Editorial Material
Business
Benjamin G. Voyer, Eunju Ko
Summary: This article discusses the impact of social media platforms entering maturity on fashion researchers, mentioning important analytical perspectives and future research directions, while also emphasizing some gaps in the literature that need to be filled.
JOURNAL OF BUSINESS RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Sajad Ahmad Wani, Muzamil Ahmad Mugal, Firdous Ahmad Dar, C. Sudhakar Reddy, Irfan Rashid, Anzar Ahmad Khuroo
Summary: The study establishes a comprehensive tree database of 2199 species in the Indian Himalayan Region (IHR) from a quantitative synthesis of 234 studies. The research reveals significant variations in tree diversity, distribution, and drivers across the IHR, with 117 endemic and 88 threatened tree species identified for conservation priority.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Andrew Kusiak
Summary: Data is becoming increasingly valuable in manufacturing, with data-driven applications serving as strong differentiators for enterprises. A widely accepted framework is necessary to guide digitisation. In the absence of such a framework, this paper introduces an example framework to capture the components of a digital enterprise. The complexity of manufacturing systems has increased due to the adoption of new technology and software solutions, with more frequent product introductions and variable demands. The digital space allows for optimization and simulation of decisions before implementation in the physical space, with predictive modeling playing a valuable role. This paper identifies three challenges in predictive modeling - model complexity, model interpretability, and model reuse - and illustrates their coverage in recent literature. Eight observations are presented to guide future research in digital manufacturing.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH
(2023)
News Item
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Kendall Powell
Summary: Data sharing is crucial for scientific advancement, but the challenge lies in finding the balance between sharing information freely and protecting sensitive data.
Review
Food Science & Technology
Antonio J. Melendez-Martinez, Anamarija Mandic, Filippos Bantis, Volker Boehm, Grethe Iren A. Borge, Mladen Brncic, Anette Bysted, M. Pilar Cano, M. Graca Dias, Anjo Elgersma, Martina Fikselova, Javier Garcia-Alonso, Daniele Giuffrida, Vanessa S. S. Goncalves, Damaso Hornero-Mendez, Kristina Kljak, Vera Lavelli, George A. Manganaris, Paula Mapelli-Brahm, Milan Marounek, Begona Olmedilla-Alonso, Maria Jesus Periago-Caston, Adela Pintea, Jeremiah J. Sheehan, Vesna Tumbas Saponjac, Magdalena Valsikova-Frey, Lieven Van Meulebroek, Nora O'Brien
Summary: Carotenoids are widely distributed in foods and have various functions such as converting into retinoids exhibiting vitamin A activity, serving as natural pigments, antioxidants, and health-promoting compounds. This comprehensive review covers topics including analysis, food sources, databases, processing and storage conditions, extraction methods, daily intake, and use as additives, as well as highlighting patents and emerging research areas.
CRITICAL REVIEWS IN FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION
(2022)
Article
Ethics
Jose Luis Molina, Paola Tubaro, Antonio Casilli, Antonio Santos-Ortega
Summary: Scientific research increasingly relies on digital platforms for microwork or crowdsourcing to collect new data. However, microworkers, especially in the Global South, lack labor rights and safe working conditions. This raises ethical issues on how researchers and institutions treat microworkers as human participants. Our argument is supported by 57 interviews conducted with microworkers in Spanish-speaking countries.
SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ETHICS
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Zehai Long, Guojing Zhao, Jing Wang, Mengting Zhang, Shaoyu Zhou, Ling Zhang, Zhaoxin Huang
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has brought more attention to medical student training, emphasizing the importance of innovation in medicine. This study, based on ridge regression model, analyzes the driving factors of entrepreneurship education performance of medical students and finds that factors such as gender, digital economy, entrepreneurship course, faculty, competition, practice, and policy all impact the students' performance, with policy having the most significant influence.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Letter
Zoology
Cord B. Eversole, Randy L. Powell
Summary: Big data and specimen digitization have revolutionized the use of natural history collections, but the current publicly available specimen data in databases are fraught with errors. It is necessary to review and improve data quality to ensure accuracy and reliability.
Review
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Cheng-Xu Ma, Xiao-Ni Ma, Ying-Dong Li, Song-Bo Fu
Summary: Primary cilia play important roles in normal thyroid function, while their loss is commonly observed in thyroid cancers. Restoring primary cilia on thyroid cancer cells could be a promising therapeutic strategy, and the therapeutic response and prognosis of thyroid cancer are closely associated with the presence or absence of primary cilia.
FRONTIERS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Geography
Harrison Cole
Summary: Spatial media for individuals who are blind or visually impaired have seen significant advancements in recent years, driven by the proliferation of Internet access, mobile computing, and GPS technology. Research in this area has focused on aspects such as cartographic data management, media production, map design, and map use. Future research priorities include investigating studies conducted by those who are B/VI, maps created by this population, low-tech tactile mapping methods, and the social dynamics surrounding tactile map use and production.
PROGRESS IN HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
(2021)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Ruth Y. Oliver, Carsten Meyer, Ajay Ranipeta, Kevin Winner, Walter Jetz
Summary: Despite rapid growth in data coverage, geographic and taxonomic biases persist in closing knowledge gaps for terrestrial vertebrates. In some taxa and regions, a surge in records did not lead to new knowledge due to a decline in sampling effectiveness. Countries demonstrate stronger coverage for species they have greater stewardship over.
Article
Chemistry, Medicinal
Kang Ding, Shiqiu Yin, Zhongwei Li, Shiju Jiang, Yang Yang, Wenbiao Zhou, Yingsheng Zhang, Bo Huang
Summary: This study reports the first use of experimental electron density (ED) in the Protein Data Bank for modeling noncovalent interactions (NCIs) in protein-ligand complexes. The methodology is based on reduced electron density gradient (RDG) theory, which describes intermolecular NCIs using ED and its first derivative. An Experimental NCI Database (ExptNCI) was established, containing ED saddle points representing around 200,000 NCIs from over 12,000 protein-ligand complexes. The database can provide details on experimentally observed NCIs and support future studies and development of artificial intelligence models for protein-ligand binding prediction.
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL INFORMATION AND MODELING
(2022)
Article
Business
Tiina Koskelainen, Panu Kalmi, Eusebio Scornavacca, Tero Vartiainen
Summary: Digital innovations are revolutionizing financial services, transforming consumer behavior and personal money management. The widespread use of digital technologies enables individuals to access various digital services easily and quickly, bringing both opportunities and challenges to their personal finance. This study aims to investigate the impact of digitalization on individuals' financial literacy and capability. The findings identify three main themes at the intersection of finance and digitalization: Fintech, financial behavior in digital environments, and behavioral interventions. The study proposes directions for measuring digital financial literacy, updates to the financial literacy curriculum, and the development of digital learning tools. Furthermore, collaboration between the public and private sectors is highlighted to promote a fairer and more inclusive economic landscape. This study contributes to existing research by presenting a framework for digital financial literacy and capability, as well as a research agenda for future studies.
JOURNAL OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS
(2023)
Article
Business
Patrick Spieth, Tobias Roth, Thomas Clauss, Christoph Klos
Summary: Digital technologies drive substantial uncertainty and complexity, with corporate actors relying on technological frames to navigate these challenges. Technological frames shape how actors interpret and influence a technology's development and application. The lack of proper measurement tools has hindered understanding the consequences of heterogeneity in technological frames.
JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES
(2021)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Miao Hong, Dong Lei, Feipeng Zhu, Pengxiang Bai, Jintao He
Summary: This study conducted mesoscale experimental research to investigate the effect of aggregate restraint on local deformation and cracking of early-age cement. The digital image correlation (DIC) method and a microscope were utilized to measure the deformation and cracking of the specimens. The principal strain was analyzed, and the effect of aggregate geometries and the interface transition zone (ITZ) on restrained shrinkage was discussed. Additionally, a cracking index was proposed to quantify the degree of cracking.
CEMENT AND CONCRETE RESEARCH
(2023)
Editorial Material
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Mario Gil-Conesa, Fares Amer, Silvia Carlos, Arturo H. Arino, Miguel A. Martinez-Gonzalez, Alejandro Fernandez-Montero
Summary: The Safe Campus Program at the University of Navarra in Spain aimed to ensure a safe return to campus during the COVID-19 pandemic and prevent outbreaks. Through COVID-19 education, campus adaptation, and PCR testing, the program successfully achieved low rates of SARS-CoV-2 infections on campus.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Antonio Picornell, Jesus Rojo, M. Mar Trigo, Rocio Ruiz-Mata, Beatriz Lara, Jorge Romero-Morte, Alicia Serrano-Garcia, Rosa Perez-Badia, Montserrat Gutierrez-Bustillo, Patricia Cervigon-Morales, Zuzana Ferencova, Julia Morales-Gonzalez, Estefania Sanchez-Reyes, Sergio Fuentes-Anton, Jose Sanchez-Sanchez, Ignacio Davila, Jose Oteros, Moises Martinez-Bracero, Carmen Galan, Herminia Garcia-Mozo, Purificacion Alcazar, Santiago Fernandez, Monica Gonzalez-Alonso, Estrella Robles, Anabel Perez de Zabalza, Arturo H. Arino, Marta Recio
Summary: This study analyzed the concentrations of airborne Alternaria spores at 18 sampling locations in Spain, and studied the optimal weather conditions for spore production. The results showed that temperature was the most relevant variable for Alternaria spore dispersion, with extremely warm temperatures in summer splitting the favorable period for spore production and dispersion into two separate seasons.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Claudia Nunez-Penichet, Marlon E. Cobos, Jorge Soberon, Tomer Gueta, Narayani Barve, Vijay Barve, Adolfo G. Navarro-Siguenza, A. Townsend Peterson
Summary: Biodiversity inventory is a major challenge for conservation biology due to global change. This study explores the implications of using different methods to select locations for biodiversity inventories based on the distribution of species in geographical space and ecological niches in environmental space. The results show that considering both environmental and geographical conditions when selecting sites for inventories can lead to more effective sampling of known biodiversity in regions of interest.
METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2022)
Editorial Material
Astronomy & Astrophysics
D. J. Hills, J. E. Damerow, B. Ahmmed, N. Catolico, S. Chakraborty, C. M. Coward, R. Crystal-Ornelas, W. D. Duncan, L. N. Goparaju, C. Lin, Z. Liu, M. K. Mudunuru, Y. Rao, R. J. Rovetto, Z. Sun, B. P. Whitehead, L. Wyborn, T. Yao
Summary: This article consists of three independent commentaries discussing the state of Integrated, Coordinated, Open, Networked (ICON) principles in Earth and Space Science Informatics (ESSI), as well as the opportunities and challenges associated with their adoption. The application of ICON principles can enhance research efficiency and reliability, foster interdisciplinary collaboration, and provide a framework for non-experts to contribute data and findings. The article emphasizes the importance of standardized data and the development of tools and machine learning approaches based on ICON principles in improving our understanding of Earth processes.
EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Arnald Marcer, Arthur D. Chapman, John R. Wieczorek, F. Xavier Pico, Francesc Uribe, John Waller, Arturo H. Arino
Summary: This study provides a comprehensive analysis of georeferencing quality for preserved specimen records served by GBIF. The results show that georeferencing quality is determined more by country of collection and publishing than by taxonomic group. The study also highlights the impact that coordinate uncertainty may have on predicted potential distributions.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Gary Rosenberg, Kurt Auffenberg, Ruud Bank, Rudiger Bieler, Philippe Bouchet, David Herbert, Frank Kohler, Thomas A. Neubauer, Eike Neubert, Barna Pall-Gergely, Ira Richling, Simon Schneider
Summary: This article introduces a new method of estimating accepted species diversity by adapting mark-recapture methods to comparisons of taxonomic databases. The study finds that independent databases can be correlated, and the time course of estimates comparing them can help understand the effect of correlation. Testing shows that this method has a high level of accuracy in estimating the completeness of terrestrial gastropod species.
Article
Biology
Monica Gonzalez-Alonso, Arturo H. Arino
Summary: Timely reporting of atmospheric pollen contents is crucial for doctors and allergy sufferers to plan treatment or preventive measures. A study of the Spanish network of pollen monitoring stations revealed gaps in data completeness, data obsolescence, and data publication. Some stations have discontinued publishing updated data, while others do not contribute to the main data aggregators, indicating the existence of obscure sites that record but do not report data. Recovering these dormant or silent sites could greatly improve the overall knowledge of pollen in Spain.
Article
Evolutionary Biology
Elena Moncada, Arianna Lord, Luiz Ricardo L. Simone, Daniel Adjei-Boateng, Philippe Bouchet, Ellen E. Strong, Rudiger Bieler, Gonzalo Giribet
Summary: Donacidae is a commercially important family of heterodont bivalves that has successfully colonised brackish and fresh waters. Using molecular data and fossil records, we propose an evolutionary hypothesis for this widely distributed group. Our analysis supports the monophyly of Donacidae and reveals the paraphyly of Donax. The diversification of Donacidae is closely linked to the opening of the Atlantic Oceans and the closing of the Tethys Ocean.
INVERTEBRATE SYSTEMATICS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Monica Gonzalez-Alonso, Mihai Boldeanu, Tom Koritnik, Jose Goncalves, Lenz Belzner, Tom Stemmler, Robert Gebauer, Lukasz Grewling, Fiona Tummon, Jose M. Maya-Manzano, Arturo H. Arino, Carsten Schmidt-Weber, Jeroen Buters
Summary: We developed a new algorithm that can classify Alternaria spores using BAA500 automatic bioaerosol monitors. The algorithm achieved a validation unweighted mean IoU of 0.95 when trained on both original and artificially generated images. The algorithm accurately recognized the spores and the results correlated well with manual counts. It was also used to re-analyze a historical pollen monitoring dataset to fill in missing Alternaria spore counts.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Bryan. S. S. McLean, Narayani Barve, Robert. P. P. Guralnick
Summary: The effects of global climate change on population persistence are influenced by life-history traits of individuals, especially the timing of somatic growth, reproductive development, and reproduction itself. However, there is limited trait data available for studying sex-specific breeding behaviors and the use of breeding cues over large geographic areas. In this study, we analyzed a new reproductive trait base for the North American deer mouse and reconstructed sex-specific breeding phenologies and their drivers. The results showed that male and female phenologies varied across the geographic range of this species, with the highest discordance in regions of lower seasonality. Environmental variables, such as photoperiod and temperature, also played a role in determining breeding cues, with differences between males and females. This study highlights the importance of considering individual-level trait data to understand phenological variation and its drivers within species, thus informing predictions of global change.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Flavio Dias Passos, Andre Fernando Sarton, Osmar Domaneschi, Rudiger Bieler
Summary: This study provides a detailed description of the anatomy and behavior of Laternula elliptica through observations and dissections. It corrects previous anatomical descriptions and contributes to a better understanding of the ecological and biological characteristics of this species.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Robert Crystal-Ornelas, Charuleka Varadharajan, Dylan O'Ryan, Kathleen Beilsmith, Benjamin Bond-Lamberty, Kristin Boye, Madison Burrus, Shreyas Cholia, Danielle S. Christianson, Michael Crow, Joan Damerow, Kim S. Ely, Amy E. Goldman, Susan L. Heinz, Valerie C. Hendrix, Zarine Kakalia, Kayla Mathes, Fianna O'Brien, Stephanie C. Pennington, Emily Robles, Alistair Rogers, Maegen Simmonds, Terri Velliquette, Pamela Weisenhorn, Jessica Nicole Welch, Karen Whitenack, Deborah A. Agarwal
Summary: By using FAIR principles and reporting formats, research in Earth and environmental sciences can become more transparent and collaborative. The study describes different reporting formats for Earth science (meta)data and provides guidelines for communities to create new (meta)data formats that integrate with their scientific workflows. These reporting formats have the potential to accelerate scientific discovery and predictions.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Imanol Miqueleiz, Arturo H. Arino, Rafael Miranda
Summary: Freshwater habitats are crucial for biodiversity and ecosystem services, but they are under serious threats. Traditional approaches to protected areas have not effectively conserved freshwater fish. This study identifies priority sites for the conservation of irreplaceable rivers and freshwater fish, highlighting the significance of tropical rivers.
AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS
(2023)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Amaia Zuazua-Ros, Leonardo de Brito Andrade, Sara Dorregaray-Oyaregui, Cesar Martin-Gomez, Juan Carlos Ramos Gonzalez, Robiel Manzueta, Bruno Sanchez Saiz-Ezquerra, Arturo H. Arino
Summary: The main goal of this article is to review the identification of pollutants expected to be exhaled through ventilation systems in residential buildings. The results show that while the use of mechanical ventilation systems has been proven to improve indoor air quality, there is a lack of knowledge about the environmental cost of this improvement, as well as a lack of quantitative studies on exhalation from buildings.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Meeting Abstract
Allergy
M. Gonzalez-Alonso, M. Boldeanu, T. Koritnik, J. Goncalves, L. Belzner, T. Stemmler, R. Gebauer, L. Grewling, F. Tummon, J. M. Maya-Manzano, A. H. Arino, C. Schmidt-Weber, J. Buters