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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Bruno Chatenoux, Jean-Philippe Richard, David Small, Claudia Roeoesli, Vladimir Wingate, Charlotte Poussin, Denisa Rodila, Pascal Peduzzi, Charlotte Steinmeier, Christian Ginzler, Achileas Psomas, Michael E. Schaepman, Gregory Giuliani
Summary: With the opening of Earth Observation archives, large collections of EO data are freely available for scientists to better understand and quantify environmental changes. The Swiss Data Cube (SDC) provides Analysis Ready Data over the geographic extent of Switzerland since 1984, minimizing the time and knowledge required for environmental analyses.
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
David Goodman-Meza, Joseph Friedman, Mariah M. Kalmin, Emmanuel Aguilar-Posada, Marissa J. Seamans, Sara Velazquez-Moreno, Clara Fleiz, Michael Shin, Jaime Arredondo-Sanchez, Steffanie A. Strathdee, Steve Shoptaw
Summary: The study found that after Mexico implemented regulatory changes and an electronic system to improve access to prescription opioids, the dispensing rates increased over time, but there were still variations in dispensing rates based on geographical and socioeconomic status. States with higher socioeconomic status had higher opioid dispensing rates, indicating a need to improve opioid access for patients with palliative care needs in lower socioeconomic areas.
LANCET PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Alexey Ryabov, Bernd Blasius, Helmut Hillebrand, Irina Olenina, Thilo Gross
Summary: Monitoring functional diversity is crucial in addressing climate change and biodiversity loss. This study demonstrates the use of diffusion maps to reconstruct species traits directly from monitoring data and estimate functional diversity. The wider application of this method to existing data could greatly advance the analysis of changes in functional biodiversity.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2022)
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Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Ann Brower, Alex James
Summary: Using 12 years of research performance scores, this study examines gender gaps in pay, age, research performance, and performance-adjusted pay in New Zealand universities. The findings show that while the gaps in age and research performance have narrowed, the gaps in pay and performance-adjusted pay remain. Women's odds of advancement to high ranks are approximately two-thirds of men's, and the lifetime performance-adjusted gender pay gap is about one-third of the average home price. The study suggests the existence of a systemic dynamic that creates barriers for women's advancement and calls for structural changes to address the gender pay gap in universities.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Daniele Bailo, Rossana Paciello, Jan Michalek, Massimo Cocco, Carmela Freda, Keith Jeffery, Kuvvet Atakan
Summary: The European Plate Observing System (EPOS) is an initiative that aims to integrate research infrastructures for solid Earth science in Europe. It provides a sustainable and user-oriented platform, the EPOS Data Portal, which facilitates data integration, access, use, and re-use while adhering to the FAIR principles. This paper describes the governance, community building, and technical aspects for achieving multidisciplinary data integration through the portal.
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Neurosciences
Lewis A. Wheaton
Summary: This article discusses the increased recognition in the scientific and academic community of the need to take active measures in matters of race, particularly focusing on immediate actions regarding Black representation at neuroscience conferences.
NATURE NEUROSCIENCE
(2021)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Tara A. Pelletier, Danielle J. Parsons, Sydney K. Decker, Stephanie Crouch, Eric Franz, Jeffery Ohrstrom, Bryan C. Carstens
Summary: Patterns of genetic diversity contain valuable information about the history of a species. The phylogatR database and tools allow for efficient repurposing and analysis of existing genetic data, enabling large-scale meta-analyses and introducing genetic analysis to a broader audience.
MOLECULAR ECOLOGY RESOURCES
(2022)
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Information Science & Library Science
Konstantina Spanaki, Erisa Karafili, Stella Despoudi
Summary: The study highlights the importance of Data Sharing Agreements in Industry 4.0 and Agriculture 4.0, introduces role-based access control based on AI techniques, demonstrates its application in a smart farm scenario, and emphasizes on enforcing contextual policies for data management and sharing practices.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
(2021)
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Environmental Sciences
Victor Fernandez-Garcia, Elena Marcos, Jose Manuel Fernandez-Guisuraga, Alfonso Fernandez-Manso, Carmen Quintano, Susana Suarez-Seoane, Leonor Calvo
Summary: Using Multiple Endmember Spectral Mixture Analysis (MESMA), this study quantified habitat diversity in fine-grained landscapes of the Cantabrian Mountains using Landsat imagery. The results demonstrated a significant influence of spatial scale on habitat diversity, with fraction images highly correlated with reference data, showcasing the potential of MESMA in comprehensive habitat diversity quantification with Landsat imagery.
Review
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Shalini V. Mohan, Jamie Freedman
Summary: Current clinical research lacks diversity in patient populations, which hinders the generalizability of study results and raises questions about safety and efficacy in certain subgroups. Renewed efforts to increase diversity in clinical trials have shown promising results and should inspire action from all stakeholders. Ensuring representative populations in studies is vital for advancing health equity and trust in medical therapies.
CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY & THERAPEUTICS
(2023)
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Education, Scientific Disciplines
Gretchen E. E. White, Chelsea N. N. Proulx, Natalia E. E. Morone, Maya S. S. Thakar, Audrey J. J. Murrell, Andrew D. D. Althouse, Doris M. M. Rubio
Summary: This study examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on early-career biomedical researchers from underrepresented backgrounds, focusing on differences in productivity, research, and psychological well-being by gender and career status.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Daniel Buscombe, Phillipe Wernette, Sharon Fitzpatrick, Jaycee Favela, Evan B. Goldstein, Nicholas M. Enwright
Summary: This study describes a dataset called Coast Train, which consists of annotated orthomosaic and satellite images of coastal environments. The dataset contains diverse images in space and time, with 1.2 billion labeled pixels representing over 3.6 million hectares.
Editorial Material
Biodiversity Conservation
Martin A. Nunez, Mariana C. Chiuffo, Hanno Seebens, Sara Kuebbing, Matthew A. McCary, Deah Lieurance, Bo Zhang, Daniel Simberloff, Laura A. Meyerson
Summary: Most published papers in ecology, including those in invasion science, come from a small number of countries, with the USA being a dominant force. However, research from around the world is crucial for a comprehensive understanding and management of biological invasions.
BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS
(2022)
Editorial Material
Biochemical Research Methods
Rocio Joo, Andrea Sanchez-Tapia, Sara Mortara, Yanina Bellini Saibene, Heather Turner, Dorothea Hug Peter, Natalia Soledad Morandeira, Matt Bannert, Batool Almazrouq, Elizabeth Hare, Laura Acion, Juan Pablo Narvaez-Gomez, Marcela Alfaro Cordoba, Federico Marini, Rita Giordano, Silvia Canelon, Anicet Ebou, Adithi R. Upadhya, Joselyn Chavez, Janani Ravi
Summary: This article introduces ten simple rules for hosting inclusive conferences, based on the authors' experience organizing the useR! statistical computing conference in 2021. These rules and practical tips aim to make various events more accessible and inclusive, providing a starting point for efforts to build more inclusive conferences worldwide.
PLOS COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Mathias Wullum Nielsen, Jens Peter Andersen
Summary: Citations are crucial for success in science, and the inequality in citations is increasing in natural sciences, medical sciences, and agricultural sciences. Collaboration in publication is closely linked with the top 1% most cited scientists, while ordinary scientists are also engaging in more collaborations but publishing slightly less. The top 1% are extending their share of fractional- and full-count publications and citations.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Thijs Bol, Mathijs de Vaan, Arnout van de Rijt
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2018)
Article
Management
Mathijs de Vaan, Benjamin Elbers, Thomas A. DiPrete
MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
(2019)
Article
Management
Mathijs de Vaan, Saqib Mumtaz, Abhishek Nagaraj, Sameer B. Srivastava
Summary: This study examines how enterprise closure decisions during a pandemic are influenced by social learning, finding that the closure decisions of chain establishments can impact the opening decisions of nearby community establishments.
MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Management
Thijs Bol, Mathijs de Vaan, Arnout van de Rijt
Summary: Previous studies have shown no systematic differences in funding rates between female and male scientists in international grant competitions. However, a new study reveals that men receive higher evaluation scores, but that this gender difference is neutralized by panels giving lower scores to women to achieve gender equality in funding distribution, reallocating funds back to women.
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Sociology
Mathijs de Vaan, Toby Stuart
Summary: Stratification in professional careers is influenced by interpersonal dynamics between clients and experts. Clients evaluate the advice they receive based on experts' ascriptive characteristics and relational factors. In the medical field, male patients are more likely to seek a second opinion when the first specialist they consult is female. Additionally, when the gender of the first specialist is not concordant with the patient, male patients are more likely to switch to a same-gender specialist for the second opinion. These gendered patterns in questioning the advice of medical experts contribute to the gender pay gap in medicine.
AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW
(2022)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Daniel M. Brown, Elizabeth A. Hernandez, Sara Levin, Mathijs De Vaan, Mi-Ok Kim, Chris Lynch, Anna Roth, Amanda L. Brewster
Summary: This large-scale study assessed the impact of a case management program designed to address patients' social needs on the population level. The results showed that social needs case management programs may reduce healthcare utilization, but the cost savings may not cover the program costs. More research is needed to increase patient engagement and define characteristics of successful programs.
ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Sociology
Mathijs de Vaan, Toby Stuart
AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW
(2019)
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Sociology
Mathijs de Vaan, David Stark, Balazs Vedres
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY
(2015)
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Management
Mathijs de Vaan
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Economics
Mathijs De Vaan, Ron Boschma, Koen Frenken
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
(2013)
Article
Economics
Pierre-Alexandre Balland, Mathijs De Vaan, Ron Boschma
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
(2013)