Dataset on biodiversity and agronomic performance of lentil and chickpea field trials in the Mediterranean Region.

Pulse crops have become more important in food production and consumption systems for the transition towards sustainability. We present an agroecological dataset from 304 samples from 12 legume field trials in five locations across three countries in the Mediterranean. The field trials were established in the seasons 2021/22 and 2022/23 and tested different lentil or chickpea cultivars, inoculants, intercropping and weeding regimes. The dataset encompasses detailed information on wild flora diversity, grain yield, associated management practices, soil texture and weather during the growing period. Wild flora diversity was recorded by conducting a vegetation survey in 1 × 2 m sample plots. Grain yield was determined at the crop maturity stage, with full plots harvested in Spain, while samples were taken in Croatia and Tunisia. Environmental variables were via laboratory analysis or bottle testing of soil samples and analysis of local weather data. The comprehensiveness of the dataset, including all relevant agroecological information, enables other researchers to employ the dataset for various statistical analyses of agroecosystem processes, such as plant-environment interactions or biodiversity-yield trade-off analysis.

Graphene-Based Materials, Their Composites, and Potential Applications.

Since its isolation in 2004, monolayer graphene has attracted enormous attention within the scientific community, the industry, and the general public owing to its exceptional properties (electrical, optical, thermal, and mechanical) and prospects [...].

Prevention of doxorubicin-induced Cardiotoxicity by pharmacological non-hypoxic myocardial preconditioning based on Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) and carvedilol direct antioxidant effects: study protocol for a pilot, randomized, double-blind, controlled trial (CarDHA trial).

BACKGROUND: Anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity (AIC), a condition associated with multiple mechanisms of damage, including oxidative stress, has been associated with poor clinical outcomes. Carvedilol, a ß-blocker with unique antioxidant properties, emerged as a strategy to prevent AIC, but recent trials question its effectiveness. Some evidence suggests that the antioxidant, not the ß-blocker effect, could prevent related cardiotoxicity. However, carvedilol's antioxidant effects are probably not enough to prevent cardiotoxicity manifestations in certain cases. We hypothesize that breast cancer patients taking carvedilol as well as a non-hypoxic myocardial preconditioning based on docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), an enhancer of cardiac endogenous antioxidant capacity, will develop less subclinical cardiotoxicity manifestations than patients randomized to double placebo. METHODS/DESIGN: We designed a pilot, randomized controlled, two-arm clinical trial with 32 patients to evaluate the effects of non-hypoxic cardiac preconditioning (DHA) plus carvedilol on subclinical cardiotoxicity in breast cancer patients undergoing anthracycline treatment. The trial includes four co-primary endpoints: changes in left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) determined by cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR); changes in global longitudinal strain (GLS) determined by two-dimensional echocardiography (ECHO); elevation in serum biomarkers (hs-cTnT and NT-ProBNP); and one electrocardiographic variable (QTc interval). Secondary endpoints include other imaging, biomarkers and the occurrence of major adverse cardiac events during follow-up. The enrollment and follow-up for clinical outcomes is ongoing. DISCUSSION: We expect a group of anthracycline-treated breast cancer patients exposed to carvedilol and non-hypoxic myocardial preconditioning with DHA to show less subclinical cardiotoxicity manifestations than a comparable group exposed to placebo. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ISRCTN registry, ID: ISRCTN69560410. Registered on 8 June 2016.

Relaciones existentes entre características afectivas, psicosociales y cognitivas de niños y niñas entre los 7 y 11 años de edad, hijos de padres separados y no separados, de una institución educativa de la ciudad de Pereira / Relationships between emotional, psychosocial and cognitive characteristics of children between 7 and 11 years old, children of separated and non-separated parents, of an educational institution in the city of Pereira

Esta investigación tuvo por objeto establecer cuales son las relaciones existentes entre las características psicosociales, cognitivas, afectivas de niños y niñas entre los 7 y 11 años de edad hijos de padres separados y no separados de una institución educativa de la ciudad de Pereira, para ello se aplicó el Test de Bender, la escala de comportamiento pro-social Coprag y una ficha de caracterización. El análisis fue realizado haciendo uso de la herramienta sistematizada SPSS 15.0, para la realización de correlaciones estadísticas.

This study was designed to establish what are the relationships between psychosocial characteristics, cognitive, affective children between 7 and 11 years of age whose parents separated and removed from a school in the city of Pereira, this will Bender test applied, the scale of pro-social behavior and a form COPRAG characterization. The analysis was done using SPSS systematic tool for conducting statistical correlations. The results obtained indicate no significant correlations between the variables measured in children of separated parents and child of separated parents. One of the main conclusions drawn from the results is that after the past some years of separation, both children and parents achieve a restructuring of family dynamics.