Environmental Nanoparticles Reach Human Fetal Brains

LILIAN OFELIA CALDERON GARCIDUEÑAS ANGEL AUGUSTO PEREZ CALATAYUD ANGELICA GONZALEZ MACIEL RAFAEL REYNOSO ROBLES Héctor Gabriel Silva Pereyra Andrea Ramos Morales RICARDO TORRES JARDON Candelario de Jesús Soberanes Cerino Raúl Carrillo Esper JESÚS CARLOS BRIONES GARDUÑO Yazmin del Socorro Conde Gutiérrez (2022, [Artículo])

"Anthropogenic ultrafine particulate matter (UFPM) and industrial and natural nanoparticles (NPs) are ubiquitous. Normal term, preeclamptic, and postconceptional weeks(PCW) 8–15 human placentas and brains from polluted Mexican cities were analyzed by TEM and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. We documented NPs in maternal erythrocytes, early syncytiotrophoblast, Hofbauer cells, and fetal endothelium (ECs). Fetal ECs exhibited caveolar NP activity and widespread erythroblast contact. Brain ECs displayed micropodial extensions reaching luminal NP-loaded erythroblasts. Neurons and primitive glia displayed nuclear, organelle, and cytoplasmic NPs in both singles and conglomerates. Nanoscale Fe, Ti, and Al alloys, Hg, Cu, Ca, Sn, and Si were detected in placentas and fetal brains. Preeclamptic fetal blood NP vesicles are prospective neonate UFPM exposure biomarkers. NPs are reaching brain tissues at the early developmental PCW 8–15 stage, and NPs in maternal and fetal placental tissue compartments strongly suggests the placental barrier is not limiting the access of environmental NPs. Erythroblasts are the main early NP carriers to fetal tissues. The passage of UFPM/NPs from mothers to fetuses is documented and fingerprinting placental single particle composition could be useful for postnatal risk assessments. Fetal brain combustion and industrial NPs raise medical concerns about prenatal and postnatal health, including neurological and neurodegenerative lifelong consequences."

Environmental medicine Placental impairment Neurodevelopmental disorders Fetal brains Erythroblasts Preeclampsia Nanoparticles NPs extracellular vesicles Petrochemical pollution Villahermosa Tabasco BIOLOGÍA Y QUÍMICA QUÍMICA BIOQUÍMICA BIOQUÍMICA

The input reduction principle of agroecology is wrong when it comes to mineral fertilizer use in sub-Saharan Africa

Gatien Falconnier Marc Corbeels Frédéric Baudron Antoine Couëdel leonard rusinamhodzi bernard vanlauwe Ken Giller (2023, [Artículo])

Can farmers in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) boost crop yields and improve food availability without using more mineral fertilizer? This question has been at the center of lively debates among the civil society, policy-makers, and in academic editorials. Proponents of the “yes” answer have put forward the “input reduction” principle of agroecology, i.e. by relying on agrobiodiversity, recycling and better efficiency, agroecological practices such as the use of legumes and manure can increase crop productivity without the need for more mineral fertilizer. We reviewed decades of scientific literature on nutrient balances in SSA, biological nitrogen fixation of tropical legumes, manure production and use in smallholder farming systems, and the environmental impact of mineral fertilizer. Our analyses show that more mineral fertilizer is needed in SSA for five reasons: (i) the starting point in SSA is that agricultural production is “agroecological” by default, that is, very low mineral fertilizer use, widespread mixed crop-livestock systems and large crop diversity including legumes, but leading to poor soil fertility as a result of widespread soil nutrient mining, (ii) the nitrogen needs of crops cannot be adequately met solely through biological nitrogen fixation by legumes and recycling of animal manure, (iii) other nutrients like phosphorus and potassium need to be replaced continuously, (iv) mineral fertilizers, if used appropriately, cause little harm to the environment, and (v) reducing the use of mineral fertilizers would hamper productivity gains and contribute indirectly to agricultural expansion and to deforestation. Yet, the agroecological principles directly related to soil fertility—recycling, efficiency, diversity—remain key in improving soil health and nutrient-use efficiency, and are critical to sustaining crop productivity in the long run. We argue for a nuanced position that acknowledges the critical need for more mineral fertilizers in SSA, in combination with the use of agroecological practices and adequate policy support.

Manure Crop Yields Smallholder Farming Systems Environmental Hazards CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA BIOLOGICAL NITROGEN FIXATION LEGUMES NUTRIENT BALANCE SOIL FERTILITY AGROECOLOGY YIELD INCREASES LITERATURE REVIEWS

Entretejiendo la historia biocultural del Agave cocui (Asparagaceae: Agavoideae) en Venezuela

SILVIA GOMEZ RANGEL (2022, [Artículo])

La presente contribución es un acercamiento a la historia biocultural del Agave cocui Trelease. En la América tropical (Neotrópico), pueblos indígenas y comunidades rurales evidencian una milenaria riqueza de conocimientos en el manejo y aprovechamiento de especies nativas. Sin embargo, los datos sobre A. cocui son fragmentarios e imprecisos. Desde la condición diacrónica de la antropología, son enunciadas y confrontadas diversas líneas de evidencias, a partir de la temprana descripción de Galeotto Cey en el siglo XVI y los orígenes amerindios de su nombre vernáculo. Revitalizar los conocimientos tradicionales sobre la especie contribuiría a mitigar eventuales impactos ambientales y a su aprovechamiento integral y sostenible.

ALIMENTO BEBIDA FERMENTADA CAQUETIO CORMO HORNEADO SUR AMERICA VICUYES BIOLOGÍA Y QUÍMICA CIENCIAS DE LA VIDA BIOLOGÍA VEGETAL (BOTÁNICA) ECOLOGÍA VEGETAL ECOLOGÍA VEGETAL

Mujeres y nación. Discursos sobre identidades de género e identidades nacionales en la prensa femenina chilena de comienzos del siglo XX

Valeria Alejandra Olivares Olivares (2016, [Tesis de maestría])

Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas. Facultad de Historia. Programa Institucional de Maestría en Historia

In this text, the reader will find a study about public participation of women in the national discussion context, that occurred in the first two decades of the twentieth century in Chile. To get the objective we have chosen two hemerography sources self-styled "women's magazines": the workers paper La Alborada (1905-1907) and the publication of elite La Revista Azul (1914-1918), to approach the discources doomed to 'question feminine', construction of gender identities and processes of significance of women in the framework of the named readjusted of national identities, as a cultural practice. The text has been divided in three chapters. The first look for the study of the relationships found in the 'official'. The second chapter is about the female press production and identity marks that defined the public women affairs. Finally, the third chapter will focus on the discursive representations found in these two cases, by three analytical categories that allow us to understand the mechanisms of participation of women in the nation: instruction, moralizing and motherhood.

En el presente texto, el lector podrá encontrar un estudio sobre la participación pública de las mujeres en el marco de la discusión sobre 'lo nacional', acaecido en las primeras dos décadas del siglo XX en Chile . Para esto, se han escogido dos fuentes hemerográficas autodenominadas como "prensa femenina": el periódico obrero La Alborada (1905-1907) y la publicación de élite La Revista Azul (1914-1918), con el objetivo de abordar los discursos abocados a la 'cuestión femenina', la construcción de identidades de género y los procesos de significación de las mujeres en el marco de la denominada readecuación de las identidades nacionales, todo esto, como una práctica cultural. Así, el texto ha sido estructurado en tres capítulos. El primero busca revisar el contexto de estudio y las relaciones establecidas entre los discursos analizados con el 'oficial'. El segundo capítulo está orientado a la producción de la prensa femenina y las marcas identitarias que definieron el quehacer público de las mujeres. Finalmente, el tercer capítulo se abocará a las representaciones discursivas encontradas en estos dos casos, por medio de tres categorías analíticas que permiten comprender los mecanismos de participación de las mujeres en la nación: la instrucción, la moralización y la maternidad.

HUMANIDADES Y CIENCIAS DE LA CONDUCTA FH-M-2016-0343 Opción en historia regional continental Identidades de género Identidades nacionales Prensa femenina Chile

Impact of manures and fertilizers on yield and soil properties in a rice-wheat cropping system

Alison Laing Akbar Hossain (2023, [Artículo])

The use of chemical fertilizers under a rice-wheat cropping system (RWCS) has led to the emergence of micronutrient deficiency and decreased crop productivity. Thus, the experiment was conducted with the aim that the use of organic amendments would sustain productivity and improve the soil nutrient status under RWCS. A three-year experiment was conducted with different organic manures i.e. no manure (M0), farmyard manure@15 t ha-1 (M1), poultry manure@6 t ha-1(M2), press mud@15 t ha-1(M3), rice straw compost@6 t ha-1(M4) along with different levels of the recommended dose of fertilizer (RDF) i.e. 0% (F1), 75% (F2 and 100% (F3 in a split-plot design with three replications and plot size of 6 m x 1.2 m. Laboratory-based analysis of different soil as well as plant parameters was done using standard methodologies. The use of manures considerably improved the crop yield, macronutrients viz. nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and micronutrients such as zinc, iron, manganese and copper, uptake in both the crops because of nutrient release from decomposed organic matter. Additionally, the increase in fertilizer dose increased these parameters. The system productivity was maximum recorded under F3M1 (13,052 kg ha-1) and results were statistically identical with F3M2 and F3M3. The significant upsurge of macro and micro-nutrients in soil and its correlation with yield outcomes was also observed through the combined use of manures as well as fertilizers. This study concluded that the use of 100% RDF integrated with organic manures, particularly farmyard manure would be a beneficial resource for increased crop yield, soil nutrient status and system productivity in RWCS in different regions of India.

CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA ORGANIC FERTILIZERS YIELDS SOIL PROPERTIES RICE WHEAT CROPPING SYSTEMS

Fighting food, fertilizer, and the climate crisis in Africa through targeted nitrogen management

Tek Sapkota Sieglinde Snapp (2022, [Objeto de congreso])

CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA FOOD INSECURITY NITROGEN FERTILIZERS RICE WHEAT MAIZE NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT

Antioxidant potential profile of portuguese wheat (Bread and durum) germplasm

Ana Luisa Garcia-Oliveira (2023, [Artículo])

CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA ANTIOXIDANTS WHEAT SEED PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS FERULIC ACID

La paradoja del hierro

Elizabeth Brassea Pérez VANESSA LABRADA MARTAGON JOSÉ PABLO VÁZQUEZ MEDINA Ramón Gaxiola Robles CLAUDIA JANETL HERNANDEZ CAMACHO TANIA ZENTENO SAVIN (2022, [Artículo])

"El hierro (Fe) es un micromineral abundante en nuestro planeta, el cual participa en procesos biológicos importantes como el transporte de oxígeno en la sangre y la formación del colágeno en los tejidos. A pesar de su disponibilidad en el ambiente y en diversos alimentos, la deficiencia de hierro en el cuerpo humano es común, pudiendo generar problemas de salud. La anemia ferropénica es una condición relacionada a una deficiencia de hierro, disminución en los niveles de hemoglobina y alteraciones en la morfología de las células encargadas de transportar oxígeno en nuestra sangre, los glóbulos rojos. Esta condición ocurre en todas las edades; sin embargo, su prevalencia es mayor en niños(as) menores de 2 años. Aunque puede inducirse por diversos factores, la anemia ferropénica se presenta en mayor medida en individuos con un estado nutricional de hierro insuficiente. Otras causas pueden ser la interacción del hierro con otros nutrientes, pérdidas o excreción y por requerimientos de crecimiento. A nivel mundial, es considerada un problema de salud pública, ya que conlleva a importantes implicaciones sobre la salud humana. Por lo que mantener los niveles adecuados de hierro en nuestro cuerpo a través de una dieta saludable es importante para nuestro crecimiento, salud y resistencia a enfermedades."

"Iron (Fe) is an abundant micromineral in our planet that participates in important biological processes, such as the transport of oxygen in the blood and the formation of collagen in the tissues. Despite its availability in the environment and a variety food items, iron deficiency in the human body is common and could lead to health issues. Iron-deficiency anemia is a condition related to iron deficiency, decrease in hemoglobin levels and alterations in the morphology of the cells responsable for transporting oxygen in our blood, the red blood cells. This condition occurs at all ages; however, its prevalence is higher in children under 2 years old. Although it can be induced by various factors, iron deficiency anemia occurs to a greater rate in individuals with an insufficient iron nutritional status. Other causes may be the interaction of iron with other nutrients, losses or excretion and growth requirements. Globally, it is considered a public health problem, as it has important implications on human health. Therefore, maintaining adequate levels of iron in our body through a healthy diet is important for our development, health, and resistance to diseases."

anemia ferropénica, hierro, nutrición, salud, reacción de Fenton MEDICINA Y CIENCIAS DE LA SALUD CIENCIAS MÉDICAS CIENCIAS DE LA NUTRICIÓN VITAMINAS VITAMINAS

Hacia un manejo sustentable de la quinua en el altiplano sur de Bolivia

Santiago Lopez-Ridaura Ravi Gopal Singh (2022, [Libro])

CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA QUINUA FERTILIDAD DEL SUELO GANADERÍA AGRICULTURA DE CONSERVACIÓN SUELO SIEMBRA PLAGAS QUINOA SOIL FERTILITY ANIMAL HUSBANDRY CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE SOIL SOWING PESTS

Necessity as a driver in bending agricultural gender norms in the Eastern Gangetic Plains of South Asia

Pragya Timsina Emma Karki Brendan Brown (2023, [Artículo])

The majority of the farmers in the rural Global South continue to depend directly or indirectly on agriculture for their livelihoods. Despite the fact that women account for almost half of the world's farmers, they face gender-specific challenges such as deeply rooted cultural and social norms that limit their access to land, assets, financial markets, agricultural training, and information. Using semi-structured interviews with farmers in the Eastern Gangetic Plains, this study investigates how necessity is becoming one of the major drivers in the bending of agricultural gender norms. The study investigates the connections between feminist political ecology and agricultural technology production frameworks in order to comprehend the implications of technology adoption and influences on gender norms in communities. Women's participation in agriculture was found to be heavily influenced by social and cultural barriers, and they were frequently subjected to social criticism for breaking the systemic gender norms. This paper emphasizes on the growing pattern of bending gender norms with recommendations for increasing women's participation and scope in future agriculture development initiatives through policies and interventions that emphasize gender equity.

Social Barriers Cultural Barriers Feminist Political Ecology CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA GENDER NORMS WOMEN FARMERS AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGY