Editorial Material
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Matthew Hutson
Summary: China, the EU, and the US are implementing measures to control the development of artificial intelligence.
Review
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Corey L. Anderson, Saba Munawar, Louise Reilly, Timothy J. Kamp, Craig T. January, Brian P. Delisle, Lee L. Eckhardt
Summary: This review provides an overview of the advancements and challenges in functional and computational approaches to characterize genetic variants associated with inherited cardiac conditions, particularly focusing on the significance and challenges of unclassified variants.
FRONTIERS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
John Torous, Ariel D. Stern, Florence T. Bourgeois
Summary: The rapid development of digital technologies have accelerated the clinical use of software as a medical device across various medical conditions. While current regulatory pathways offer a useful structure, there is a need for innovative regulatory approaches to fully harness the potential benefits of these emerging technologies.
NPJ DIGITAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
H. E. Glover, A. S. Ogston, A. T. Fricke, C. A. Nittrouer, C. Aung, T. Naing, E. J. Lahr
Summary: Effective coastal management requires a fundamental understanding of the impacts of anthropogenic activities on sediment dynamics. In this study, the relative resilience to subsidence was compared between an agricultural field and a nearby mangrove-forest preserve in the Ayeyarwady Delta, Myanmar. The results showed that both sites had net sediment import due to vegetation trapping, and the relative elevations were equivalent, suggesting similar aggradation rates. Unleveed fields may be less vulnerable to subsidence than leveed fields, but the decision to replace mangroves with agricultural fields should consider all the benefits provided by each environment.
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2023)
Editorial Material
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Robert Clark, Keith Hobson
Summary: Insects from wetlands are more nutritious than those from uplands. Insectivorous birds time their reproduction to coincide with insect pulses. However, climate change has disrupted this synchrony, resulting in a reduction in insect quality with significant implications for conservation.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Megan C. Stanton, Samira B. Ali, Katie McCormick
Summary: This study examines the implementation of harm reduction by HIV service organizations in the U.S. South. The findings show that although there is a strong interest in harm reduction among these organizations, only half of them reflect a harm reduction orientation and a low percentage provide harm reduction services. The study also reveals that a harm reduction-friendly policy context plays an important role in the implementation of harm reduction by HIV service organizations.
BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Karen M. Thorne, Kevin J. Buffington, Scott F. Jones, John L. Largier
Summary: The study found that marshes in intermittently closed estuaries may be more resilient to sea-level rise compared to marshes in permanently open estuaries. Modeling results showed that regular annual mouth closure events can promote accretion rates, allowing marsh elevations to keep pace with high rates of sea-level rise.
ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Jinhao Ma, Xue Wei, Shirong Liu, Pengfei Wu
Summary: The distribution patterns of soil nematode communities vary among climate zones, influenced by factors such as pH, total K, total P, and soil temperature. Different vegetation types have different impacts on the taxonomic composition, abundance, diversity, and trophic structure of soil nematode communities.
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Peng Gao, Liangshu Zhong, Buxing Han, Mingyuan He, Yuhan Sun
Summary: The concept of green carbon science aims to achieve carbon neutrality, which has gained global recognition and attention. The transition from fundamental research to practical applications in addressing the urgent need for carbon neutralization must be accelerated. This Review summarizes recent technological developments in the field of green carbon science, focusing on pilot tests, industrial demonstrations, and commercial applications beyond the laboratory stage.
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Sarah M. Bisbing, Alexandra K. Urza, Brian J. Buma, David J. Cooper, Marjorie Matocq, Amy L. Angert
Summary: The study highlights the impact of landscape on genetic structure and performance of tree populations, with local climate conditions influencing survival and growth patterns. Some populations may not currently occupy their climatic optimum, but genetically diverse and phenotypically plastic populations of trees have high persistence potential.
DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS
(2021)
Article
Law
Steffen Hurka, Christoph Knill, Yves Steinebach
Summary: There is a growing interest in analyzing changes in policies, laws, and regulations. Some focus on identifying changes in policy substance, while others examine the structural characteristics of laws and regulations. Extracting measures of policy substance from legislative texts is challenging and time-consuming, while assessing the structural characteristics can be done using automated natural language processing. However, combining these approaches to simplify information extraction and infer changes in policy substance from legislative context is not effective.
REGULATION & GOVERNANCE
(2023)
Article
Area Studies
Terence Wood, Christopher Hoy
Summary: This study examines how emphasizing the ability of foreign aid to advance donor national interests affects public support for aid. The research found that appeals to the national interest were more successful in increasing beliefs that aid is necessary. However, the effectiveness of different treatments varied based on participant ideology in unexpected ways.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CULTURAL CHANGE
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Michael J. Bernstein, Thomas Franssen, Robert D. J. Smith, Mandy de Wilde
Summary: This article discusses the European Union's Green Deal and associated policies, emphasizing the challenges in implementing the principle of 'do no significant harm' and proposing a more relative approach to address harm. Using the case of European research and innovation activities, the article exposes the relational nature of harm and explores an alternative and potentially more productive approach to handle significant harms.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Karl Holmberg, Sara Persson
Summary: The environmental effects of plastic use and production have attracted attention recently, with plastic pollution in marine environments and limitations to circularity and recycling recognized as significant global problems. This study explores public support for plastic policies in Sweden, finding high levels of support for a range of policies addressing plastic issues. Soft policies, such as extending existing regulations, recycling initiatives, and information campaigns, receive the greatest approval. While regulatory and economic policies have comparatively less support, a majority still supports these measures. There are notable demographic differences, with women and those with left-wing political orientations more positive towards regulatory and economic policies.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Jiaying Liu, Hansong Nie, Shihao Li, Xiangtai Chen, Huazhu Cao, Jing Ren, Ivan Lee, Feng Xia
Summary: This study investigates and visualizes the early scientific research on COVID-19 from the perspective of artificial intelligence, and allocates research articles into 50 key research topics using the Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) model. The research presents an overview of the COVID-19 crisis at different scales, including referencing behavior, topic variation, and inner interactions, identifying innovative papers that are considered cornerstones in the development of COVID-19 research. The results offer insights into how the academic society contributes to combating the COVID-19 pandemic.
