Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
David Trafimow
Summary: This article discusses different interpretations of internal and external validity and integrates them with a taxonomy that includes theoretical, auxiliary, statistical, and inferential assumptions. The study finds that internal and external validity increase or decrease together when there is an emphasis on underlying theories. Finally, the integration implies the desirability of some changes in typical research advice and practice.
PERSPECTIVES ON PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Mohammad Ali Abbass, Thomas Plesec, James M. Church
Summary: This study describes a new approach to understanding hereditary colorectal cancer syndromes based on their embryonic tissue of origin. By comparing the genetic, molecular, histological, and clinical characteristics of syndromes derived from the endoderm and mesoderm, we have gained insights into the differences between these syndromes.
DISEASES OF THE COLON & RECTUM
(2023)
Article
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Mohammad Ali Abbass, Thomas Plesec, James M. Church
Summary: This study describes a new way of thinking about syndromes of hereditary colorectal cancer based on their embryonic tissue of origin. By comparing the genetics, molecular biology, histology, and clinical course of endoderm-derived and mesoderm-derived syndromes, differences between the two were identified.
DISEASES OF THE COLON & RECTUM
(2023)
Article
Emergency Medicine
Tess Loch, Jason Elzinga, Zoe Polsky, Eddy Lang, Catherine Patocka
Summary: This study conducted a realist evaluation of the emergency physician leader initiative to understand its impact on throughput. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with key stakeholders, and thematic and template techniques were used to analyze the data. The findings provide insights into the reasoning and behavior of individuals involved in the initiative and offer a systematic approach to unravel its complex causal pathway. Understanding context-mechanism-outcome relationships can help in designing and measuring the impact of future physician-focused throughput interventions.
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Business, Finance
Johannes Stroebel, Jeffrey Wurgler
Summary: The survey of 861 finance academics, professionals, and public sector regulators and policy economists revealed that regulatory risk is seen as the top climate risk to businesses and investors in the next five years, while physical risk is considered the top risk over the next 30 years. Respondents overwhelmingly believe that asset prices underestimate climate risks. Opinions were also gathered on the expected correlation between growth and climate change, social discount rates for projects mitigating climate change effects, influential forces for reducing climate risks, and important research topics.
JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL ECONOMICS
(2021)
Review
Anesthesiology
John D. Loeser
Summary: The traditional classification of acute pain vs chronic pain is arbitrary and fails to acknowledge fundamental differences in clinical pain phenomena. A more effective categorization based on peripheral-generated pain versus centrally-maintained pain would advance both pain research and clinical care.
Article
Computer Science, Software Engineering
Yong Zhou, Hui Ma, Li Liu, Taorong Qiu, Yue Lu, Ching Y. Suen
Summary: This paper aims at addressing the problem of Chinese calligraphy style classification and proposes a novel CNN embedded with feature fusion and feature decomposition modules to solve this problem. The proposed network achieves high accuracies on two datasets and outperforms state-of-the-art methods.
Editorial Material
Chemistry, Physical
Zhengguang Lu, Long Ju
Summary: Scientists have achieved Weyl modes by subjecting a topological insulator to strong magnetic fields, which enhances the capability to design, engineer, and manipulate topological materials, with significant implications for physics research and material applications.
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Stephen C. Graves
Summary: The article introduces the concept and importance of planned lead times, discussing trade-offs to consider when setting them. It also provides a simple model to explain how planned lead times for activities are influenced by the variability of resource requirements, flexibility, and utilization of resources associated with the activities.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH
(2022)
Editorial Material
Psychology, Biological
Brian Guay, Adam J. Berinsky, Gordon Pennycook, David Rand
Summary: Progress in misinformation research requires consensus on effective interventions. We differentiate research designs for evaluating interventions and recommend measuring people's discernment of true and false content.
NATURE HUMAN BEHAVIOUR
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Stephen Hincks, Jeremy Carter, Angela Connelly
Summary: This paper contributes to the analysis of climate change risk in European cities and regions by developing a new spatially-explicit typology of climate risk. The analysis reveals an uneven distribution of climate change risk across countries, highlights the differences in risk characteristics between urban and rural areas, and identifies patterns of spatial clustering in climate change risk.
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS
(2023)
Article
Economics
Donatella Baiardi
Summary: This paper reviews empirical literature on climate change awareness and provides insights on historical overview, widely used datasets, determinants of climate change awareness, and implications for public policy responses.
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC SURVEYS
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Quentin Vicens, Jeffrey S. Kieft
Summary: Recent events have brought RNA research into the spotlight, igniting a new passion for understanding the diverse functions and structure of RNA. However, there is a misunderstanding of the foundational characteristics of RNA structure, often viewed as a single floppy strand. The purpose of this article is to help adjust mental models, better utilize RNA structural information, and provide suggestions for future efforts.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Markku Kulmala, Tom Kokkonen, Juha Pekkanen, Sami Paatero, Tuukka Petaja, Veli-Matti Kerminen, Aijun Ding
Summary: The eastern part of China, which is essentially a gigacity with around 650 million inhabitants, has a significant impact on regional air quality and global climate. A large-scale research and innovation program is needed to address the challenges in this gigacity and find pathways for sustainable development globally.
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
(2021)
Article
Public Administration
Helen Dickinson, Gemma Carey, Eleanor Malbon, David Gilchrist, Satish Chand, Anne Kavanagh, Damon Alexander
Summary: The paper proposes a framework to diagnose different quasi-market problems and offers solutions for them. Practitioners need to recognize that quasi-markets require intervention in order to meet policy goals.
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW
(2022)
Article
Biology
Barnabas H. Daru, Elizabeth A. Bowman, Donald H. Pfister, A. Elizabeth Arnold
PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2019)
Article
Ecology
Barnabas H. Daru, Peter C. le Roux, Jeyanthi Gopalraj, Daniel S. Park, Ben G. Holt, Michelle Greve
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY
(2019)
Article
Plant Sciences
Barnabas H. Daru, Matthew M. Kling, Emily K. Meineke, Abraham E. van Wyk
APPLICATIONS IN PLANT SCIENCES
(2019)
Article
Plant Sciences
Rabia Mathakutha, Christien Steyn, Peter C. le Roux, Izak J. Blom, Steven L. Chown, Barnabas H. Daru, Brad S. Ripley, Anche Louw, Michelle Greve
JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE
(2019)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Barnabas H. Daru, Harith Farooq, Alexandre Antonelli, Soren Faurby
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2020)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
T. Jonathan Davies, Barnabas H. Daru, Bezeng S. Bezeng, Tristan Charles-Dominique, Gareth P. Hempson, Ronny M. Kabongo, Olivier Maurin, A. Muthama Muasya, Michelle van der Bank, William J. Bond
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2020)
Article
Ecology
Barnabas H. Daru, Piyal Karunarathne, Klaus Schliep
METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2020)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Brianna M. Rock, Barnabas H. Daru
Summary: The uncertainties caused by sampling biases pose challenges in assessing species sensitivity to anthropogenic climate change. Current knowledge on seagrass distribution is affected by biases, gaps, and uncertainties, while research mainly focuses on species-level metrics without considering shared phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary distinctiveness. Computational tools for analyzing species occurrence records are lacking, hindering the prediction of future changes in seagrass diversity.
FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE
(2021)
Editorial Material
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Barnabas H. Daru
Review
Ecology
Emily K. Meineke, Barnabas H. Daru
Summary: Biological collections from museums are vital resources for studying the impact of human activities on biodiversity, but biases and incomplete understanding have limited their widespread use in ecology research. To enhance the application of specimen-based data, it is necessary to quantify biases and mitigate their effects by assessing collection biases and understanding their interactions.
TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Barnabas H. Daru, T. Jonathan Davies, Charles G. Willis, Emily K. Meineke, Argo Ronk, Martin Zobel, Meelis Partel, Alexandre Antonelli, Charles C. Davis
Summary: The study reveals a widespread and temporal decrease in species and phylogenetic turnover, leading to increased biotic homogenization at different scales and spatial extents. The homogenization within major biomes is largely driven by non-native species introductions, with Asia and North America being major sources. However, Australia, the Pacific and Europe contribute disproportionately to phylogenetic diversity in the global pool of non-native species.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
T. Jonathan Davies, Olivier Maurin, Kowiyou Yessoufou, Barnabas H. Daru, Bezeng S. Bezeng, Ledile T. Mankga, Hanno Schaefer, Wilfried Thuiller, Michelle van der Bank
Summary: The Tree of Life provides a powerful tool for understanding life's diversity and conserving its branches can have practical benefits. Human population density is closely correlated with both the richness of woody plants in a region and their evolutionary relatedness. A greater diversity of ecosystem goods and services is supported by more phylogenetically diverse species assemblages. People in Africa may benefit from inhabiting regions with high phylogenetic diversity of woody plants, but the correlation between human population and woody plant diversity poses a threat to the contributions of intact and phylogenetically diverse ecosystems to human well-being.
CONSERVATION LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Barnabas H. Daru, Jordan Rodriguez
Summary: An analysis of nearly 2 billion occurrence records for terrestrial plants and animals shows differences in their coverage and biases in representing global biodiversity patterns. While citizen-science data and direct field observations have been widely used to document biodiversity, they often suffer from coverage gaps and biases that may hinder accurate representation of biodiversity patterns. In contrast, primary voucher specimens exhibit relative congruence with expected biodiversity patterns but are infrequent in occurrence data. These differences in coverage and bias have important implications for research in ecology, evolution, and conservation.
NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Barnabas H. Daru, Brianna M. Rock
Summary: Climate change will lead to reductions in seagrass range sizes and an increase in endemism, resulting in divergent shifts in beta-diversity. Current marine protected areas will be insufficient to protect seagrasses, and new priority areas for conservation planning need to be identified. Seagrasses are crucial for maintaining marine food chains and supporting marine biodiversity.
