The linkage between community composition and function over the short-term response period in anaerobic digestion systems with food-fermentation industrial wastewater

Background: Utilities of blood-based biomarkers in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) clinical trials remain unknown. Objective: To evaluate the ability of plasma neurofilament light chain (NfL) to predict future declines in cognition and activities of daily living (ADL) outcomes in 26 older adults with mild-to-moderate AD dementia from the FIT-AD Trial. Methods: Plasma NfL was measured at baseline and 3 and 6 months. Cognition and ADL were assessed using the AD Assessment Scale-Cognition (ADAS-Cog) and AD Uniform Dataset Instruments and Disability Assessment for Dementia (DAD), respectively, at baseline, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months. Linear mixed effects models were used to examine the associations between baseline or change in plasma NfL and changes in outcomes. Results: Higher baseline plasma NfL was associated with greater rate of decline in ADAS-Cog from baseline to 6 months (standardized estimate of 0.00462, p = 0.02853) and in ADL from baseline to 12 months (standardized estimate of –0.00284, p = 0.03338). Greater increase in plasma NfL in short term from baseline to 3 months was associated with greater rate of decline in memory and ADL from 3 to 6 months (standardized estimate of –0.04638 [0.003], p = 0.01635; standardized estimate of –0.03818, p = 0.0435) and greater rate of decline in ADL from 3 to 12 month (standardized estimate of –0.01492, p = 0.01082). Conclusion: This study demonstrated that plasma NfL might have the potential to predict cognitive and function decline up to 12 months. However, future studies with bigger sample sizes need to confirm the findings.

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Reversing the flow of short-term missions within a partnership model: Perceptual outcomes

Missiology An International Review ◽

10.1177/0091829620972379 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 009182962097237

Author(s):

Simone Mulieri Twibell

Keyword(s):

Social Capital ◽

Social Networks ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Short Term ◽

Partnership Model ◽

And Function ◽

Bidirectional Flow ◽

The Church

Short-term missions provide opportunities for the formation of cross-cultural relationships and joint evangelistic endeavors. Scholars have challenged the typical unidirectional nature of short-term mission and partnership efforts, advocating for a more bidirectional flow of resources. This article analyzes the dynamics of reverse short-term missions with the goal of understanding their contributions from the perspective of the American hosts. The author suggests that reverse short-term missions bridge social capital across social networks and function as “networks of invigoration” by bringing information benefits to their hosts. These types of exchanges have the potential to help the American church reinterpret familiar experiences and see the mission of the church in a new way. Five perceptual outcomes are identified: alteration of perspectives; service opportunities for the hosts; renewal of spiritual commitments; first-hand exposure to a different culture; and contact with faith-mission models.

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Short term response of plankton community to nutrient enrichment in central eastern Arabian Sea: Elucidation through mesocosm experiments

Journal of Environmental Management ◽

10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112390 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 288 ◽

pp. 112390

Author(s):

A.C. Anil ◽

D.V. Desai ◽

L. Khandeparker ◽

V. Krishnamurthy ◽

K. Mapari ◽

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Keyword(s):

Nutrient Enrichment ◽

Arabian Sea ◽

Plankton Community ◽

Short Term ◽

Eastern Arabian Sea ◽

Mesocosm Experiments ◽

Central Eastern ◽

Term Response

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Unfolding the case of returnees: How the European Union and its member States are addressing the return of foreign fighters and their families

International Review of the Red Cross ◽

10.1017/s1816383121000217 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-23

Author(s):

Carlota Rigotti ◽

Júlia Zomignani Barboza

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

Perceived Threat ◽

The European Union ◽

Security Threat ◽

Short Term ◽

Member States ◽

Foreign Fighters ◽

Term Response

Abstract The return of foreign fighters and their families to the European Union has mostly been considered a security threat by member States, which consequently adopt repressive measures aimed at providing an immediate, short-term response to this perceived threat. In addition to this strong-arm approach, reintegration strategies have also been used to prevent returnees from falling back into terrorism and to break down barriers of hostility between citizens in the long term. Amidst these different strategies, this paper seeks to identify which methods are most desirable for handling returnees.

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