Historic breeding of Sociable Lapwing(Vanellus gregarius) in Xinjiang

The Sociable Lapwing(Vanellus gregarius) was recently categorized as Critically Endangered by the IUCN due to a strong decline and overall range contraction.Until now the only published Chinese record of the species was a vagrant sighting in 1998.We reviewed reports and historic literature from a German ornithological expedition in 1876,which reported the species to be a breeding bird in Xinjiang,western China in the second half of the 19th century.According to local expertise,the species seems since to have become extinct in Xinjiang,but surveys are suggested to clarify its current status.

Node Sociability Based Intelligent Routing for Post-Disaster Emergency Networks

In a post-disaster environment characterized by frequent interruptions in communication links,traditional wireless communication networks are ineffective.Although the“store-carry-forward”mechanism characteristic of Delay Tolerant Networks(DTNs)can transmit data from Internet of things devices to more reliable base stations or data centres,it also suffers from inefficient data transmission and excessive transmission delays.To address these challenges,we propose an intelligent routing strategy based on node sociability for post-disaster emergency network scenarios.First,we introduce an intelligent routing strategy based on node intimacy,which selects more suitable relay nodes and assigns the corresponding number of message copies based on comprehensive utility values.Second,we present an intelligent routing strategy based on geographical location of nodes to forward message replicas secondarily based on transmission utility values.Finally,experiments demonstrate the effectiveness of our proposed algorithm in terms of message delivery rate,network cost ratio and average transmission delay.

Interoception mediates the association between social support and sociability in patients with major depressive disorder

BACKGROUND Interoception dysfunction has an important impact on the onset and development of major depressive disorder(MDD).Social support serves as a protective factor against MDD,and sociability also plays a significant role in this condition.These interconnected constructs-social support and sociability-play pivotal roles in MDD.However,no research on the mechanisms underlying the associations be-tween social support and sociability,particularly the potential role of interocep-tion,have been reported.ception,social support,and sociability,respectively.A mediation analysis model for the eight dimensions of intero-ception(noticing,not distracting,not worrying,attention regulation,emotional awareness,self-regulation,body listening,and trust),social support,and sociability were established to evaluate the mediating effects.RESULTS A partial correlation analysis of eight dimensions of the MAIA-2,SSRS,and TSBI scores,with demographic data as control variables,revealed pairwise correlations between the SSRS score and both the MAIA-2 score and TSBI score.In the major depression(MD)group,the SSRS score had a positive direct effect on the TSBI score,while the scores for body listening,emotional awareness,self-regulation,and trust in the MAIA-2C had indirect effects on the TSBI score.In the HC group,the SSRS score had a positive direct effect on the TSBI score,and the scores for attention regulation,emotional awareness,self-regulation,and trust in the MAIA-2C had indirect effects on the TSBI score.The proportion of mediators in the MD group was lower than that in the HC group.CONCLUSION Interoceptive awareness is a mediating factor in the association between social support and sociability in both HCs and depressed patients.Training in interoceptive awareness might not only help improve emotional regulation in depressed patients but also enhance their social skills and support networks.

Prenatal programing of motivated behaviors:can innate immunity prime behavior?

Prenatal programming during pregnancy sets physiological outcomes in the offspring by integrating external or internal stimuli.Accordingly,pregnancy is an important stage of physiological adaptations to the environment where the fetus becomes exposed and adapted to the maternal milieu.Maternal exposure to high-energy dense diets can affect motivated behavior in the offs p ring leading to addiction and impaired sociability.A high-energy dense exposure also increases the pro-inflammatory cytokines profile in plasma and brain and favors microglia activation in the offspring.While still under investigation,prenatal exposure to high-energy dense diets promotes structural abnormalities in selective brain regions regulating motivation and social behavior in the offspring.The current review addresses the role of energy-dense foods programming central and peripheral inflammatory profiles during embryonic development and its effect on motivated behavior in the offspring.We provide preclinical and clinical evidence that supports the contribution of prenatal programming in shaping immune profiles that favor structural and brain circuit disruption leading to aberrant motivated behaviors after birth.We hope this minireview encourages future research on novel insights into the mechanisms underlying maternal programming of motivated behavior by central immune networks.

On The Scalability of PSRS algorithm

In this paper, using the metric of iso--efficiency function [if. we analyze the scalability of PSRS (Parallel. Sorting by Regular Sample) algorithm I2] on two popular architectures (Mesh and Hypercube) The Isoefficiency function of PSRS on 2-dimensional mesh With p processors reaches the lower bound for that of sorting algorithms on this architecture. In nils sense, we say the scalabilify of PSRS is optimal on 2-dimensional mesh. The lso-efficiency function of PSRS on hypercube is equal to that of PSRS on 2-dimensional mesh. After changing the data exchanging scheme of PSRS, -cafe get a ne'v iso-efficiency function . which is better than that of PSRS on 2-dimensional mesh So we say that hypercube is more suitable for PSRS than 2--dimensional mesh.

From Emotion to Mobilization: Examples of the Confrontation of Human Tragedies in the Social Networks with Images: The Cases of Monique Koumatekel and Blériot Tsanou

To produce emotion, the discourse of social networks tries to confront the reader with social reality. The mediation activity at the heart of any communication activity is hidden. This process is also based on the use of figures to express the unspeakable by the shock of images, which allows the reader to experience emotion but also to push him to act. It is the link between the emotion of an individual targeted by social networks and collective mobilization, which we wish to consider as a means of relaunching the debate and drawing attention to social issues, thus allowing us to rethink sociability with politics.

Integrated Welfare Systems and Disclosure： Approaching Emerging Issues

The aim of this paper is to investigate the integrated welfare and disclosure by proposing emerging issues in the contemporary scenario. Thus, company welfare is represented as internal sociability; environmental protection or innovation can be interpreted as external sociability, representing the uses of resources that a company does not incur costs, but demonstrates its health and social responsibility. Following a theoretical approach, the paper proposes as result a conceptual study introducing an updated literature analysis on the topic proposed of the integrated welfare systems and disclosure trying to point out emerging issues through a case study. Moreover, the research methodology is based on a qualitative approach and secondary sources in order to propose not only to scientific community a literature analysis. In this way, the implications of the research can be directed to academic communities and policy makers. The research question is the following： Which are emerging issues on the integrated welfare and its disclosure？

Into the life and death: RecA a WISE factor working to integrate survival and evolution in <i>Escherichia coli</i>

Escherichia coli RecA has been considered traditionally a cellular protein with multiple vital functions working to ensure the maintenance of integrity of genome in each individual bacterial cell as well as promoting swarming migration in collectivity. On the contrary, recently it has been described that RecA promotes cellular apoptotic-like death (ALD), a pathway of programmed cellular death (PCD). In fact, RecA has been dubbed as the major apoptotic executor in E. coli. From these studies, RecA emerges as a prototypical Gin/Gan protein that despite of their intrinsic vital and lethal anfi-funcionality becomes in a WISE factor: a Worker to Integrate Survival and Evolution in E. coli evolving populations living in community. Here, I provide a review of recent experimental and conceptual advances trying to understand these RecA’s antagonistic roles in appearance contradictory under a unified biological vision.

Effects of Thyroidal Disturbance on the Behavior of Domestic Dogs(Canis lupus familiaris)

Hypothyroidism is not uncommon in dogs,but it is actually very often diagnosed in elderly dogs.When and how does the disease start?What are the first recognizable signs?The first symptoms are usually changes in the behavior.First,these changes are quite subtle,but as the illness progresses,they can get very grave.We do often hear from the worried owners,that their report of a behavioral change to their vet is often ignored,not taken seriously or simply interpreted as unsteady or insufficient dog training/education.This not taking seriously of the first signs is very concerning and a big problem in many ways.It is delaying the finding of the right diagnosis and treatment,which leads to suffering of the animal and the owner.In some cases,it leads to giving the dog up as an unbearable danger to the family.So the dog,who is only ill and could be back to normal with the right medical treatment,finally ends up in a dog shelter or a new family.The common understanding is,that hypothyreoidism is an illness solely occurring in the elderly dog.In contrast to this,the authors found out,that thyroidal problems occur already at relatively young ages.This is a very important finding,considering that many clinically practising veterinarians expect hypothyreoidism only in the aged or elderly dog and will not run any diagnostics in relatively young or middle-aged animals.The authors also found significant differences in the personality traits of emotional stability and extraversion.Therefore,we would like to expand the existing studies,so that this widely underestimated topic finally comes to the fore and hopefully,in the future the right diagnostcal steps can be taken at an early stage of the disease.

Eye contact and sociability data suggests that Australian dingoes were never domesticated

Dogs were the first animal to become domesticated by humans,and they represent a classic model system for unraveling the processes of domestication.We compare Australian dingo eye contact and socialization with Basenji and German Shepherd dog(GSD)breeds.Australian dingoes arrived in Australia 5,000–8,000 BP,and there is debate whether they were domesticated before their arrival.The Basenji represents a primitive breed that diverged from the remaining breeds early in the domestication process,while GSDs are a breed dog selected from existing domestic dogs in the late 1800s.We conducted a 4-phase study with unfamiliar and familiar investigators either sitting passively or actively calling each canid.We found 75%of dingoes made eye contact in each phase.In contrast,86%of Basenjis and 96%of GSDs made eye contact.Dingoes also exhibited shorter eye-gaze duration than breed dogs and did not respond to their name being called actively.Sociability,quantified as a canid coming within 1m of the experimenter,was lowest for dingoes and highest for GSDs.For sociability duration,dingoes spent less time within 1m of the experimenter than either breed dog.When compared with previous studies,these data show that the dingo is behaviorally intermediate between wild wolves and Basenji dogs and suggest that it was not domesticated before it arrived in Australia.However,it remains possible that the accumulation of mutations since colonization has obscured historical behaviors,and dingoes now exist in a feralized retamed cycle.Additional morphological and genetic data are required to resolve this conundrum.