Francisco Ramon Alves do Nascimento (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

The assessment of soil chemical, physical, and structural properties as landslide predisposing factors in the Serra do Mar mountain range (Caraguatatuba, Brazil) - Rodrigo I. Cerri; Vania Rosolen; Fábio A. G. V. Reis; Augusto José Pereira Filho; Felipe Vemado; Lucilia do Carmo Giordano; Beatriz Marques Gabelini (Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 2020)

Drought-induced stress in leaves of Coix lacryma-jobi L. under exogenous application of proline and GABA amino acids - Rafael Agostinho Ferreira; Junior Borella; Cristina Moll Hüther; Ana Carolina Barbosa do Canto; Nathan Pereira da Costa Correa; Daniela Marques Correia; Rubiana Pereira Borges; Camila Ferreira de Pinho; Thelma de Barros Machado; Carlos Rodrigues Pereira (Brazilian Journal of Botany, 2020)

Taxonomic and functional approaches to phytoplankton in ecosystems with different coverage of aquatic plants - Alan Delon Soares de Azevedo; Ariadne do Nascimento Moura; Nísia Karine Cavalcanti Aragão-Tavares; Ênio Wocyli Dantas (Brazilian Journal of Botany, 2020)

β-Lapachone enhances the antifungal activity of fluconazole against a Pdr5p-mediated resistant Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain - Daniel Clemente de Moraes; Karina Martins Cardoso; Levy Tenório Sousa Domingos; Maria do Carmo Freire Ribeiro Pinto; Robson Q. Monteiro; Antônio Ferreira-Pereira (Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, 2020)

Dominance Hierarchy, Ovarian Activity and Cuticular Hydrocarbons in the Primitively Eusocial Wasp Mischocyttarus cerberus (Vespidae, Polistinae, Mischocyttarini) - Rafael Carvalho da Silva; Amanda Prato; Cintia Akemi Oi; Izabel Cristina Casanova Turatti; Fabio Santos Do Nascimento (Journal of Chemical Ecology, 2020)

Pheromone Chemistry of the Citrus Borer, Diploschema rotundicolle (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) - María Eugenia Amorós; Lautaro Lagarde; Hugo Do Carmo; Viviana Heguaburu; Andrés González (Journal of Chemical Ecology, 2020)

Nano-Catalysts in Ozone-Based Advanced Oxidation Processes for Wastewater Treatment - Thi Thom Dang; Van Manh Do; Van Tuyen Trinh (Current Pollution Reports, 2020)

Chemometric Approach to Quantify 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural and Furfural Obtained from Sugarcane Bagasse and Peanut Hull by UV - Cristian A. Godoy; Letícia M. Simião; Aline T. Toci; Gilcélia A. Cordeiro; Bianca do Amaral; Patricio Peralta-Zamora; Patrícia Valderrama; Marcela Boroski (BioEnergy Research, 2020)

Zinc Supplementation: Immune Balance of Pregnancy During the Chronic Phase of the Chagas Disease - Cássia Mariana Bronzon da Costa; Marina del Vecchio Filipin; Fabrícia Helena Santello; Inara Fernanda Lage Gallo; Luiz Miguel Pereira; Fernando Barbosa; José Clóvis do Prado Júnior; Ana Amélia Carraro Abrahão (Acta Parasitologica, 2020)

Genome‐wide comparison of Carnobacterium maltaromaticum derived from diseased fish harbouring important virulence‐related genes - HyeongJin Roh; Bo Seong Kim; Mu Kun Lee; Chan‐Il Park; Do‐Hyung Kim (Journal of Fish Diseases, 2020)
Although Carnobacterium maltaromaticum has been used as a probiotic in fish, it was reported to cause disease for the first time in Korea. The objective of this study was to understand the differences between pathogenic and non‐pathogenic strains. Pathogenicity was tested by challenging rainbow trout with C. maltaromaticum ATCC35586 and 18ISCm isolated from diseased fish, and DSM20342 isolated from a dairy product. We also compared 24 genomes of C. maltaromaticum strains plus the genome of our isolate 18ISCm sequenced in this study. Only the strains from diseased fish caused high mortality with severe histopathological changes. Although all strains shared more than 90% of Ko_id, wecC and xtmA were found only in strains from diseased fish. Interestingly, only strains from diseased fish harboured two wecC paralogs involved in the production of D‐mannosaminuronic acid which is a major component of a well‐known virulence factor, teichuronic acid. Two wecC paralogs of 18ISCm were increased when they were co‐cultured with trout blood cells, suggesting that wecC genes might play a role in virulence. The results of this study show that strains isolated from diseased fish are different from strains derived from food in terms of pathogenicity to fish and the presence of virulence‐related genes.

Trophic morphology features allow Astyanax endemic species coexistence in a Neotropical river system - Carolina P. do Nascimento; Natália C. L. dos Santos; Bianca M. Dal Vesco; Luiz C. Gomes (Journal of Fish Biology, 2020)
Resource partitioning has an essential role in interspecific relations, especially in congener species, which share many morphological traits. In some places, small characids coexist through resource partitioning, which may reduce their interspecific competition. Astyanax species ( e.g. , Astyanax minor , Astyanax gymnodontus and Astyanax bifasciatus ), for example, coexist in different water bodies from the Iguaçu River basin. These species have high phenotypic plasticity and many morphologic specializations that allow them to live in different habitats. Based on evidences that these species modified their feeding habits because of changes in resource availability in Iguaçu River, this study tested two hypotheses: (a) there are differences in head morphology, number of teeth and number of gill rakers among the species of Astyanax ; and (b) there are differences in gill arch and gill raker morphology among the species of Astyanax , which may favour their trophic resource partitioning in Iguaçu River. The head morphological traits and quantitative morphological characters were summarized in a principal coordinates analysis (PCoA), and the analysis of similarities (ANOSIM) showed significant differences among species. Gill morphological measurements were analysed through analysis of covariance (ANCOVA), and it also showed significant differences in gill arch and gill raker morphology among species. Therefore, the analysis of ecomorphological traits related to trophic habits revealed some differences that may suggest a tendency of reducing competition for trophic resources in the Iguaçu River basin.

The global abundance of tree palms - Robert Muscarella; Thaise Emilio; Oliver L. Phillips; Simon L. Lewis; Ferry Slik; William J. Baker; Thomas L. P. Couvreur; Wolf L. Eiserhardt; Jens‐Christian Svenning; Kofi Affum‐Baffoe; Shin‐Ichiro Aiba; Everton C. de Almeida; et al. (Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2020)
Aim Palms are an iconic, diverse and often abundant component of tropical ecosystems that provide many ecosystem services. Being monocots, tree palms are evolutionarily, morphologically and physiologically distinct from other trees, and these differences have important consequences for ecosystem services (e.g., carbon sequestration and storage) and in terms of responses to climate change. We quantified global patterns of tree palm relative abundance to help improve understanding of tropical forests and reduce uncertainty about these ecosystems under climate change. Location Tropical and subtropical moist forests. Time period Current. Major taxa studied Palms (Arecaceae). Methods We assembled a pantropical dataset of 2,548 forest plots (covering 1,191 ha) and quantified tree palm (i.e., ≥10 cm diameter at breast height) abundance relative to co‐occurring non‐palm trees. We compared the relative abundance of tree palms across biogeographical realms and tested for associations with palaeoclimate stability, current climate, edaphic conditions and metrics of forest structure. Results On average, the relative abundance of tree palms was more than five times larger between Neotropical locations and other biogeographical realms. Tree palms were absent in most locations outside the Neotropics but present in >80% of Neotropical locations. The relative abundance of tree palms was more strongly associated with local conditions (e.g., higher mean annual precipitation, lower soil fertility, shallower water table and lower plot mean wood density) than metrics of long‐term climate stability. Life‐form diversity also influenced the patterns; palm assemblages outside the Neotropics comprise many non‐tree (e.g., climbing) palms. Finally, we show that tree palms can influence estimates of above‐ground biomass, but the magnitude and direction of the effect require additional work. Conclusions Tree palms are not only quintessentially tropical, but they are also overwhelmingly Neotropical. Future work to understand the contributions of tree palms to biomass estimates and carbon cycling will be particularly crucial in Neotropical forests.

A monthly tidal envelope classification for semidiurnal regimes in terms of the relative proportions of the S 2 , N 2 , and M 2 constituents - Do-Seong Byun; Deirdre E. Hart (Ocean Science, 2020)
Daily tidal water level variations are a key control on shore ecology, on access to marine environments via ports, jetties, and wharves, on drainage links between the ocean and coastal hydrosystems such as lagoons and estuaries, and on the duration and frequency of opportunities to access the intertidal zone for recreation and food harvesting purposes. Further, high perigean spring tides interact with extreme weather events to produce significant coastal inundations in low-lying coastal settlements such as on deltas. Thus an understanding of daily through monthly tidal envelope characteristics is fundamental for resilient coastal management and development practices. For decades, scientists have described and compared daily tidal forms around the world's coasts based on the four main tidal amplitudes. Our paper builds on this “daily” method by adjusting the constituent analysis to distinguish between the different monthly types of tidal envelopes occurring in the semidiurnal coastal waters around New Zealand. Analyses of tidal records from 27 stations are used alongside data from the FES2014 tide model in order to find the key characteristics and constituent ratios of tides that can be used to classify monthly tidal envelopes. The resulting monthly tidal envelope classification approach described (E) is simple, complementary to the successful and much used daily tidal form factor (F), and of use for coastal flooding and maritime operation management and planning applications in areas with semidiurnal regimes.

Ultimate Compressive Strength of Stiffened Panel: An Empirical Formulation for Flat-Bar Type - Do Kyun Kim; Su Young Yu; Hui Ling Lim; Nak-Kyun Cho (Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2020)
This research aims to study the ultimate limit state (ULS) behaviour of stiffened panel under longitudinal compression by a non-linear finite element method (NLFEM). There are different types of stiffeners mainly being used in shipbuilding, i.e., T-bar, flat-bar, and angle-bar. However, this research focuses on the ultimate compressive strength behaviour of flat-bar stiffened panel. A total of 420 reliable scenarios of flat-bar stiffened panel were selected for numerical simulation by the ANSYS NLFEM. The ultimate strength behaviours obtained were used as data for the development of closed form shape empirical formulation. Recently, our group proposed an advanced empirical formulation for T-bar stiffened panel, and the applicability of the proposed formulation to flat-bar stiffened panel is confirmed by this study. The accuracy of the empirical formulation obtained for flat-bar stiffened panel was validated by finite element (FE) simulation results of statistical analysis (R2 = 0.9435). The outcome obtained will be useful for ship structural designers in predicting the ultimate strength performance of flat-bar type stiffened panel under longitudinal compression.

Effects of Brazilian green propolis extract on planktonic cells and biofilms of multidrug-resistant strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa - Pâmela Beatriz do Rosário Estevam dos Santos; Damara da Silva Ávila; Lucas de Paula Ramos; Amanda Romagnoli Yu; Carlos Eduardo da Rocha Santos; Andresa Aparecida Berretta; Samira Esteves Afonso Camargo; Jonatas Rafael de Oliveira; Luciane Dias de Oliveira (Biofouling, 2020)

Assessing the Distribution and Concentration of Heavy Metals in Soils of an Agricultural Frontier in the Brazilian Cerrado - Ana Clecia Campos Brito; Cácio Luiz Boechat; Antonny Francisco Sampaio de Sena; Lizandra de Sousa Luz Duarte; Clistenes Williams Araujo do Nascimento; Yuri Jacques Agra Bezerra da Silva; Ygor Jacques Agra Bezerra da Silva; Paloma Cunha Saraiva (Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2020)

Electroosmotic Coupling in Porous Media, a New Model Based on a Fractal Upscaling Procedure - Luong Duy Thanh; Damien Jougnot; Phan Van Do; Aida Mendieta; Nguyen Xuan Ca; Vu Xuan Hoa; Pham Minh Tan; Nguyen Thi Hien (Transport in Porous Media, 2020)

Neural Tract Degeneration Correlates with Functional Impairment in Patients with Anoxic Brain Injury: A Tract-based Spatial Statistics Study - Ji-Yun Park; Sung Ho Park; Jeong-Hee Yang; Han Do Lee; Jiho Lee; Ki-Hyun Byeon; Seo Young Park; Dongseok Yang (Neuroscience Bulletin, 2020)

Physiological responses and ginsenoside production of Panax ginseng seedlings grown under various ratios of red to blue light-emitting diodes - Inbae Jang; Gyungran Do; Sujeoung Suh; Jin Yu; Inbok Jang; Jiwon Moon; Changhoo Chun (Horticulture, Environment, and Biotechnology, 2020)

Evaluation of Fagopyrum esculentum Moench germplasm based on agro-morphological traits and the rutin and quercetin content of seeds under spring cultivation - Muhammad Rauf; Hyemyeong Yoon; Sukyeung Lee; Do Yoon Hyun; Myung-Chul Lee; Sejong Oh; Yu -Mi Choi (Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 2020)
Buckwheat is an important grain crop known for its nutritional value and content of bioactive compounds, particularly rutin. In this study, we characterized diverse Fagopyrum esculentum Moench germplasm for the diversity of agro-morphological characteristics and the rutin and quercetin content in seeds under the spring cultivation. Of the 251 germplasm accessions assessed, 193 had red stems, 182 had a pale brown seed coat color, and 238 had ovate seeds. The times taken to reach 50% flowering and 80% maturity ranged from 38–45 to 73–95 days, respectively. The 1000-seed weight (TSW) varied from 21 to 42 g. Overall, the content of rutin and quercetin ranged from 7.22–47.86 to 0–1.22 mg/100 g DW, respectively. The number of days to flowering and maturity showed negative correlations with TSW and rutin and quercetin content. However, we found that at 73–80 days after sowing, early-maturing germplasm had significantly higher mean rutin content than either intermediate-or late-maturing germplasm. The TSW weight showed a positive correlation with the content of rutin and quercetin. We identified promising accessions based early maturity (< 80 days), higher seed weight (≥ 35 g) and higher content of rutin (≥ 35 mg/100 g DW) and quercetin (≥ 1 mg/100 g DW). These accessions will help to enhance grain yield and the rutin and quercetin content in existing buckwheat cultivars for spring cultivation.

Sulphonates’ mixtures and emulsions obtained from technical cashew nut shell liquid and cardanol for control of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) - Márcia Ramos Jorge; Bruno do Amaral Crispim; Felipe Mendes Merey; Alexeia Barufatti; Isaías Cabrini; Fabiana Gomes da Silva Dantas; Kelly Mari Pires de Oliveira; Fábio Kummrow; Adilson Beatriz; Tiago Santos; Catarina Dias; João Ventura; et al. (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

Lead and Cadmium Transfer Factors and the Contamination of Tomato Fruits (Solanum lycopersicum) in a Tropical Mountain Agroecosystem - Fábio Freire de Sousa; Margarida Goréte Ferreira do Carmo; Erica Souto Abreu Lima; Camila da Costa Barros de Souza; Nelson Moura Brasil do Amaral Sobrinho (Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2020)

Impacts of SST Pattern Represented by Ocean Temperature near Ieodo Ocean Research Station on Winter Climate Variation over the Korean Peninsula - Geon-Il Kim; Jong-Seong Kug; Do-Seong Byun; Jooyoung Lee (Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 2020)

Improved in vitro development of Epidendrum secundum (Orchidaceae) by using aqueous extract of the seaweed Kappaphycus alvarezii (Rhodophyta, Solieriaceae) - Julio César de Araújo Amatuzzi; Leila do Nascimento Vieira; Bruno Francisco Sant’Anna-Santos; Miguel Daniel Noseda; Hugo Pacheco de Freitas Fraga (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2020)

Status and recommendations for sustainable freshwater aquaculture in Brazil - André B. Nobile; Almir M. Cunico; Jean R. S. Vitule; Jamile Queiroz; Ana P. Vidotto‐Magnoni; Diego A. Z. Garcia; Mário L. Orsi; Felipe P. Lima; Aline A. Acosta; Reinaldo J. da Silva; Fernanda D. do Prado; Fábio Porto‐Foresti; et al. (Reviews in Aquaculture, 2020)
Brazil is a megadiverse country and is participant of fundamental environmental agreements for biodiversity conservation. However, the internal politics and the cultures that affect negatively the ecological integrity in Brazilian freshwater need to be improved on the condition of sustainable management. Scientific community, the government and stakeholders are in constant conflicts of goals. Meanwhile, the current model for Brazilian aquaculture shows problems of ecological impact due to the lack of appropriated planning and legislation to the aquatic biota. The non‐recognition of sustainable census incorporated in its environmental politics reflects in an archaic and unsustainable management, with the following characters: a non‐specific approach for technical management, the indiscriminate use of interspecific hybrids and non‐native species and the lack of skilled labour. The potential impact on native species and the introduction of pathogens are the main negative effects on aquatic biota. This way, the aim of this article is to elucidate the conflicts of interests and ecological effects of fish aquaculture in Brazil, besides providing good practices and sustainable alternatives for management.