Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Fuminori Tanizawa, Hiroyuki Takemoto
Summary: Sleep plays a crucial role in maintaining cognitive functions such as learning and memory in both vertebrates and invertebrates. Studies have shown that sleep deprivation can lead to a preference for odours from the rearing environment in fruit flies, indicating that sleep influences food odour preference.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Jenna L. Shelton, Aaron M. Jubb, Samuel W. Saxe, Emil D. Attanasi, Alexei V. Milkov, Mark Engle, Philip A. Freeman, Christopher A. Shaffer, Madalyn S. Blondes
Summary: This study demonstrates the effective classification of produced water samples to specific geologic basins based on major ion chemistry, concluding that the Random Forest algorithm provides the most accurate prediction for the basin of origin. The research highlights the potential for using supervised machine learning algorithms to predict the geochemical composition of produced fluids and determine their basin of origin.
NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Clara Wilson, Kerry Campbell, Zachary Petzel, Catherine Reeve
Summary: This study found that dogs can detect stress odours and distinguish them from baseline odours through alert behavior. The results contribute to our understanding of human-dog relationships and could have applications in Emotional Support and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) service dogs.
Article
Mathematics
John Bourke, Gabriele Lobbia
Summary: This paper describes several skew monoidal closed structures on the category of Gray-categories, one capturing higher lax transformations, and another modeling higher pseudo-transformations.
ADVANCES IN MATHEMATICS
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Laura Schaefer, Silas Dech, Markus Aehle, Frank N. Bittmann
Summary: The study indicates that unpleasant odors may have a negative impact on the functionality of the neuromuscular system, leading to decreased adaptive force and higher reaction force at the onset of oscillations. A functioning neuromuscular system is characterized by proper length tension control and an earlier onset of oscillations during an external force increase.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yang Han, Di Chang, Xiao-zhi Xiang, Jing-lei Wang
Summary: This study examines the response of dry-wet dynamics to landscape pattern in China's agricultural districts and finds that different landscape types have different impacts on drought risk. Increases in abundance and dominance of forest and crop landscapes can reduce drought risk, while the impact is opposite for grassland. Improved forest connectedness plays a positive role in optimizing dry-wet environment and reducing drought risk. Determining suitable crop landscape configurations to reduce drought risk is more complex due to the balance between agricultural economic benefits and ecological landscape effects.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Oncology
Maria Cruz Cardenas, Belen Inigo, Isabel Ortega, Maria Angeles Palomar, Marina Menendez, Paula Plaza, Mercedes Martinez-Novillo, Celina Benavente
Summary: Serum free light chains (sFLCs) can be used to replace urine studies for monitoring multiple myeloma (MM) patients, and they can identify similar or higher percentages of disease compared to urine studies. Achieving very good partial response or better using sFLCs evaluation is associated with a reduced risk of progression.
FRONTIERS IN ONCOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Chakriya Sansupa, Sara Fareed Mohamed Wahdan, Shakhawat Hossen, Terd Disayathanoowat, Tesfaye Wubet, Witoon Purahong
Summary: This study assessed the application of FAPROTAX in soil environments and found that over 97% of the FAPROTAX assigned OTUs may potentially perform functions in agricultural and forest soils. The study suggests that FAPROTAX can be used for a fast-functional screening of bacterial data from terrestrial ecosystems and improving taxonomic and functional reference databases can enhance its performance.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Civil
Nikolaos Nagkoulis, Konstantinos L. Katsifarakis
Summary: This paper focuses on optimizing the extraction of groundwater by multiple users from a shared aquifer. By formulating the problem as an anti-coordination game and using genetic algorithms to find the optimal player sequence, it is possible to reduce pumping cost and energy consumption while promoting cooperation among users.
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Business
Jie Yang, Stan Xiao Li
Summary: Market participants often use categories to label, evaluate, or promote products. This study introduces the concept of category bundles and develops a new measurement to assess the fitness of these bundles. The research finds that audiences use bundle congruence to choose or exclude categories, and the overall congruence of a product's category bundle enhances its economic returns.
JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Review
Materials Science, Ceramics
Andreja Zuzic, Antonia Ressler, Jelena Macan
Summary: This review introduces novel perovskite-based technologies, emphasizing the multiple properties of perovskite and their basis for practical applications. However, despite extensive research on perovskites, related technologies have not yet reached commercialization.
CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Edward A. Wasserman, Leyre Castro
Summary: Appreciating varied stimuli belonging to different categories requires selective attention to relevant and irrelevant features. Pigeons exhibit a preference for relevant features during category learning, but post-acquisition assessment reveals their attention is more distributed compared to human adults.
CURRENT DIRECTIONS IN PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Anne-Christine Auge, Gabriel Blouin-Demers, Dennis L. Murray
Summary: Classification of animal behavior in ecology research can be challenging, but new miniaturized bio-logging devices like accelerometers offer a promising solution. In this study, accelerometer and water sensor data were validated to classify activity states in two free-ranging freshwater turtle species, and high transferability of the classification models was found.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Dimitris Tsoukalas, Ovidiu Zlatian, Mihaela Mitroi, Elisavet Renieri, Aristidis Tsatsakis, Boris Nikolaevich Izotov, Florin Burada, Simona Sosoi, Emilia Burada, Ana Maria Buga, Ion Rogoveanu, Anca Oana Docea, Daniela Calina
Summary: This study evaluated the beneficial effect of a novel nutraceutical formulation on motor activity and anxiety in old rats. The supplement improved locomotor activity in a dose-dependent manner and decreased anxiety behaviors significantly. These findings provide insights for clinical use in elderly individuals to enhance physical strength and improve quality of life.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Joao Neves, Ines Costa, Joao Oliveira, Bruno Silva, Joana Maia
Summary: Educating about animals in zoos and aquariums is challenging due to the need for education teams to not only have a solid understanding of biology, but also strong communication skills. This research aimed to investigate the impact of grammatical genders on animal stereotypes and elicited emotions. The results showed that grammatical genders influenced the perceived gender and to some extent, warmth, competence, and elicited emotions of certain animals. This study highlights the importance of subtle elements, such as grammatical genders, in shaping stereotypes and emotional associations regarding animals.
Article
Psychology, Biological
Benjamin Keep, Helen E. Zulch, Anna Wilkinson
LEARNING & BEHAVIOR
(2018)
Article
Biology
Thomas W. Pike, Michael Ramsey, Anna Wilkinson
PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2018)
Article
Psychology, Biological
Tanja K. Kleinhappel, Oliver H. P. Burman, Elizabeth A. John, Anna Wilkinson, Thomas W. Pike
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Gaetano F. Bellia, Guzman Gil-Ramirez, Mark G. Baron, Ruth Croxton, Jose Gonzalez-Rodriguez
VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY
(2020)
Review
Ecology
Carl Soulsbury, Helen Gray, Lauren Smith, Victoria Braithwaite, Sheena Cotter, Robert W. Elwood, Anna Wilkinson, Lisa M. Collins
METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2020)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Stephan A. Reber, Jinook Oh, Judith Janisch, Colin Stevenson, Shaun Foggett, Anna Wilkinson
Summary: The study found significant differences in early life behavioral predispositions between American alligators and spectacled caimans, which may be related to the protective effect of their parents and predator avoidance behavior. American alligators exhibited more exploratory activities when faced with novel environments and objects, while spectacled caimans showed more conservative behavior.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Majed Alshamaileh, Issam Hussain, Mark Baron, Ruth Croxton, Marleen Vetter, Jose Gonzalez-Rodriguez
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Benjamin Keep, Thomas W. Pike, Sophie A. Moszuti, Helen E. Zulch, Victoria F. Ratcliffe, Fay Porritt, Emma Hobbs, Anna Wilkinson
Summary: This study found that an intermixed training method may be more effective than the generally employed method of sequential single-odour training for animals used in odour detection. The intermixed training group exhibited significantly better ability to identify target odours compared to the sequential and compound training groups.
APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Medicine, Legal
Ruth Croxton, Terry Kent, Anthony Littlewood, Millicent Smith
Summary: The study compared the effects of ninhydrin fingermark treatments in international police laboratories, observing variations in intensity between different formulations and protocols. Results suggest that using test targets for routine reagent quality control and process verification is more accurate and reliable than using donor fingermarks.
FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL
(2021)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Natalia Albuquerque, Daniel S. Mills, Kun Guo, Anna Wilkinson, Briseida Resende
Summary: Dogs were able to use emotional information from actors to make context-dependent decisions, suggesting that non-human animals can actively acquire and use emotional expressions to make functional decisions.
Article
Zoology
N. Katlein, M. Ray, A. Wilkinson, J. Claude, M. Kiskowski, B. Wang, S. Glaberman, Y. Chiari
Summary: Animals are exposed to various visual stimuli that affect their perception and interaction with the environment. This study examines whether color influences an animal's response to objects and whether this influence varies depending on the type of object. The results indicate that color does not change the response to objects. Additionally, the duration of interaction with images is longer for diurnal species compared to nocturnal species, but this is also independent of coloration. Gender differences were not observed within or between species. These findings are important for understanding which visual stimuli elicit responses in animals.
JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Tim Simon, Elisa Frasnelli, Kun Guo, Anjuli Barber, Anna Wilkinson, Daniel S. Mills
Summary: This study explored the potential relationship between paw preference and emotionality in pet dogs. The results showed that there was a correlation between paw use in different locomotion tasks, but no significant association was found between paw preference and emotionality.
Review
Behavioral Sciences
Deyatima Ghosh, Elizabeth A. John, Anna Wilkinson
Summary: Crop pest management is a global challenge that requires improving and expanding pest control methods. Biological pest control, which utilizes natural predators, is increasingly used. However, the cognitive factors underlying predator behavior are often overlooked. This review investigates these cognitive factors and explores how they can be manipulated to impact pest control effectiveness.
Review
Criminology & Penology
Stephen M. Bleay, Melanie J. Bailey, Ruth S. Croxton, Simona Francese
Summary: Chemicals present in fingermarks, originating from sweat, ingested substances, and external sources, provide valuable information for forensic investigations. Fingermark enhancement reagents can reveal ridge patterns by targeting different chemicals, optimizing the recovery of fingermarks. Advanced analytical techniques, like mass spectrometry, offer the potential to extract additional chemical information while visualizing the donor's background. Despite significant barriers, utilizing these techniques can enhance forensic investigations.
WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS: FORENSIC SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Experimental
Maria Santaca, Maria Elena Miletto Petrazzini, Anna Wilkinson, Christian Agrillo
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-REVUE CANADIENNE DE PSYCHOLOGIE EXPERIMENTALE
(2020)