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{"title":"Photocatalytic efficacy of pyrite in the degradation of antiretroviral drugs: Biomphalaria glabrata as a bioindicator of toxic and genotoxic effects","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.emcon.2024.100416","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.emcon.2024.100416","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Population growth and the increase in the consumption of different pharmaceuticals combined with the insufficiency in the removal of these compounds by conventional treatments have contributed to the increase in the detection of these contaminants in aquatic matrices. Aiming to contribute in solving this problem, this promoted the degradation of a mixture of the drugs lamivudine and zidovudine in different matrices (aqueous solution and synthetic effluent) using the heterogeneous photo-Fenton process applying pyrite as a catalyst and artificial solar radiation. At the end of the treatment, degradations greater than 99 % were found for zidovudine in both matrices studied, while for lamivudine, 97 % and 94 % degradations were obtained for aqueous solution and synthetic effluent, in that order. In the investigation of toxic effects using <em>Biomphalaria glabrata</em> molluscs, embryotoxicity tests showed embryonic lethality in 100 % of individuals for all samples. Acute toxicity tests on adult molluscs resulted in mortality rates of 100 % (aqueous solution after treatment) and 50 % (synthetic effluent after treatment). Thus, to investigate cellular changes, genotoxicity analyses were carried out, and different degrees of DNA damage were observed, however, the highest level of damage to this organism was not observed. Therefore, <em>B. glabrata</em> demonstrated to be sensitive to toxic effects at the concentrations present in the matrices studied, providing evidence to predict the ecotoxicological potential of samples when released into aquatic ecosystems.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11539,"journal":{"name":"Emerging Contaminants","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142327668","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Chlorpyrifos and cypermethrin combination disrupts sonic hedgehog signaling and associated regulatory molecules, leading to congenital eye defects in chick embryos","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.emcon.2024.100414","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.emcon.2024.100414","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Pesticides are reported to be teratogenic for non-target species. Our studies have unraveled the teratogenicity of 50 % Chlorpyrifos &amp; 5 % Cypermethrin combination (Ci) in developing chick embryos. A sub-lethal dose of this combination when administered to chick embryos, caused several developmental anomalies, with defects in eye development being frequent. Eye development begins at an early embryonic stage, with Sonic hedgehog (Shh) serving as a crucial signaling molecule. Shh plays a pivotal role in the early development of multiple organs, including the eye, by interacting with Pax6 and other regulatory molecules to guide the proper patterning of the eye. Thus, we hypothesized that Ci administration may lead to alteration in <em>Shh</em> expression which subsequently hampers downstream signaling molecules potentially contributing to congenital eye defects. Morphological, anatomical, histological, transcriptional and protein level analyses at various stages (Days 1,2,4 and 10) were carried out to evaluate the hypothesis. The results revealed a remarkable alteration of key regulators in treated embryos compared to control, providing insights into plausible causative mechanisms underlying Ci-induced congenital eye defects.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11539,"journal":{"name":"Emerging Contaminants","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142318611","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Assessing the effects of imidacloprid exposure on the microbiota of Binodoxys communis (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and gene expression","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.emcon.2024.100415","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.emcon.2024.100415","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Imidacloprid is a potent neonicotinoid insecticide that exerts control over cotton aphids. <em>Binodoxys communis</em> is the predominant parasitic threat to cotton aphids, serving as a crucial biological means to control cotton aphids. Imidacloprid has been Sprayed to control cotton aphids, but it also causes toxic effects on the natural enemies of cotton aphids, such as parasitic wasps, <em>Binodoxys communis</em>. However, the sublethal impact of imidacloprid on parasitic antagonists has remained unclear. This study sought to investigate the sublethal effects of imidacloprid on <em>B. communis</em> at the biological phenotype and transcriptional level, as well as the impact of imidacloprid on the microbial composition in the <em>B. communis</em>. Our research indicated that the sublethal dosages of imidacloprid imparted significant biologic adverse impacts on <em>B. communis</em>, including extended larval and pupal stages, as well as reduced parasitism and emergence rates. Following treatment with imidacloprid, transcriptomic analysis identified 1263 significantly differentially expressed genes. These differentially expressed genes were predominantly annotated in metabolic routes, and the annotated genes mainly belong to the fatty acid metabolism pathway, the carbon metabolism pathway, and protein processing in the endoplasmic reticulum pathway. 16S rDNA sequencing results showed significant changes in the composition of the microbial community in <em>B. communis</em> after exposure to imidacloprid. A total of 14 bacteria exhibiting the highest abundance in parasitic wasps were found, and the microbiota abundance of <em>Akkermansia</em>, <em>Bacteroides</em>, <em>Streptomyces</em>, <em>Helicobacter</em>, and <em>Prevotellaceae UCG_001</em> was noticeably reduced, while <em>Lactobacillus</em>, <em>Escherichia Shigella</em>, <em>Ligilactobacillus</em>, <em>Lachnospiraceae</em>, <em>Rikenellaceae RC9_gut_group</em>, E<em>rysipelatoclostridium</em>, <em>Acinetobacter</em>, <em>Enterococcus</em>, and <em>Aquabacterium</em> were significantly elevated. By evaluating the enrichment pathways of microbial functions, it was found that the microbial functions with significant changes in proportion were mainly annotated to the carbon, fatty acid, and amino acid (aa) metabolic pathways, which was consistent with the transcriptome sequencing results. This finding mirrored transcriptome analysis results. According to transcriptomics analysis and 16S rDNA sequencing data, imidacloprid limits changes in metabolic pathways of <em>B. communis</em>, including fatty acid metabolism, impacting the development and parasitic competence of <em>B. communis</em>. Accordingly, the gene expression linked to detoxification and the cytochrome P450 gene family was significantly elevated at 1 h and significantly declined after three days.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11539,"journal":{"name":"Emerging Contaminants","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142327593","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Methods for determining the molecular composition of knee joint structures in osteoarthritis: collagen, proteoglycans and water content: a systematic review","authors":"Bogdan Raikov,&nbsp;Marina Lipina,&nbsp;Kirill Azarkin,&nbsp;Yuliya Goncharuk,&nbsp;Ivan Vyazankin,&nbsp;Eugene Kalinsky,&nbsp;Tagir Kudrachev,&nbsp;Emirkhan Murdalov,&nbsp;Eugene Nagornov,&nbsp;Gleb Budylin,&nbsp;Evgeny Shirshin,&nbsp;Nataliya Rovnyagina,&nbsp;Vadim Cherepanov,&nbsp;Anton Kurpyakov,&nbsp;Vladimir Telpukhov,&nbsp;Nikita Belov,&nbsp;David Pogosyan,&nbsp;Gennadiy Kavalerskiy,&nbsp;Andrey Gritsyuk,&nbsp;Andrey Garkavi,&nbsp;Alexey Lychagin","doi":"10.1186/s42825-024-00173-7","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s42825-024-00173-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Osteoarthritis is a degenerative disease that affects articular cartilage, leading to changes on the macro and micro levels of this multi-component tissue. Understanding the processes underlying this pathology plays an important role in planning the following management tactics. Timely detection of the knee joint degradation at the level of tissue changes can prevent its progressive damage due to the early beginning of appropriate treatment. This study aimed to provide an overview of the current level of knowledge about the composition of cartilage and menisci using a wide range of different diagnostic methods. A systematic review of the literature published from 1978 to 2023 was conducted. Original studies of the knee joint cartilage (articular and meniscus) research, reporting content composition and mechanical properties, were included. Studies of the non-knee joint cartilage, tissue research other than cartilage and meniscus, or reporting treatment outcomes were excluded (n = 111). Thirty-one papers were included in this review, which reported on the composition of animal and human cartilage (articular and meniscus). The most frequently investigated parameters were quantitative proteoglycan determination and hydration level of the cartilage. Cartilage and meniscus degeneration, i.e., reduced collagen and proteoglycan content, reduced mechanical properties, and increased hydration level, was shown in every article about osteoarthritis. Among all diagnostic methods, laboratory methods (biochemical and histological analysis) are the most frequently used, compared to the instrumental ones (spectroscopy, MRI, and CT). At the same time, spectroscopy takes the lead and becomes the most common approach for determining cartilage composition (collagen and proteoglycans content).</p><h3>Graphical Abstract</h3>\u0000<div><figure><div><div><picture><source><img></source></picture></div></div></figure></div></div>","PeriodicalId":640,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Leather Science and Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://JLSE.SpringerOpen.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/s42825-024-00173-7","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142272987","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Dynamic Gene Expression Mitigates Mutational Escape in Lysis-Driven Bacteria Cancer Therapy.","authors":"Filippo Liguori, Nicola Pellicciotta, Edoardo Milanetti, Sophia Xi Windemuth, Giancarlo Ruocco, Roberto Di Leonardo, Tal Danino","doi":"10.34133/bdr.0049","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34133/bdr.0049","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Engineered bacteria have the potential to deliver therapeutic payloads directly to tumors, with synthetic biology enabling precise control over therapeutic release in space and time. However, it remains unclear how to optimize therapeutic bacteria for durable colonization and sustained payload release. Here, we characterize nonpathogenic <i>Escherichia coli</i> expressing the bacterial toxin Perfringolysin O (PFO) and dynamic strategies that optimize therapeutic efficacy. While PFO is known for its potent cancer cell cytotoxicity, we present experimental evidence that expression of PFO causes lysis of bacteria in both batch culture and microfluidic systems, facilitating its efficient release. However, prolonged expression of PFO leads to the emergence of a mutant population that limits therapeutic-releasing bacteria in a PFO expression level-dependent manner. We present sequencing data revealing the mutant takeover and employ molecular dynamics to confirm that the observed mutations inhibit the lysis efficiency of PFO. To analyze this further, we developed a mathematical model describing the evolution of therapeutic-releasing and mutant bacteria populations revealing trade-offs between therapeutic load delivered and fraction of mutants that arise. We demonstrate that a dynamic strategy employing short and repeated inductions of the <i>pfo</i> gene better preserves the original population of therapeutic bacteria by mitigating the effects of mutational escape. Altogether, we demonstrate how dynamic modulation of gene expression can address mutant takeovers giving rise to limitations in engineered bacteria for therapeutic applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":56832,"journal":{"name":"生物设计研究(英文)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11411163/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142302106","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Heritage, urban form and spatial resignification in the production of sustainable Olympic legacies: an urban design analysis of the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games","authors":"Renata Latuf de Oliveira Sanchez","doi":"10.1186/s43238-024-00159-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s43238-024-00159-8","url":null,"abstract":"The Olympic Games have been associated with many urban transformation projects throughout their history, often focusing on city expansion. Recent sustainability concerns, however, constitute a pressing challenge, with the regeneration of central areas fulfilling a key role in existing urban agendas. In this paper, the legacy of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at two proposed centralities was analysed, namely, the Olympic Park, intended as a future neighbourhood to the west of the city, and Porto Maravilha (PM), an urban project aimed at revitalizing a central, historical area of the city. By comparing the Olympic Park and the first provided areas in PM, in terms of selecting urban design criteria through qualitative in loco assessments, this paper focused on analysing the impacts of urban forms and heritage on the consolidation of these two centralities, as well as encouraging social interaction and integration into the city. The analysis results indicated that urban design attributes such as human-scaled, mixed-use, context-based urban spaces could interfere with social interaction and the usability of spaces. Moreover, the repurposing of heritage buildings contributed to urban cohesion for legacy transformation. Hence, novel insights into urban design and heritage could become important for future editions of the Olympics so that host cities may fulfil their sustainability agendas.","PeriodicalId":33925,"journal":{"name":"Built Heritage","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142251022","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Bibliometric exploration of green synthesized silver nanoparticles for antibacterial activity","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.emcon.2024.100411","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.emcon.2024.100411","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The green synthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNP) is a promising, sustainable approach that converts plant biomass into valuable biocompatible antibacterial agents, providing sustainable solutions to mitigate toxic and hazardous chemicals. This review aims to examine the relationship among cited, citing publications, present themes and emerging research trends based on these selective keywords “green synthesis of silver nanoparticles and their antibacterial activity from 2007 to 2023”. The bibliographic data was retrieved from the Web of Science (WoS) database on July 02, 2023, yielding 1041 documents. Inclusion criteria were based on (Topic) which includes titles, abstract, keyword plus and author keywords. Document type (Articles), publication year (2007–2023) and language (English). Review articles, proceeding papers and book chapters were excluded. The bibliometric analysis employed science mapping techniques, including co-citation analysis, bibliographic coupling, and co-occurrence analysis of keywords, using the VOSviewer software. The findings highlight the need for a deeper understanding of the synthesis and antibacterial mechanisms of AgNPs, as well as the importance of optimizing the synthesis process to enhance production efficiency and stability while minimizing the use of toxic substances. The analysis identifies main keywords for future research, such as “leaf extracts”, “antioxidant activity”, “anticancer activity”, “in-vitro studies”, “metallic oxide nanoparticles”, and “zinc oxide nanoparticles”. These science mapping techniques provide a comprehensive overview of the thematic and intellectual landscape of the field. By utilizing co-citation analysis, bibliographic coupling, and co-word analysis, researchers can uncover core themes, emerging trends, and interconnections within the literature, offering a clearer understanding of the field's development and focus areas. Articles with higher total link strength indicate their influential nature and highly valued research content. Ultimately, our findings provide both theoretical and practical insights into the green synthesis of AgNPs using various plant extracts and their antibacterial properties.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11539,"journal":{"name":"Emerging Contaminants","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405665024001124/pdfft?md5=5654741a256a7a6013ed3206f1e744d7&pid=1-s2.0-S2405665024001124-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142314553","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Occurrence characteristics, source analysis and ecological risk of PFASs in different cultivated soil at an urban scale in Yangtze River Basin","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.emcon.2024.100413","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.emcon.2024.100413","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Per- and polyfluorinated substances (PFASs) contaminates the arable soil through multiple paths, and poses a threat to both farmland ecosystems and human health. In this study, the potential sources and distribution characteristics of 12 legacy PFASs in the soil and rivers for irrigation purposes were investigated in farmland systems, and the risks posed by PFASs to earthworm and aquatic organisms were also assessed. Based on field investigations in Yangtze River Basin, we found long-chain perfluoroalkyl carboxylic acids (PFCAs) were the major contaminants in arable soil and rivers for irrigation purposes, with PFOA (Perfluorooctanoic acid) being the most dominant monomer. Concentration levels of PFASs in arable soil were strongly related to land use types, the average concentration of PFASs (341.18 ± 600.19 ng/g) in the paddy fields was 100-fold higher than that of dry fields (3.79 ± 4.11 ng/g). Source apportionment revealed that PFASs detected in paddy fields were mainly associated with industrial effluents, domestic sewage, and irrigation water. In rivers for irrigation purposes, higher PFASs contamination were primarily distributed in industrial areas, such as plastic processing, paper, textile and electronics factories. The PFASs in the irrigation river water posed a low-medium risk to daphnia and fish, while the PFASs (PFOA and perfluorododecanoic acid (PFDoDA)) in soil posed a medium-high risk to earthworms. These results provided insights that sewage irrigation caused serious pollution of PFASs in the agricultural environment, should be paid more attention.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":11539,"journal":{"name":"Emerging Contaminants","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405665024001148/pdfft?md5=a6c9cb3ebfa345c7c67fcba69265907e&pid=1-s2.0-S2405665024001148-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142241036","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Industrial heritage in the hosting of mega-events: assessing the potential for urban redevelopment and social change?","authors":"Florence Graezer Bideau, Anne-Marie Broudehoux","doi":"10.1186/s43238-024-00157-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s43238-024-00157-w","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;p&gt;Mega-events, whether sporting (Olympics, World Cup, etc.) or cultural (Exhibitions), are unique moments to study urban dynamics, especially with regard to image and identity construction (Andranovich et al. 2001; Smith 2012; Gold and Gold 2016). For cities and nations alike, mega-events represent unique opportunities to showcase the best of what they have to offer, hoping to bolster tourism and attract inward foreign investment (Grix and Lee 2013; Hayes and Karamichas 2012; Müller and Gaffney 2018). They are important drivers of the urban intervention meant to build a favourable place-image and yield positive economic returns.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Over the last few decades, critical studies have highlighted how mega-events downplay, or actively invisibilise, their negative impacts on urban dynamics, in terms of growing economic inequality, social polarisation, politics of exclusion, and resident’s dispossession, leading to multiple forms of mega-events’ resistance and opposition (Gruneau and Horne 2015; Sanchez and Broudehoux 2013). Some scholars (Pillay and Bass 2008) have described the resulting material and immaterial transformations in terms of social engineering, while others talk of sustainability and inclusive development goals (Broudehoux 2017; Stanton 2005, 2019). While mega-events are not the only factors influencing local change, they do exacerbate existing trends and, as such, act as a magnifying glass to reveal with clear clarity the interests and values of local decision-makers, especially in terms of heritage preservation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Heritage plays a major part in destination branding and attractiveness. Processes and negotiations among individual and institutional actors to identify, acknowledge, and convey a property’s heritage designation are paramount, as they pertain to meanings associated with memory, identity, and space (Carter et al. 2020). In particular, built heritage is an essential element of the urban landscape, a material bearer of values and meaning. It can be a major asset, as an element of cultural offer that can attest to the city’s historical rootedness and level of cultural sophistication. It can also act as a testimony to its trustworthiness as a safe location for investment and tourism.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Local states increasingly mobilise industrial heritage sites to host mega-events as a strategy to promote urban development, place branding, and societal change (Theurillat and Graezer Bideau 2022). Led by public-private coalitions of interest that remain faithful to the urban entrepreneurialism governance strategies described by Harvey a few decades ago (Harvey 1989), these endeavours impact both infrastructure and landmark development, as well as ecological and social environments. The paper by Graezer Bideau, Deng and Roux compares dominant discourses surrounding the reuse of industrial heritage in the context of mega-events. Specifically, it analyses the Shanghai 2010 World Expo and the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games. Meanwhile, Zha","PeriodicalId":33925,"journal":{"name":"Built Heritage","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142199558","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Evolving heritage in modern China: transforming religious sites for preservation and development","authors":"Yujie Zhu","doi":"10.1186/s43238-024-00152-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s43238-024-00152-1","url":null,"abstract":"This paper explores the intricate interactions between heritage and religion in modern China, as well as the broader social and political implications of these interactions in relation to national heritage policies and local developmental practices. By conducting a longitudinal analysis of the social history of Baosheng Temple, this research traces its transformations over the past hundred years from a historically religious site to a local built heritage dedicated to preserving and displaying religious relics. This transformation highlights a shift in the role of religious relics from carriers of practice and thought to focal points for heritage preservation, aimed at supporting nation-building and, more recently, promoting local development through the tourism industry. These changes reflect continuous local responses to broader social transformations towards a modern nation-state as well as the influence of Western ideas and practices. The findings of this research illuminate the evolving values associated with religious heritage and the corresponding implications for Chinese modernity within a secular state context.","PeriodicalId":33925,"journal":{"name":"Built Heritage","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142199559","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}